Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | What happened was I happened to be in the corridors there and the gentleman came in , that 's on the Friday afternoon , gentleman came in and asked to see the Headmaster , so I took him along to see who was the Headmaster then , and erm shortly after that I was called up to see and erm asked me if I 'd like to apply for this job because had seen me erm bringing me up to , bringing him up to see and he said erm , well what about that young fella who brought me up there and would he like to apply . |
| 2 | Just my personal assistant bringing me up to date on some business matters , ’ he added dismissively as he walked over to the other side of the bed , picking up his slim gold watch from a small table . |
| 3 | Gently , making fun of me a little bit , bringing me back to earth . |
| 4 | ‘ Perhaps you could help Cook to wash up , ’ she suggested , bringing me down to earth with a bang . |
| 5 | The analysis also confirms the strong record of the course in retaining students and seeing them through to their final qualifications . |
| 6 | Once they had turned the Mount , with the full span of the ice shining before them , the two men gathered pace , at once in harmony and contention , drawing vigour from the presence of the young woman between them , who cried out , not in fear but encouraging them on to greater exertions . |
| 7 | Now I was in a position to move on ; but something had taken root deeper than the superficialities of travelling — a feeling that my story was not here , that something was drawing me back to Peru . |
| 8 | Under that system an entrepreneur would pay the state to utilize the labour of the prisoners , normally by contracting them out to local farms . |
| 9 | ( d ) The massive body of historical research that has gone on throughout this century has gradually discovered new sources of information and refined our views of the early modern period , in all probability bringing them closer to the objective truth . |
| 10 | Taylor ( 1982 ; 1989 ) has recently recast his views on soccer hooliganism , bringing them closer to other approaches described in this section . |
| 11 | Firefighters have rejected a one point five per cent pay offer bringing them closer to a national strike . |
| 12 | Caird specialises in buying small waste management and landfill companies , integrating them and bringing them up to existing and proposed European standards on waste disposal . |
| 13 | Lightly shrug both shoulders , bringing them up to your ears , then dropping them down . |
| 14 | He pulls the top part of the metal cover further up , and the lower half sinks at the same time ; he reaches in and gathers an armful of logs , bringing them over to the hearth . |
| 15 | You add all this other information and you constantly do that throughout the 24 hour day by saying that , ‘ it 's 11 o'clock , time for your coffee ’ , ‘ it 's twelve o'clock , it 's time for lunch ’ , and constantly giving your name and bringing them back to the present . ’ |
| 16 | His occupation , which was that of picking up men in a neighbouring public house , with which he had a working arrangement , during the evening hours , and bringing them back to the boat , was not particularly profitable . |
| 17 | When they were n't running across it , cheered on by the headmaster , they were snipping bits off it and bringing them back to school to put in jars . |
| 18 | He kissed her wet lips , warmly , tenderly , bringing them back to life , and she was lost in her love for him and his for her and she really did n't care if they never talked again . |
| 19 | Not only that she 's bringing them back to my house , you know what I mean ? |
| 20 | Achievement conscious pupils may conspire with their teachers in this process of limitation too , drawing them back to safer pedagogical ground when exploration threatens to divert them from their examination destination . |
| 21 | ‘ I told myself it was because of the play , but deep down there was something driving me back to you . ’ |
| 22 | And that was it and erm so then everybody 's saying so , you know , I 'll come banging on your door and saying what do you think you 're doing , you know , knocking me down to eighty five pounds a week or , or whatever it is and , you know , obviously there were various feedbacks from that and then the summing up of it was , so is that what you 're going to do to the D S S when you , when you retire ? |
| 23 | I just want to say a big THANK YOU to the organisers and correspondents for keeping me up to date with the progress of THE WHITES this season . |
| 24 | Nonesuch reverts to its old function , keeping the University as a whole together , telling graduates what is going on in their old alma mater , and keeping them up to date with what their contemporaries are doing . |
| 25 | General practitioners have also found intensive courses in diabetes helpful in keeping them up to date and improving their clinical skills . |
| 26 | Yes , I believe that 's about getting pe , getting the lists of order , keeping them up to date erm . |
| 27 | Incidentally , the last I heard , that weekly coach to the Upper Witham was still running — under the name of Heeley Angling Club and , even more surprising , I understand that ’ Jock ’ was still driving them up to a few years ago . |
| 28 | Still , Melissa was pleasant enough and said Hello and asked if I minded driving them back to the village . |
| 29 | Allow the applied force gradually to separate your knees , driving them down to the mat . |
| 30 | Planting consists merely of tossing them on to the surface of the water . |