Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | many and I 've stopped eating them at Christmas when I brought them and I started eating them again . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've come to find out what you 've done with Kirsty — and when you intend returning her to Lomond View . ’ |
| 3 | Agreeing with other councillors that someone might be able to find a use for such items , especially now that cast iron baths are now in fashion , the chairman wondered if someone might consider using it for horses . |
| 4 | However , it should prevent anyone from mismanaging the waste and may include details of the business or process producing it in addition to a description of the physical ( or chemical ) nature . |
| 5 | I hung up the plastic sheet I had left soaking , rolled away those that had dried , scrubbed dried plaster from the table with the special remover , and wondered wearily how much longer it would be before the scent of wet plaster stopped reminding me of Marcus . |
| 6 | Charles had considered parking her on Frances in Muswell Hill , but the incongruity of the thought of the two women together was too great . |
| 7 | Ken took Apricot with him on gigs for a time and quite enjoyed it , but found getting her to school and organizing her clothes and meals onerous . |
| 8 | They had considered sending her to youth custody and said if she gets in trouble again she 'll be lucky to stay out of prison . |
| 9 | I tried calling you in Budapest on Friday and Saturday but could n't get a reply . |
| 10 | And despite complaining about charges for dental checks , it would not consider removing them for years . |
| 11 | The F-A will now decide whether it should take action against the men which may include banning them from football for life . |
| 12 | I can enjoy watching it for hours . ’ |
| 13 | These included shooting it into space on board a rocket so that its deadly payload would disappear into infinity . |
| 14 | She tried exchanging it for Fleury 's but that was just as hard . |
| 15 | If you have any further donations of clothes and intend passing them onto Jean at Church would you either leave them in your car boot or give Jean a call first , so she can pick them up … ! |
| 16 | Gratitude that the Scottish Football Association and Scottish Rugby Union have apparently stopped insulting us with Scotland the Brave is not reason enough to allow them to inflict ‘ the people 's choice ’ upon us . |
| 17 | A letter to Rohde contains , half-way through , the sign " N.B. " and , at the end , the following : " At the point marked N.B. , a message came calling me into town as soon as I reached the foot of the page ; now returned , I am trembling all over and can not free myself of it even by pouring out my heart to you . |
| 18 | But she was gone before I could finish asking her for help , borne away by three identically dressed musketeers , waving her whip in the air , and lost in the crowds again . |
| 19 | Stop putting it on Helena |
| 20 | The jury heard how Ferguson and Smillie collected two five-gallon drums of diesel from Oban railway pier on the day of the fire , 12 May last year , and were seen delivering it to Ferguson 's house . |
| 21 | Garden centres stock sachets of blueing powder for hydrangeas , but the most reliable way is to continue growing them in pots . |
| 22 | During that period , we want to do all we can to reduce it , especially among young people , and we want to avoid targeting them in advertising . |
| 23 | The police team had gone from her house , she had managed to avoid seeing them at work by her long session with Gabriel and John Coffin in Cat 's Coffee Shop . |
| 24 | It was the only time I can ever remember seeing him with tears in his eyes . |
| 25 | Yeah they , they 've played in red and white , red , white , red shirts white shorts , but they , they used to play in claret and blue I can remember seeing them in claret and blue when I was a small boy but erm |
| 26 | But , it 's probably a good long-term bet because of its more professional drawing tools , and extra features like converting text to outlines , 50 levels of undo , 200 named layers and locking objects in place to avoid moving them by mistake . |
| 27 | As there is no ‘ use by ’ date on these kits at the moment , it is probably best to avoid buying them from shops which have a very low turnover of stock . |
| 28 | A new set of feelings about the baby had begun to emerge since I had nearly lost it , and I wanted to be sure that they were going to take root before I risked dispersing them with talk . |
| 29 | Why did he keep questioning her about boyfriends and engagements ? |
| 30 | Right , so that 'd be lovely if you do n't mind having them after school . |