Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His first experience of the conflict between two powerful men , tossing between them the idea of war . |
| 2 | Where the Ministry of Defence has occupied land for generations or even for centuries , will my hon. Friend ensure that in disposing of it the Ministry will work as closely as possible with local authorities to ensure that it is developed consistently in accordance with the wishes of local people ? |
| 3 | So as naturally as anything , Judith switched to Spanish and greatly impressed the customer as well as pressing upon him the need to provide proper facilities for his ladies . |
| 4 | Try to make her understand how other people feel by putting herself in their shoes ; by that , I do n't mean hitting her over the head yourself , but explaining to her the pain of the other child when she hit him . |
| 5 | Aycliffe 's face , kind but serious , demanding of her the condemnation she could not give . |
| 6 | According to her the material objects of the world provide the common source of that knowledge . |
| 7 | According to him the universe sprang from fire and will end in fire . |
| 8 | In fact one of the problems of a stratificational analysis is that it classifies women in a somewhat arbitrary manner , sometimes assigning to them the class of their husbands or fathers and sometimes determining their class by their own occupations . |
| 9 | She was looking at him the way his other nanny looked at her budgie . |
| 10 | Giulia told me he was looking at you the way a starving man looks at a plate of pasta . ’ |
| 11 | Working directly from nature , he was admired by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood ( attending their ‘ house-warming ’ at Newman Street on 12 January 1850 ) ; he was a great friend of Ford Madox Brown [ q.v. ] , mentioned frequently in Brown 's diaries ; and D. G. Rossetti [ q.v. ] was instrumental in securing for him the patronage of the important Newcastle collector James Leathart in the 1860s . |
| 12 | Robert Julius Matson had guessed right : the first train had come through just nine years after the town was founded in 1858 , pulling behind it the fertiliser works , the com mill , the seed-com warehouse , and with them the quiet prosperity that spawned the first Masonic lodge in 1871 , a voluntary fire brigade in ‘ 75 , the telephone in ‘ 84 and the first sewer in 1920 . |
| 13 | But as I was going into it the sun came out , challenging the smell from the night lavatory . |
| 14 | Both these versions of the expertise theory assure us that the special expertise of directors at once justifies conferring upon them the discretion to run the business and imposes a restraint on how they exercise that discretion . |
| 15 | This department will have responsibilities for the Office of Arts & Libraries ( OAL ) , in particular for the Arts Council and the national museums , adding to them the Home Office responsibilities for the broadcasting services ' legislative framework and the BBC in particular . |
| 16 | General Booth of the Salvation Army , had recognition by the City of London conferring on him the Freedom of the City , in 1905 , which was also the year when Dr. T.J. Barnard ( the founder of the Children 's Homes that bear his name ) , died on 19th , September . |
| 17 | Moreover there were functions which only the lord himself could carry out , particularly in matters of justice , for as a baron of Scotland , Ramsay had the power of pit and gallows , conferring on him the right and duty to adjudicate in most issues not reserved to the crown , a grave responsibility for a man who took his obligations seriously , and one in which his brother could not replace him . |
| 18 | She made no pretence of great musical knowledge and I had the satisfaction of describing to her the plot of L'Elisir d'Amore when no one else present in the Covent Garden box could remember it . |
| 19 | I myself had never witnessed a stoning , but Omar had done so on three occasions and had taken great delight in describing to us the fate that awaited weak women who did not carefully guard their honour which was so prized by their men . |
| 20 | ‘ I got round them by selling to them the fact that I was doing what they wanted me to do which was to get out into the business world and make contacts . |
| 21 | In New Hope Copse she saw at a distance a man holding the hand of a small child , inclining to her the way adults do when walking with little ones , while his free arm swept the air to possess the oaks , the beeches , the ash . |
| 22 | Contracts could be with a specialist unit outside the area , which would be able to keep its facility going by attracting patients needing that care and bringing with them the cash to pay for their operation . |
| 23 | I would like to make an appointment to see you next week to discuss the 1992 accounts , bringing with me the rest of the papers . |
| 24 | If you want in Colossians chapter one in verse twenty seven , it 's , it 's given again very simply , again can I use J B Phillips , he puts it like this , he says the secret is simply this , Christ in you yes he says Christ in you , bringing with him the hope of all the glorious things to come , so what God does he comes in to this situation that 's marred that 's warped , that 's twisted and he comes in by himse , Jesus Christ comes into it , he becomes the central point , the focal point and that circle , it starts to get dealt with , that marred twisted like , it does n't happen being like that , we knew creation straight away , we do n't have to work at that , but he , as we allow him to dwell in us and to work out his purpose , he restores that relationship with God and God starts to fashion us , he starts to work on us and bring us back into how he originally created us . |
| 25 | By accepting the post Kanemaru had immediately bolstered Miyazawa 's position by bringing with him the support of the Takeshita faction , the largest of the LDP 's internal groupings . |
| 26 | The kiss was a fierce , stormy possession , making her head swim and bringing with it the realisation that it would take no effort at all to become seriously attracted to this man ! |
| 27 | Breakfast was difficult , bringing with it the aroma of kippers and the sight of poached eggs quivering on plates , but by the time our lunch flask was delivered , people were perking up and looking forward to the task ahead . |
| 28 | Bangladesh 's first ever democratic elections in February this year promised a freer media environment bringing with it the relaxation of curbs on communication activities by Christians and other minority faith groups ( see Action March/April 1991 ) , but the political situation has changed very little leaving Christian writers and publishers in a vulnerable position . |
| 29 | The short term sees the challenge of full entry into the European market bringing with it the prospect of intensive economic competition . |
| 30 | But if anything , the rate may already be too high , bringing with it the danger that it will not only remove excess demand , but push the economy into recession . |