Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ If it wisnae too much trouble tae ye , ’ she went on , ’ I think my son might be glad of a read , if ye didnae mind keepin' them fir 'im . ’ |
| 2 | Er if you get it wrong erm there 's the inheritance provision for family and dependence act nineteen eighty five , which is the statutory provision allowing you spouse who left nothing to all those children who left nothing to make applications to the court . |
| 3 | When you say that er said that this was a way of getting rid of you without paying you redundancy who was present at that who overheard him say that ? |
| 4 | Then ‘ I 've got you under my skin just as you 're getting me outta your system ’ . |
| 5 | Some people find that by thinking about head noises they become worse ; by consciously giving them attention they are less easily forgotten . |
| 6 | but the point I 'm making is that up to the end of giving you advice it is perfectly free there is no charge on you whatsoever . |
| 7 | Come on , Luke , you 're the boss , the one with all the answers , so explain how I can rid myself of this resentment I feel at having you foist yourself on me again ! ’ |
| 8 | It was , after all , the dealer who manipulated the client , by giving him advice which was often biased to suit the requirements of his firm . |
| 9 | Michael had the gift of making people want to please him , as if by giving him pleasure they were somehow indebted to him . |
| 10 | the end of the last straw you see , so I went in the Co-Op and I felt really , really fed up , I said I oh I said I could cry I said because I 've tried so hard I said not for lending you money I said , I 'm not meant to have any sodding luck so got a couple of bits and I really could n't get me act together and on the Tuesday dad 's gone in hospital with that fit , so I was thinking of him a lot and I thought I do n't know dad , you know I 'm sure , I 'm sure that he were n't gon na come out when he went in there , I thought they were gon na bloody find something with you boy and that would be it , so I come home here and I ai n't done no work , so I started off for work , both sitting here bloody bawling cos this house looked like shit , spoke to me sister on the phone and er I felt a bit better so I thought oh I 'd start doing the tree , so I pulled it all to bits in here , got the polish and duster out , put all the bread and everything for Alan 's sandwiches , it 'd be about oh , about half past twelve and the bloody phone went it was mum , she said Lyn do you think you can come up to the hospital with me , cos I 've got no transport and so I said what 's up then mum ? |
| 11 | The race was between Peter and Andrew ; by making him starter he knew he was n't considered . |
| 12 | Watching him sip his gin and tonic , Dexter admired the millionaire 's self-confidence once again . |