Example sentences of "[pron] and [v-ing] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking her hand warmly in his and tucking it into his pocket , he ordered softly , ‘ Tell me about Elinor Browne with an ‘ E ’ . ’ |
| 2 | Are losing theirs and blaming it on you |
| 3 | It was really done with much relish , and to prove his efficiency in all branches of His Majesty 's Navy and Fishing Fleets , Lord Shelley went into Uxbridge , bought the best cod he could find , and insisted on cooking it himself and serving it for dinner . |
| 4 | And what patience the man had , massaging his patients himself and rubbing them with liniment . |
| 5 | He could think of nothing but disguising himself and rushing her on a dark night . |
| 6 | Unarmed combat is basically the quickest way of attacking somebody and grinding them into little pieces before moving on to your next victim . ) |
| 7 | Yet again , looking at this urbane relaxed figure seated opposite me and comparing him with the romantic figures of Spender and others or with the scruffy Auden , I found it difficult to believe that he was a poet and not rather some worldly and successful company director . |
| 8 | Why do you add to my miseries by haunting me and confronting me with my sins ? ’ |
| 9 | I am horrified to think that there could be 120,000 Kiwis of Scots descent who are doing the same as me and depriving you of decent circulation . |
| 10 | And then , I liked having nice little teas served to me for a change ; to have Wilson taking care of me and treating me like a lady — because there was a little something between us . |
| 11 | People are always niggling me and teasing me for doing too much work , going into too many details for even the smallest conference . |
| 12 | They were kicking me and hitting me with a big bar . |
| 13 | Three of them I recognize , but the whole gang has been grinning at me and clapping me on the back like I was their kid brother pulled out of a scrape . |
| 14 | The point is that the inference which you give to it is that they 're not quite fit to be Governors , by comparison with others , and I 'd like to defend that because I can assure you that I have never ever nominated a Governor for a school who I have not thought would be advantageous to that Board of Governors to have as a member and that he will be he or she will be a contributor to that particular school , and I 've done it time and time and time again and indeed on occasions have had headmasters coming to me and thanking me for the particular person that I put in . |
| 15 | I 've never even managed to get through a job interview , even if it 's a woman doing the interviewing ; I just have this feeling that she is looking at me and judging me for all the wrong reasons . |
| 16 | The Spirit who inspired their writing is perfectly well capable of taking some part of them and writing it on our hearts so that it becomes an inescapable pointer to a particular course of action . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'll leave the plans on the desk , ’ he said , rolling them and replacing them in the tube . |
| 18 | With synthetic fabrics , it may be sufficient to just stop wearing them and using them as bedding for a while , to see if this is beneficial . |
| 19 | ‘ There is n't much loving in any of your kindnesses , Jane , ’ the middle-aged hero of John Osborne 's Inadmissible Evidence ( 1965 ) complains to his daughter in a long , unanswered diatribe against the younger generation — a new race of adolescents capable , for the first time , of subduing the earth around them and thinking nothing of it : ‘ not much kindness , not even cruelty , really , in any of you . ’ |
| 20 | Some mothers would avoid problems , distracting their child by talking to them and involving them in the shopping , while others would distract their child once they had started to be difficult . |
| 21 | As a change and to provide more nourishment , try pouring yogurt over them and topping them with fresh fruit . |
| 22 | This is the main reason why I have not until recently felt able to face the task of transcribing them and editing them in the way they . |
| 23 | Credit Suisse said that although it had been decided that none of the managers could represent the bondholders , it would be advising them and providing them with information . |
| 24 | We will be working alongside the base staff , encouraging them and assisting them in their work with local churches , ministering to the homeless in Hyderabad and working among a gypsy group in the country . |
| 25 | I can see no moral difference between seeking out mongol children in the womb to kill them and putting them into gas chambers after birth . |
| 26 | Mrs Bennet and Jinny took charge of the two women and two small girls , making tea for them and wrapping them in blankets . |
| 27 | Scouts assistant county commissioner Dave Jackson said : ‘ They were in full uniform and the old man started shouting Hitler Youth at them and hitting them with a stick . |
| 28 | There is a difference between marrying someone while not loving them and marrying them in order to use them as a private bank . ’ |
| 29 | In England , until the sixteenth century , it was unremarkable to speak of visitations from incubi and succubi — evil spirits ( male and female , respectively ) which were thought to descend on sleepers , seducing them and perverting them to the ways of the devil . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm pleading with you and mocking myself at the same time : how can you bear to resist ? ’ |