Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [v-ing] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These kinds of variations can seem very confusing , which is why I advocate taking the job slowly , one section at a time . |
| 2 | I 've got the spare tablets but I mean getting the prescription . |
| 3 | ‘ I intend writing the story I came here to find . ’ |
| 4 | Unless you have any objections I intend using the report as evidence to support your case . |
| 5 | That 's why I intend turning the upstairs area into a flat . |
| 6 | From what I already know , will I enjoy studying the subject for one , two or possibly more years ? |
| 7 | I tried rocking the wheelbarrow back and forth , then jerking . |
| 8 | Having read a few of your articles I tried sighting the neck by looking down from the headstock end ( as you frequently suggest ) and the neck appears to be very curved , almost banana shaped ! |
| 9 | So I tried raising the price — that works with a lot of people ; you 'd be surprised . |
| 10 | I tried inputting the X-Amp through a mixer straight to an ADAT using the amp 's cabinet voicing facility . |
| 11 | I tried planning the drop . |
| 12 | I tried putting the boys in nursery school , but they screamed the place down . |
| 13 | When I tried asking the girls I interviewed about them I was often met with a shrug , or a short ‘ no problem ’ reply , as if periods were nothing at all , of no significance , and certainly none to a book on looks , fashion and body-image . |
| 14 | I found cranking the boat over on its side did not help to turn it ( in the opposite direction ) as much as I would expect in a sea kayak . |
| 15 | Come 3 o'clock on a saturday I say taking the piss out of history goes . |
| 16 | Instead , I propose taking the logic of generic concentration as far as it can go , with a degree which would study , in detail , a single genre , poetry . |
| 17 | Once the eggs are laid you must decide what to do with them ; I suggest leaving the parents to try to raise them , as it is so interesting to watch . |
| 18 | The situation could easily get worse if something is not done immediately and I suggest moving the travellers away from the centre of town to the outskirts onto a piece of disused land for example until a short-term site has been rented or a permanent site set-up . |
| 19 | Three years ago I stopped taking the Pill because we wanted to have a baby . |
| 20 | Since I stopped taking the chlorambucil , the lumps are beginning to return , which is just as well . |
| 21 | I stopped using the stack reinforcement I used behind my amplifier because my amps are very small . |
| 22 | To me , the content was so uninteresting that I stopped opening the cover , so that the numerous approaches offering me overpriced advertising space were always rejected . |
| 23 | ‘ I stopped doing the horse charts after my partner died . |
| 24 | Have I prepared reading the story before the session ? |
| 25 | I stop playing the pipes before we leave the town as I appear to be missing out as far as the wine is concerned ! |
| 26 | I delayed switching the computer off while I racked my brain trying to think of some way of saving them , but there was none . |
| 27 | Apparently , the blank white space on that page matched the expression on my face as I envisaged programming the Alpha 2.0 unaided . |
| 28 | I hated pushing the medicine dropper in between the rows of teeth , now permanently bared , and the hot dry lips , and watching the milk dribble out at the comer because it would n't swallow . |
| 29 | I cringed as I opened the fridge door , I hated opening the fridge door . |
| 30 | I still got a bit of coffee left after I finish eating the doughnut , so I sip it slow to make it last , and look round the caff . |