Example sentences of "[adj] [v-ing] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hunted buffalo in the swamps at Bilen ; it was exciting following them through the dense reed beds . |
| 2 | It had even been easy following them from the racecourse , as when I went out to where my driver had parked his car I had a clear view from a distance of Daffodil at the exit gate being spooned into a royal blue Rolls-Royce by Filmer and her chauffeur . |
| 3 | A TEENAGE mother banned from seeing her six-month-old baby girl after being charged with ill treating her in a cot at a London hospital ward , can now visit her under social services supervision . |
| 4 | Sometimes you feel a bit stupid asking someone for a hand . |
| 5 | If you 're keeping your spouse because you have the assets and he or she does n't , there 's no good leaving nothing to the spouse , unless that spouse is rich in his or her own right Rich in comparative terms , then there may be good reasons not to live him or her anything because you 'd rather leave it to the children . |
| 6 | It 's no good leaving it till the end of the season . ’ |
| 7 | Such surveys are , of course , confidential leaving us with a cold set of statistics and meaningless fractions such as . |
| 8 | It suddenly occurred to me that I had been so busy enjoying myself on the Mantela that I had never even opened either of them . |
| 9 | In between they were too busy enjoying themselves on the beach at Barmouth , or down by the lake or clambering up Snowdon . |
| 10 | So that 's and you said , if you erm do n't er sweat a little in making the load , you will sweat a tremendous amount when you were busy pitching it into the into the stack . |
| 11 | I felt very wicked taking them to a pawnbroker , and then I sent the money to Giulia . |
| 12 | The Jones boys were busy preparing themselves for a whistle-stop tour of Texas , fuelled by the news from their American promoters that they 'd be playing Dallas and Houston the same nights as GENESIS , and that they were out-selling PHIL ‘ Two Houses ’ COLLINS and his Tory mates by three tickets to one . |
| 13 | We in the West try to keep the spiritual and the material together and our minds are confused and jumbled ; the mundane distracting us from the spiritual , and the spiritual distracting us from the mundane . |
| 14 | It was wonderful having you as a defence . |
| 15 | It 's surprising thumping him in the back did n't kill him with the kidney failure in n it ? |
| 16 | We in the West try to keep the spiritual and the material together and our minds are confused and jumbled ; the mundane distracting us from the spiritual , and the spiritual distracting us from the mundane . |
| 17 | Children yearned to be like her and parents , even grandparents , were happy to see their young modelling themselves on a star seemingly unsullied by the darker side of rock and roll . |
| 18 | It will probably be worthwhile recharging it about every six weeks . |
| 19 | Thought you were so damn smart getting it in the first place , and drink has blurred you so much you 've blown it . |
| 20 | One of the problems is you ne , it 's alright saying something on the environment , you have to tighten up what it is you 're gon na do . |