Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pers pn] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she used to I mean her making the jackets and that for us . |
| 2 | I found him trying the window . ’ |
| 3 | But anyway apart from that I said to Mr , he 's the head over all the hydroelectric stations over this erm I said Mr li these commutators I told him doing the . |
| 4 | On another occasion , after the sessions for the recording of Der Rosenkavalier had been completed one January afternoon in 1982 , I recall him rehearsing the Vienna Philharmonic in two works by Tchaikovsky , the Sixth Symphony and the Fantasy Overture Romeo and Juliet . |
| 5 | I recall her pacing the sitting-room while I am doing my homework , pausing every so often to stand at one of the windows and look down into the busy street below . |
| 6 | I remember me gathering the hens up that night late oh about ten or eleven o'clock at night and we had our own power you see by that time . |
| 7 | The local children just ran wild all over the place , Victorine said : I remember them riding the cows and holding cow races , oh those children had a lovely war . |
| 8 | I do n't er I know you have n't got another one , I remember you emptying the first bag . |
| 9 | It has hardly passed my lips when I find it prospecting the inside of my head . |
| 10 | ‘ I find it frustrating the way we 're perceived by a lot of people , ’ explains Jim Bob . |
| 11 | I watched her shuffling the cards that night , and could n't decide if she was beautiful or hideous . |
| 12 | I have lived there for fifteen years , but the moment I leave I feel it closing the doors on me with indifference . |
| 13 | I saw her watching the girl for the longest time and finally she said , " Are those Indian beads ? " |
| 14 | She said carrying the water up from the well had taken a great deal of time which , when I saw her filling the bucket , I was not surprised since she lowered the rope slow enough to make me fall asleep watching . |
| 15 | ‘ When I managed to get upright I saw him cocking the gun again , thought he was going to shoot me again and moved towards him to defend myself . ’ |
| 16 | I saw him driving the other day , tell you that ? |
| 17 | I heard the ambulance and the police cars and I saw them putting the man into the ambulance and trying to resuscitate him and driving away . |
| 18 | Well I must n't keep you talking because the more I , the more I keep you talking the less time you have to do it . |
| 19 | I remembered him using the word malfunction , ‘ a surgically induced malfunction ’ , that was it . |
| 20 | ‘ If I mind you taking the afternoon off . ’ |
| 21 | I said you taking the piss out of them Jane or what ? |
| 22 | I when I see him when I see , George does a lot of housekeeping when I see him clearing the bed I say oh goodness look book . |
| 23 | I see it floating the air and I shall nip it in the bud . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ The music has an awakening effect , which has you leaving the theatre with more energy and life than before . ’ |
| 25 | If it is only — or mainly — accommodation problems which stop you repeating the year , Grandad & I would like you to know that you are welcome to live here & go to Oban High School . |
| 26 | The eighties saw a change of label for Johnny , switching to Alligator Records and producing the album Guitar Slinger , the cover of which shows him playing the small , headless guitar he still uses today . |
| 27 | This reaches to the outer limits of hardcore with Carl Cox 's ‘ Rhythm Is A Drug ’ and the Wizard Of Oz 's ‘ Drowning In Your Blood Mix ’ which cleaned up at the band 's recent Heaven gig ( also backed with an ‘ Ahhhcapella ’ version which had them climbing the walls round at my place the other week ! ) . |
| 28 | over where this bloke and she said , ooh do you mind me feeding the geese here ? |
| 29 | Also , if you catch the doc in a bad mood and he or she hears you taking the mickey , there are lots of particularly nasty cures which can be prescribed , such as : |
| 30 | So what odds do you lay me finishing the course on the bookie 's favourite ? ’ |