Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did actually get over to work for them in 1968–70 and 1971 , but this story I am referring to was in 1967 when I was just paying a visit and was given a bed for the night in the hostel . |
| 2 | For instance , erm erm a good illustration of this is Locke 's erm erm argument on the right of inheritance and erm in this case I am quoting from the first treatise of government the right a son has to be maintained , has to be maintained and provided with the necessary the necessities and conveniences of life out of his father 's stock gives him a right to succeed to his father 's property for his own good but this can give him no right to succeed also to the rule which his father had over other men . |
| 3 | Shortly after the case I was walking down the street and a policeman went past , laughed sneeringly and said , ‘ Got you , did n't we ? ’ |
| 4 | And you have to be wary of upsetting me in case I 'm planning on the wholesale destruction of Sarah Chester Fabrics . |
| 5 | Fine , just in case I 'm running over a little bit . |
| 6 | I remember this very handsome young subaltern I was dancing with … ’ |
| 7 | I waved aside her gratitude , being much more keenly preoccupied by the difficulty I was having in making myself stand upright without hanging on to something . |
| 8 | It 's a bit I was thinking of doing it wider . |
| 9 | Those who pursue comparisons of the kind I am referring to are likely to be impressed by the staying-power of a literary preoccupation to which a variety of temperaments and compulsions has been attracted , and could well be inclined to believe that Pechorin 's duel and indifference may have been among the precedents that weighed , a century later , with a woman bent on contriving her appointment with destiny . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's just the kind I was talking about , ’ said Garvey over his shoulder . |
| 11 | I was sitting there waiting for the grub to show when Martin Amis came through the open door — you know , the writer I was chatting to in the pub the other night . |
| 12 | Because I know Ruth likes clothes too , and reads fashion magazines , I know she appreciates what look I 'm aiming for . |
| 13 | My parents still do n't know what course I am pursuing at a college of education . |
| 14 | It was there all the time but I had turned my back upon it in a sense , so when I got converted , and of course I was listening to the Big Man 's comments on events and I recognized the validity of what he was saying . |
| 15 | ‘ Of course I 'm thinking of the bottle stall for the Christmas bazaar , ’ said Sister Dew virtuously , tucking the little bottles into her bag . |
| 16 | ‘ Of course I 'm coming with you , Nick ! |
| 17 | This afternoon I am going to a memorial service for a woman who devoted her whole life to caring for others . |
| 18 | So anyway yesterday afternoon I was checking through it when the phone went again to ask about the washing machine and I was looking through the paper to see whether , and they 'd put it in this week ! |
| 19 | When I went to Drake Hall on one sentence I was waiting for another court case as well , a conspiracy case , a big one . |
| 20 | That 's Royal Scotsman I 'm talking about . |
| 21 | So anyway I went to Index cos I want I want and a watch I 'm looking for a watch cos , and I thought oh aye I come to rings , I thought well I owe her a ring so I thought oh better half eternity ring they 're cheap anyway . |
| 22 | The debt counsellor said that as long as I paid all the money I was getting from Social Security for the house , they could n't take it away from us . |
| 23 | ‘ With all the money I 'm paying for your education , you should learn more than that ’ … |
| 24 | ‘ When I decided to take the part I was looking for a role that was the opposite of my character Dylan . |
| 25 | I am , at present I am applying for a job on the |
| 26 | Anyway , just at present I 'm thinking about disembodied laughter . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Perhaps falling in the water — ’ Ronni glared at him , bluffing , struggling to get back in control of her emotions ‘ — was n't the nasty experience I was referring to . ’ |
| 28 | Not quite beyond the threshold of pain experience I was hoping for … but damn close . |
| 29 | Had I read the brochure carefully I would have realised that the experience I was heading for was anything but tedious ! |
| 30 | I 'm going , for work experience I 'm going to Saxted Ministry up there hopefully to see what it 's like looking after children you know , like a nursery and everything . |