Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Leaving videos aside , I wo n't sign a band without seeing them perform live , if that is possible . |
| 2 | Seeing them like that , and the strange fear in their faces , stirred Harry in a way he could not quite understand , and for a moment he almost felt sorry for them . |
| 3 | Other ways we find bands include : ( a ) being recognized in the industry as a company that is worth approaching ( managers with new artists drop in to play a tape to me or any of the other A&R people ) ; ( b ) demo tapes ( they all get heard eventually , but to get your tape picked out of the pile for special attention is difficult ) ; ( c ) seeing them play live on the London circuit . |
| 4 | ‘ Awful , seeing me like this , ’ she murmured . |
| 5 | Grief , I hate people seeing me like this , she thought . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , I feel awful anyone seeing me like this , ’ said Ianthe faintly . |
| 7 | ‘ I look forward to contributing further in helping them achieve all their objectives . ’ |
| 8 | We provide rich sensory experiences — wrapping them in soft towels , letting them squelch in mud or helping them identify different tastes or the sound and smells of the countryside . |
| 9 | Secondly , children in care , we 're helping them get out of care as fast as they can , and we 're helping them get set up properly , with proper support and so on . |
| 10 | With , with regards to Camco 's Eastern European sales drive , does this have any er , implications in terms of er , working capital movements , in terms of helping them fund those acquisitions and what sort of er , provisions perhaps , are you taking on those sales ? |
| 11 | The worker should make strenuous efforts to help parents exercise their rights fully , for example by helping them obtain legal advice , and only after these steps have been taken , should a final agreement be signed . |
| 12 | Nat West is to spend £1.5M on training branch managers and Small business Advisers with the aim of helping them understand small firms ' needs more clearly . |
| 13 | And think what good you 're doing by helping me fulfil all Uncle 's requirements for getting hold of my inheritance . |
| 14 | You can all be scientists today by helping me do some magic science tricks |
| 15 | By fund-raising she is doing something positive towards helping me get better . |
| 16 | This system is only successful if you are confident that your horse will be treated as an individual and that the people helping you care enough to spot when something is wrong . |
| 17 | What you have learned is a sophisticated procedure for helping you solve difficult problems . |
| 18 | The Graduate Enterprise Programme can change that by helping you jump each hurdle , rather than letting you in for the high jump . |
| 19 | To deal with this , a group of merchants who wanted to trade in a particular part of the world would ask the monarch for a charter allowing them a monopoly of bringing goods from their chosen region into England , giving them rights to defend themselves against pirates and bandits with their own armed force , and letting them settle legal problems that would otherwise have to wait years until they got back to England . |
| 20 | And now , one word from me and she 'll be round that police station , letting them know all about you … . ’ |
| 21 | Instead the system connects computers made by only one firm — Apple — so letting them share expensive disc files , printers and so on . |
| 22 | WHEN HE saw his hands in the light he flinched , and held them away from him , to avoid letting them touch any other part of his person or habit , for the right was engrained with drying blood across the palm and between the fingers , and the fingers of the left were dabbled at the tips , as if they had felt at stained clothing . |
| 23 | Where users only access one LIFESPAN Process , there is no harm in letting them have direct access to the command files in SYS$LIFESPAN . |
| 24 | She knew that I 'd have to keep Dawn in my bedroom to start with , and she 'd been beginning to have second thoughts about letting me do that . |
| 25 | He 's letting me do that is he ? |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm mad because you play juvenile pranks , telling me all those lies , letting me believe all that rubbish ! ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Thank you for letting me see such a beautiful face ! ’ he said . |
| 28 | ‘ The tenant 's a friend and she 's letting me use this place while she researches a book in Italy . ’ |
| 29 | thank you for letting me get that top though I do n't know |
| 30 | In order to try and get a resident 's permit for the car you are so generously letting me have temporary use of , I need a mass of bumf for the Regional Council in due course — they require sight of , and in original , car registration documents , MOT certificate , insurance certificate , driving licence , evidence of ownership or tenancy lease of this house ( ! ) plus evidence of payment of property tax ! |