Example sentences of "[pers pn] [v-ing] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was a nice picture — Marie liked it I think , cos she did n't mind me sticking it on the wall . |
| 2 | Boys pouring into the room below , laughing , chattering , me seeing them through the crack . |
| 3 | If an employer does not prevent them availing themselves of the opportunity to learn business secrets how can he later seek to restrain an employee from using the same information . |
| 4 | I was half asleep when he showed us up to our rooms , Ward and I sharing one at the rear of the building , which , in place of beds , had a double-tier bunk in the corner . |
| 5 | It 's a good idea of yours putting me on the floor Rocket . |
| 6 | I play a film over and over again in my mind of me meeting you at the airport . |
| 7 | I I like writing them writing them on the nodes like that . |
| 8 | Are you rewinding something on the video ? |
| 9 | Rather than you selling it to the boss and then all the trouble . |
| 10 | So why are you doing it on the |
| 11 | Are you doing anything over the weekend ? |
| 12 | ‘ Why are n't you doing anything about the litter ? ’ etcetera etcetera etcetera ‘ What are you going to do about this new Act which is coming in and have you got it all under control ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Are you taking her to the Moulid ? ’ |
| 14 | Are you taking me to the er |
| 15 | Are you taking it to the party tonight ? |
| 16 | ‘ You modelling yourself on the Israelis ? ’ |
| 17 | Was she carrying anything at the time ? |
| 18 | Saves you carrying it in the bag . |
| 19 | Was she telling him about the plot to de-select Grunte ? |
| 20 | ‘ Mandy , I have n't exactly seen you throwing yourself on the altar of love . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I saw you watching us from the window . ’ |
| 22 | I ca n't see how we 've had a revue in nineteen eighty-eight which has recommended a very specific course of action , none of which appears to have been implemented , I do n't see how we get a report which describes er , the intention of the county council as maintaining the ethos of the County Farms , whatever that is , as I , I do n't recall any decisions like that , and certainly if we 've made one , I 'd be interested in being party to changing it , I think wha what we have to say is we 've got a lot of land , are we using it to the best interest of the people of Wiltshire , and that is one thing it 's addressing , not a , a way of preserving the County Estates as they are , not a way of keeping a hundred and twenty farmers and their families erm , as tenants of Wiltshire , I mean they 're not gon na be out of jobs are they ? |
| 23 | I know it sounds mad but I suddenly had an image of them doing it on the carpet in the office like a couple of dogs . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ If they do n't do it in training I ca n't see them doing it on the park . ’ |
| 25 | This necessitates them saying something about the rival philosophy of the includers in addition to conveying the appearance of expertise . |
| 26 | She liked flowers , liked even more the thought behind them , but Gaily only remembered when he caught them staring him in the face — or in the feet , as now . |
| 27 | Soon I 'll hear her primping herself in the bedroom , cosseting her curves in silk and lace . |
| 28 | One source said : ‘ It would come as no surprise to find her driving herself to the church . |
| 29 | Examine a scene from the play where one boy creeps up on another and then springs on him stabbing him in the back with his knife . |
| 30 | You feel him imagining himself as the last rock of culture and civilization being swept over by a wave of barbarism and Jews ( communism and commercialism ) , the saviour of more than the Constitution , the saviour of all that has been culture , the snob of the West . |