Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone will reach for a tin of fish-paste only to be brought up short by another member of the party reminding them that fish-paste is unclean , while someone else may get as far as the checkout with a year 's supply of baked beans , when , across the crowded shelves of the supermarket , comes a voice reminding them of the danger they are facing . |
| 2 | ABOVE As time went by , more and more people started bringing me injured birds to look after . |
| 3 | He 's not bringing me any supper . |
| 4 | Thanks for seeing me this evening er |
| 5 | Right that 's , that 's , that 's lovely Ian anyway thanks very much for seeing me this evening erm well as I say I 'll go away and prepare some figures and then I 'll , I 'll see you what , what say Wednesday next week ? |
| 6 | So you 're really clobbering them both ways , are n't you ? |
| 7 | Several states had passed restrictive laws since the Supreme Court 's 1989 ruling allowing them greater opportunity to limit the availability of abortion ( in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services — see pp. 36809-10 ) . |
| 8 | Mr Symington had reached compacts with some of the tribes , allowing them 250 machines each , when the larger tribes took him to court to try to get more . |
| 9 | The Department of Trade and Industry has promised to examine whether charities may be able to get round this by using a clause , such as s 257 of the Companies Act , that contains special regulations for banks and insurance companies , allowing them different formats . |
| 10 | The next sixty years were to see a rise in the classroom autonomy of teachers allowing them growing discretion within their classrooms . |
| 11 | ‘ Fox , although allowing me complete control over the physical side of making the picture , were strong enough to prevent me changing the script , ’ he said . |
| 12 | Hick , a member of their 1983 World Cup squad when only 17 , will be opposing them this time . |
| 13 | There are various ways of using them one way , to look through which yo , which you have to see the light , you know , otherwise you wo n't see it ! |
| 14 | I was work la last week and I erm I got ta scrub my nails after done everything anyway like every , like after I made the sandwiches , I scrub my nails after I 've been washing up , scrub my nails so I was scrubbing them all day Saturday , last week and it still did n't come out . |
| 15 | If we go back to the private 's utterance ‘ I 've been scrubbing them all morning and they wo n't come any cleaner ’ , we can relate it to these three layers as follows : |
| 16 | ‘ We 'll be building them one day , I tell you , ’ he said softly . |
| 17 | She was bringing them some papers and some photographs in a big brown envelope . |
| 18 | The fire brigade reappeared , bringing them some council inspector , who obviously wanted to evacuate the house . |
| 19 | ‘ But they 'll welcome him with open arms , bringing them medical aid . |
| 20 | Much love to you both — and renewed thanks for including me last week . |
| 21 | ‘ Only I been sufferin' 'orrible suspicions about endin' up gettin' me own throat cut . ’ |
| 22 | I 'm bidding them all farewell . |
| 23 | They want to assert that homosexual relationships are just as valid as heterosexual ones and that it is perfectly ‘ natural ’ for some people to be homosexual if their inclination is in that direction and that those who profess distaste for homosexuality are denying them human rights . |
| 24 | He reported standard surgical procedures on animals rendered insensible under a bell glass by denying them fresh air or by administering carbon dioxide , without evidence of pain and with full recovery . |
| 25 | You know I 'm debriefing you this afternoon ? |
| 26 | ACE reached for her , his mouth closing over hers , denying her any chance to protest . |
| 27 | One deaf electrician from Gillingham , Kent , a Thomas Pearce , was shot dead by a sentry in Southport , Lancashire , to which place he had been sent to do a job : he had failed to see the sentry in the dark and the sentry shot him after challenging him three times . |
| 28 | And , apart from the project gaining him top grade in his A-levels , it also won two national science awards . |
| 29 | Maclean also concentrated on getting the ball past the talented Umar and denying him further chances to hit crisp drives into the nicks and towards difficult angles . |
| 30 | He was welding on top of a 900 ton oil storage tank which exploded , hurling him 120 feet into a wall . |