Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [adj] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the moment Lynch had been building for all his life . |
| 2 | My flight path ended on a small ledge , my hands still grasping Olympus camera which I had been cradling for all my worth , regardless of the blows striking my body from every angle . |
| 3 | There is a difficulty , however , if the seller is disposing of only part of his holding represented by a certificate or if he is disposing of all his holding but to several buyers . |
| 4 | She was praying with all her heart that he would n't be too hurt . |
| 5 | By a miracle I found I could do it : standing upright on the pedals and pedalling with all my might I reached the road , where Nora was waiting for me . |
| 6 | During that week I felt the Lord speak to me and I knew that this is what I 'd been looking for all my life and I decided to follow Jesus . |
| 7 | No he said , I ca n't give it back to you , you 're the person that I 've been looking for all my life . |
| 8 | And when you were in suitably softened mood I was going to tell you how this time I 'd found what I 'd really been looking for all my life . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I ca n't always be looking after all your property . ’ |
| 10 | I was listening with half my mind to the essay my pupil was reading and although the ideas he was expressing ( about sense-data ) were in themselves neither new nor interesting they had set off ideas of my own , as the ideas in undergraduate essays often do — I think of it as one of the uncovenanted benefits of teaching . |
| 11 | Leaning forward into the harness and pushing with all my might , I could not move . |
| 12 | They 'll be saying , Do you remember a a big fat woman living in that their house , with a white apron running after us . |
| 13 | The Grand Dru is no pussycat ; rather a scorpion , saving until last its tail sting . |
| 14 | ‘ From what I 've seen of him , I 'd say he 's got rather a perverse sense of humour and enjoys winding people up , ’ said Melissa , remembering in particular his brush with Alain Gebrec the previous afternoon over the controversial book . |
| 15 | I was Yeah I was listening to all his howling . |
| 16 | Early houses which remain completely untouched are few and far between , but a general rule emerged during my research for the book : the less important the house and the more remote its situation , the more old-fashioned it remained , like Hareston in Devon , which had no fashion-conscious owners wanting to show-off their taste and wealth to passers-by . |
| 17 | We 're paying for all his postage ! |
| 18 | It was the one she had been rehearsing for all her life — that of martyr . |
| 19 | It was worth waiting for all her life , she said . |
| 20 | This was ‘ Ace 's wave ’ , the one he 'd been waiting for all his life . |
| 21 | I push the man 's behind up , liking with all my might . |
| 22 | He managed to get one hand on the leash , pulling with all his strength , his other locked in Gomez 's shirt . |
| 23 | Rather than tensing up and pulling with all your arm strength , simply use your weight to do the work for you by leaning on your arms with a straight back . |
| 24 | Just when that dream person is deciding to redial your number he or she is in for a surprise — the second sitting has moved in on your table . |
| 25 | Similar considerations present themselves as regards ‘ rendering to each his due ’ . |
| 26 | These are confined to the Coccoidea , where the best known is carminic acid , the colouring principle of cochineal , found in the eggs and fat body of the female Dactylopius coccus and accounting for half its body weight . |
| 27 | Steel benefited from major government loans , accounting for half its borrowing during the first five-year plan . |
| 28 | Although these cheeses are very popular in Europe ( it is said that the average German eats 5kg/11lb of quark a year , accounting for half their cheese intake ) they may become a passing fad of the era of nouvelle cuisine in the UK . |
| 29 | ‘ When we asked young people why they were joining paramilitary groups they said ‘ just look at what the Provos are getting with all their violence . ’ |
| 30 | And the best of everything , Ronni found herself thinking , though wishing with all her heart that she had n't thought it . |