Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was another couple of Chelsea fans I was singing about them all the fucking day were n't I ? |
| 2 | Without wading through it all and things are moving on |
| 3 | Alright , mother 's alright , she 's on top of the world she is at the moment , nothing of her , but , she seems to be struggling through it all . |
| 4 | There are fourteen references to defence in the index of the old Government Commission files in Registry , and I have now wasted the first hour and a half of my working day checking through them all . |
| 5 | The sun 's warmth falls on my body , its rays filling me and driving from me all fear and shadows . |
| 6 | She tried to be a strength for her daughter , but was overwhelmed by the enormity of what was happening to them all . |
| 7 | So much , too much , was happening to him all at once . |
| 8 | I am writing to let you know about the arrangements for returning to you those items from the SRO which were kindly lent to our Robert Adam exhibition , ‘ Monumental Reputation ’ . |
| 9 | To this end , unbeknown to the millions who have brought about the event , Jesus Christ has been cast in the role of a surrogate Created God , and by ascribing to him all that goodness that they wish to preserve , those who profess the Christian faith , have been doing just what the concept of the Created God requires , and what this book advocates , except that they have deified a single historical individual , Jesus Christ , instead of an abstract conception drawing its being from a myriad of sources . |
| 10 | And there was poor Mr Forbes gaga as a gooseberry over her , never mind she was laughing at him all the time . |
| 11 | Was it her imagination or was George laughing at them all ? |
| 12 | Now she was safely east-north-east in her green canopy , her pale lips laughing at them all . |
| 13 | He 's bitching at me all of the time , he 's complaining , and he 's apt to be yelling at me , too . |
| 14 | I find it easier to get angry at the stuff happening around me these days because I 'm no longer naive enough to think it 'll simply sort itself out . |
| 15 | All of a sudden , the morning gathering at Mrs Tiverton 's had lost a little of its terror , for just at this instant it seemed less threatening than Mr Aycliffe 's serious face , demanding of her this fatal choice . |
| 16 | Looking through it that is the simplest one cos you can see |
| 17 | With grave face and totally businesslike voice he began to talk about the beginnings of this place , of the way he had planned and discussed the enterprise , and how he had enabled the local people to be involved all the way through , so that they knew what he was planning , and they did n't feel threatened by him , but collaborated with him , knowing that it meant jobs , roads and plumbing and a higher standard of living for them all . |
| 18 | There is therefore some doubt as to whether broad clauses of the type that state that the firm is not obliged to disclose to the customer or take into account when acting for him any information known to the firm but unknown to the individual acting for the customer would protect the firm against allegations of non-disclosure , particularly in the case of an inexperienced customer . |
| 19 | I 've been looking for him all afternoon , but he must have been tied up with work . |
| 20 | ‘ We 've been looking for you these five days , and never a sign . |
| 21 | And the team will cry out for joy as well , because we were created for this community , and in a way we have been looking for it all our lives . |
| 22 | He smiled and began to climb the slope again , slowly , looking about him all the while , his eyes taking in the ruins , the distant , cloud-wreathed mountains , the two horses grazing just below them . |
| 23 | Later in that passage he wrote : ‘ It was n't until thirty years later when I saw her in another woman [ Elizabeth Taylor ] that I realised I had been searching for her all my life . ’ |
| 24 | Wayne was enchanted to see Hermia and Perdita , and gave the appearance of having been searching for them all day . |
| 25 | I have a good mind to ask you to serve full-time on my reporting staff , but I am selfish enough to want you to go on writing for me these exposés of low life , particularly the way in which such misery afflicts women . |
| 26 | Phoebe was surprised ; she had somehow thought that after Rachel 's sterling conduct of the night before , she would now take charge , go on looking after them all , manage everything for them and leave her free to walk the road that she had to walk . |
| 27 | Peter has now been transferred to the Aylestone Day Centre in Hereford , where he has volunteer helpers looking after him all the time . |
| 28 | So if you are reading this , the kind gentleman or the young mother , thank you so very much for looking after me that day . |
| 29 | WE had a lovely time in Lourdes , I want to thank everyone for looking after us both . |
| 30 | But , as she remembered her meeting with him that next day , she realised that she must be mistaken about his meaning of the word interest and the connotation she would like to put on it . |