Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] [verb] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In vain has Adrienne written asking for news from the North-East to be included in the last two issues : for we had nothing to report beyond our puny struggles against the mighty Aerobics phenomenon . |
| 2 | While all the other kids were pulling on their coats , the teacher found Harry sitting sobbing in the cloakroom . |
| 3 | ‘ An Englishman named Woodhouse introduced winemaking to the town in 1773 , and his firm is still operating from the same premises . |
| 4 | The following day the IDA advised Raybestos to cease dumping in Ringaskiddy for the moment . |
| 5 | Jennie told Katharine to keep pushing with her inside leg and holding him with the outside rein to stop him walking forward . |
| 6 | Given that the theist believes that defining God involves thinking beyond the limits of thought , can he or she also fulfil the demand that a clear explanation be given of what is meant by the word ‘ God ’ ? |
| 7 | ‘ Where are you ? ’ she shouted , and heard Linda come thumping down the stairs . |
| 8 | No such luxury was permitted to the scientists of the Soviet Union but even there Andrei Sakharov , the Russian Oppenheimer , was trying to persuade Khrushchev to abandon testing by 1958 . |
| 9 | well Des , she heard Des look talking about it and er she said has she heard anything and I said no , I said not fully but more or less we stayed in yesterday cos you said shall we go out did n't you ? |
| 10 | So far as I can reconstruct events , I was gazing at the water jug when the exchange started ; I discovered I was smiling when I realized that Anne was watching me ; whereupon I looked at her interrogatively ; she looked at the water jug with a slight frown ; Millie glanced at each of us in turn , then picked up her dessert spoon and studied that instead ; I watched her smiling at the spoon ; which made me start smiling again ; which made Anne start looking at me again ; which … kept us all occupied throughout the main course . |
| 11 | As he felt Joe begin fumbling with his trousers Michael stifled an urge to slam his fist into Joe 's head . |
| 12 | She hated the dresses her mother made her wear , sombre unattractive things in rough heavy wool or dull summer cotton ; and she had asked Leo to go shopping with her and help her choose . |
| 13 | You expected Tarzan to come swinging through the bushes after Jane . |
| 14 | I have the greatest sympathy for hon. and learned Member for Leicester , West ( Mr. Janner ) , but there is a principle involved and it is about time that my right hon. and learned Friend stopped speaking as a lawyer and started acting as a politician . |
| 15 | Since when did Edward go shopping on his own behalf ? |
| 16 | ‘ You ca n't let Jahsaxa come sniffing round Acropolis Park , you know that , ’ Roirbak gabbled , quickly , still not entirely convinced his suspicions were correct . |
| 17 | Matt said casually , ‘ I think Silas intended going to the bush . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Does Donald need looking after ? ’ asked Sarah , who loved babies . |
| 19 | and the teacher said Geoffrey stop playing with yourself , now I think that 's disgusting |
| 20 | She told the tribunal that she had been pressured and bullied into working after commercial pressures forced Franlow to start trading on Sundays from May 1992 . |
| 21 | And she said Geoff kept saying to her oh I would n't move from where you are , you know you got your place lovely i if you the reason she moved was cos she wanted Tony to get the breakfast round What was said that 's what Val said . |
| 22 | ‘ Frank Strandli ( 21 ) is leaving Leeds to try qualifing for a place in the WC squad . |