Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pers pn] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found him trying the window . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I watched her shuffling the cards that night , and could n't decide if she was beautiful or hideous . |
| 4 | I saw her watching the girl for the longest time and finally she said , " Are those Indian beads ? " |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 7 | I saw him driving the other day , tell you that ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I remembered him using the word malfunction , ‘ a surgically induced malfunction ’ , that was it . |
| 10 | I said you taking the piss out of them Jane or what ? |
| 11 | 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 ! ) . |
| 12 | ‘ You heard me telling the Headmistress that it could n't possibly have been you . ’ |
| 13 | Steve went quietly into the kitchen , she heard him opening the refrigerator door . |
| 14 | From a distance of thirty feet she heard it clawing the earth . |
| 15 | One very generous gentleman in London , who imports pianos from Poland and who heard me playing the organ in the programmes , has offered me a brand-new piano as a gift . |
| 16 | She watched him sifting the batch of cards , momentarily intrigued . |
| 17 | You would not think her unduly burdened with worries , if you watched her crossing the campus , smiling at people she knows , her eyes bright , her brow unfurrowed . |
| 18 | She saw him passing the day in a cloud of dreams . |
| 19 | Cos she saw me putting the corn in and she decided she 'd try and get it by diving through the black net instead of going through the gate , like with a normal hen , you know , this one 's obviously brain dead or |
| 20 | She would patrol the class , a wooden foot ruler at the ready in her hand , if she saw you holding the pen incorrectly , down came the ruler on your knuckles . |
| 21 | Detective Constable Keetly was one of several officers who saw him searching the banks of the river near the spot where the car disappeared . |
| 22 | The appellant was detained by a booking clerk who saw him putting the coins into the machine . |
| 23 | She shuddered as she felt him unfastening the catch of her bikini-top , her heart starting to pound with a heavy beat as the pressure of his kiss became fiercer and more demanding . |
| 24 | She visualised him drawing the sleeping-bag around him . |
| 25 | Biting back a sob , she left him shaking the paella pan and went outside to the terrace where the air was fresher . |
| 26 | It sounded suspiciously like a dismissal , but she made no comment as she left him finishing the task of putting away saddles and bridles . |
| 27 | We got you reading the paper ! |
| 28 | Although no one stopped us entering the store , it was obvious we were being scrutinized by both shop assistants and the public . |
| 29 | No , no one told me getting the push , just said we were getting a new one so I mean that must have meant that we that he had n't Commiserations , but never mind |
| 30 | After a few minutes we watched them crossing the field , alongside the hedgerow . |