Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun prp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he said er , and I said that I gather you 're seeing Lynda the weekend if you do find anything perhaps you could pass it on to her . |
| 2 | Is Peter the piffle artist becoming Peter the pimpernel , who is never around when there is bad news about ? |
| 3 | Denying Gina the opportunity of making the quick contradiction which sprang to her lips , she addressed herself to Rune in her excellent , slightly accented English . |
| 4 | Stratagem enabling Flaubert the writer to sidestep a conventional career , and Flaubert the man to sidestep life . |
| 5 | There was , of course , no question of denying India the freedom which had so often been promised in the irresponsibility of opposition . |
| 6 | Unfortunate , because I was on ramp duty practically every night , finding the work somewhat impersonal too , the selections now being made by loudspeaker ( such was the weight of traffic ) , and having little to do but stand there drinking and shouting with my colleagues — thus denying Herta the kind of undivided attention that every young wife craves … |
| 7 | ‘ Mr Blake is my employer , ’ Charity said stiffly , saving Matthew the embarrassment of having to come up with a reply , and herself the embarrassment of having to hear it . |
| 8 | In any plausible way of forming Jupiter the hydrogen and helium are initially well mixed at a molecular level . |
| 9 | Another son , Gauthier , in fact assumed the French lordships of the family in Champagne by September 1298 , was serving Philip the Fair against the Flemings in July 1302 , and died at their hands two years later in the battle at Pont-à-Vendin , near Lens in Artois . |
| 10 | The Scotsman visited Forkhill to find L-Cpl Dickson acting Jack the lad . |
| 11 | Meeting Steve the stamp man from Surbiton or Billy from the back of beyond or travelling around attending street parties and generally being gawped at by the Press and the populace is not my idea of whooping it up . |
| 12 | Rory , having ducked out of meeting Rosie the night before , had said they 'd pick her up later for a meal , but his talk was all of Jessica . |
| 13 | Chelsea have offered a hundred and twenty thousand pounds compensation for loosing Glenn the manager . |
| 14 | In occupying Manchuria the Guandong Army effectively acted as an autonomous political decision-making body . |
| 15 | They believed that in his teaching and life , God had ‘ visited his people ’ and sent a prophet and more than a prophet , an example and teacher of the way of truth and righteousness surpassing John the Baptist ; the ‘ Messiah ’ or anointed leader of ancient expectation . |
| 16 | Thank you for sending CPRW the notice of this year 's AGM and the Trust 's Newsletter . |
| 17 | Had sending Zen the letter been her humble way of serving the great principle upon which Luciano Bartocci had now apparently turned his back , of not letting the bastards get away with it ? |
| 18 | The only problem is getting Sam the lead singer special permission take time off school because he 's only 13 . |
| 19 | I started supporting Leeds the day they lost to Munich in 1975 . |
| 20 | My favourite moment of that visit was seeing Jennifer the donkey . |
| 21 | The tearful lad then tried to revive his schoolfriend by blowing in his face , believing he was giving Scott the kiss of life . |
| 22 | The presence in the Painted Chamber of scenes depicting Edward the Confessor 's coronation , and his gift of a ring to a St John in disguise , suggests that ‘ at Westminster the Virtues represent the ideals of the court and household of Henry III envisaged in terms of the chaste presence of St Edward ; Edward is … the debonair king par excellence' ; his arms are also found painted in the block borders beside the figure of Débonereté . |
| 23 | The scenery was almost too magnificent , giving Ross the sensation that they were seeing ‘ a succession of stage sets but never any drama ’ . |
| 24 | McLoughlin giving Ireland the trip to the USA with his 1–1 equalizer vs Northern Ireland — he came on as a substitute — meaning that Ireland left Denmark at home — same points , same goal difference — but Ireland got more goals |
| 25 | The previous month , Mr Yeltsin signed a secret decree giving Promecologia the right to export red mercury , an order which was rescinded on March 20th 1993 . |
| 26 | Approaching Heligoland the weather was obviously unsuitable and so the mission was abandoned and the aircraft went home . |
| 27 | The umpires green-flagged the crash but penalised Stripes for hitting the mark , effectively giving Kanza the race . |
| 28 | All these changes were giving China the appearance of ‘ turning capitalist ’ . |
| 29 | I had but I had no intention of giving Miranda the impression I was disorganized . |
| 30 | Giving Adam the chocolate bar , letting him tell her those rather dull facts about the sea defences , it had been so easy to forget what was going on — to feel he was just her little brother and everything was ordinary , normal . |