Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [v-ing] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've never read a U2 interview so I do n't know if there are rumours about them doing insane things . |
| 2 | I have written to one or two retail outlets complaining about them selling these fish , also spoken to a couple of managers but they are still selling these fish . |
| 3 | Critics seem to have it the other way round , so there 's a lot of stuff talked about me using different styles , but there does n't seem to be much said about whether it works , or whether it 's done with taste , or whether the end result is worth having . |
| 4 | And what about me paying ten pound fine did n't I ? |
| 5 | Er I think we should also assume that the regional er budgetholders will not make a contribution to any costs we might incur cos I do n't think any budget they 'll have will be intended to cater for er you know , paying people 's wages for them getting unpaid time off . |
| 6 | It would also be a major knock-back for the scum because , without a doubt , he 's been the difference for them scoring vital goals and setting up others . |
| 7 | Acts undertaken for another purpose and not in order to consent can constitute consent if undertaken in the belief that they will confer a right or impose a duty and if the fact that they are undertaken with such a belief is the reason for them having this result . |
| 8 | ‘ I mean , I realise I 'm the baby of the family , and a mere female — ’ the latter drew a bleak smile from her father , acknowledging a point of contention between them spanning several years ‘ — but I do n't see how just a fire can mean the end of everything ! |
| 9 | I think it took a lot out of me learning colloquial English . |
| 10 | There is a controversy going on in America at the moment because President Bush has decided to cut his military arsenal which means that many people working would lose their jobs , and because of the recession there is not much chance of them getting other jobs . |
| 11 | Lucas 's study used data from 18 countries , and the regression equation ( 6.5 ) was estimated for each of them using annual data over the period 1952–67 . |
| 12 | The workers will have to be part of the success of the sell-offs , which is why advisers like Mr Brennan are proposing that they be given sizeable stakes in companies for nothing — up to 5 per cent or more — with the possibility of them buying more shares at big discounts . |
| 13 | Twenty nuclear reactors have been dumped at sea , mostly in the Arctic , seven of them containing nuclear fuel . |
| 14 | Artists , too , have changed , some of them choosing new areas to investigate . |
| 15 | Silence then , the two of them facing each other . |
| 16 | Ward had also risen , the two of them facing each other . |
| 17 | The decision has left some of them facing financial hardship . |
| 18 | A series of imposing buttresses characterise this part of the crag , many of them sporting ominous roofs , or at least overhangs , in the vicinity of mid-height . |
| 19 | Each child was proud of how good they had been , each of them earning three stickers for the three meals . |
| 20 | When I 'd left the horse in the yard and gone in for breakfast I found both Mackie and Sam Yaeger sitting at the table with Tremayne , all of them discussing that day 's racing at Nottingham . |
| 21 | ‘ There are hundreds of them hooting all night , ’ protested Betty . |
| 22 | There had n't been many teddy boys in Knockglen , in fact no one could ever remember having seen one except on visits to Dublin where there were groups of them hanging round corners . |
| 23 | Two men sat at a table near the counter , one of them pushing huge forkfuls of food into his mouth , the other sipping at a cup of tea . |
| 24 | Today we have over one million business accounts , from sole traders to the largest corporations , with the great majority of them receiving financial help from us in one form or another — from a simple overdraft to extremely complex arrangements . |
| 25 | It was that sort of occasion 500 women , many of them wearing posh hats and even posher outfits that they 'd bought for weddings and were longing for a chance to wear again . |
| 26 | Erm we do try and be nice to them we do try and give them presents occasionally like little , you may have seen some of them wearing little lions head badges which er are part of the arms of William that we had made . |
| 27 | Most of the other dancers in the company were straight from school , some of them taking leading parts while only about fifteen . |
| 28 | By 1905 there were over 300 charitable feeding associations in the United Kingdom , most founded before 1900 , most of them providing free meals . |
| 29 | ‘ Cities of the Immortals ’ will be set up by California-based company called the Heaven on Earth Corporation , many of them providing low-cost housing for the Third World . |
| 30 | The two of them tickling staid Janey , one on each side until she could n't help laughing , and the seven peas rolled away . |