Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [v-ing] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was right about them letting me out . |
| 2 | She grumbles a bit about me waking her up , but I do n't think she minds all that much . |
| 3 | I do n't think it 's good for them moving them about from school to school do you ? |
| 4 | Not that I was worried about 'er chuckin' me out , I know she would n't do that , but it was only right after all . |
| 5 | ‘ And that brings me to a further reason for my summoning you here today . |
| 6 | Well , after them telling me how good Gary Kelly was , they said they had a Leeds youth team member in their squad . |
| 7 | I can not account for its striking me more now than any other day , but it was as if new to me ; and I listened to every sentence he spoke as if to a musical composition . ’ |
| 8 | So why put him under the pressure , she sa cos I said , I want to know what the long-term effect of me taking him out of this is , because , effectively I 'm taking him out of something of the system , knowing , he 's going to miss that . |
| 9 | I used to have one but he got fed up of me using it so he cut plug off |
| 10 | Oh I do n't like to think of them doing it now like . |
| 11 | It 's merely that if there 's more than 50 of them feeling it simultaneously on the same summit then I 'd rather be somewhere else . |
| 12 | ‘ Stones have also been piled on top of them making them far more difficult to see . ’ |
| 13 | You are not conscious of them weighing you up , but they do . |
| 14 | I had an image of them having it off together in the same building where I was . |
| 15 | The region 's conservation officer , Jim Souness , said that new parts would be needed if the equipment were to fall into disrepair , making the possibility of someone taking it over even more remote . |
| 16 | A practical use is to give warning , if someone enters the room a few hand claps or knock at the door may alert you to their presence ; the shock of someone approaching you silently is avoided . |
| 17 | Good , I , I thought of you following him around watching what he was going to do . |
| 18 | Fei Yen bowed deeply , the two maids on either side of her copying her automatically . |
| 19 | He looked at his mother , seeing how she smiled self-consciously and lowered her head , for a moment the youthful look of her reminding him terribly of Meg — of how Meg would be a year or two from now . |
| 20 | He took her in his arms , holding her close in silence , the sheer size and warmth of him calming her very quickly . |
| 21 | There 's no reason you should be shocked at the thought of him taking me out . |
| 22 | Said Taylor : ‘ I see this as part of David 's natural development and although this is a one-off there is every chance of him taking it on if he is still in the side when Stuart is no longer with us . ’ |
| 23 | She snuggled down and began to drift to sleep , memories of Alain holding her here as she wept on that first day , memories of him bringing her up to bed after he had kissed her in the kitchen , fluttering like moths in the light , easing her into sleep . |
| 24 | Her earliest memory was of him holding her tightly by the hand , when she was just a toddler , in case she strayed too near the rushing river . |
| 25 | Robyn thought , remembering the way she had flung herself out of the house , the agony of driving home , the touch and taste of him haunting her down every mile of motorway … the floods of tears … |
| 26 | Even if they got to the superleague then were repeatedly humiliated 6 nil I would be happy despite it making them yet more money . |
| 27 | I like , I like that , I like the idea of it telling you how far it is |
| 28 | The investments failed , and all the money was now gone , the court was told , With little or no chance of anyone getting it back . |
| 29 | It is provided , however , that if a person has a right to place animals on unfenced land , he is not to be regarded as in breach of a duty of care by reason only of his placing them there , so long as the land is in an area where fencing is not customary or is common land or a town or village green . |
| 30 | But Porterfield said : ‘ There is no question of us leaving him out . |