Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though she was wishing that , after all , she 'd taken a seat , for she suspected he was rather enjoying letting her stew in her own juice . |
| 2 | If his growing army of fans are only writing to say they like Merton 's own TV series , then they are either shy or lying . |
| 3 | The girl rescued the five-pound note , because he was obviously going to let it lie there . |
| 4 | But this man here is obviously going to say he 's seen no cruelty , he h obviously has n't seen the circus madness video that w was released by I A W A and Animals Defenders this year , where there is an absolutely horrendous scene of a llama being beaten around the head and chest . |
| 5 | It disturbed him to think of her father perhaps waking to hear him tiptoe down the passage like a shifty thief afraid of discovery . |
| 6 | ‘ I was merely trying to prevent you getting sunstroke . |
| 7 | It fulfilled none of my expectations and seemed to be merely trying to make me laugh at the fact that it had left me standing there grasping at nothing . |
| 8 | The patient may find these activities both boring and frustrating , especially if you are constantly trying to make him concentrate on them as educational tasks . |
| 9 | well I mean I 'm only trying to get you to pick to pick it up one wee thing from every time I said , do have a chat with you , that 's what we always say , I 'm not expecting you to pick up anything else I 've said to you tonight cos I 'm only talking to you in general terms , but if you pick up one wee thing , right , story close |
| 10 | He was only trying to make her feel better . |
| 11 | I 've cried enough trying to get him to understand that there 's a difference between a good fuck and a good shit . |
| 12 | Now , just remembering made her feel shaky and babyish . |
| 13 | Erm just remembering say I had to put four O Hs with N H , I was sometimes I was getting it right sometimes I was getting it wrong and stuff like that . |
| 14 | There are so many other inspirational ideas in every Allied store , just waiting to help you create a beautiful new way of living in your home . |
| 15 | We 're scarcely going to feel we 've sold our souls for a plate of strawberries and cream , are we ? ’ |
| 16 | I 'm just going to ask you to see sense and leave . ’ |
| 17 | Right , I 'm just going to call it finance . |
| 18 | I was just going to say they said carrots |
| 19 | I was just going to say I did n't believe a word of it but … . |
| 20 | I 'm not just going to let you throw me away . |
| 21 | They were no longer going to let them continue . |
| 22 | Happily , my finally getting to meet him coincides with the release of one of Morrissey 's great records ( they seem to alternate quite evenly with duff ones ) , so there 's no awkward rub between the fan 's loyalty and the critic 's ‘ responsibility ’ to the ‘ truth ’ . |
| 23 | He was somehow managing to make her begin to doubt her own words — simply by subjecting her to that look of dark unbelief . |
| 24 | You total , utter fool ! she told herself grimly , desperately trying to control her trembling figure . |
| 25 | ‘ There will be no next time , ’ Isabel got out , desperately trying to keep her breathing steady while she struggled unavailingly to free her hand . |
| 26 | Just trying to remember you ken that professor , he came twice here , |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm just trying to stop you breaking your poor mother 's heart , Jocasta … ’ |
| 28 | Yeah , I 'm just trying to shuffle them to keep them together |
| 29 | Not signs , not shouting , just trying to get them to understand us . |
| 30 | You 'll probably be ringing people up anyway trying to get them to understand . |