Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [prep] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told comic stories about them to Richard 's Oxford friends — my own had drifted away and I did n't mind , seeing them through Richard 's eyes as too solemn , too dull , always discussing the balance of payments — and felt no twinge of guilt . |
| 2 | I have an intractable presentiment that I will soon start seeing them in Tod 's dream . |
| 3 | There was one big mango tree , a couple of coconut palms , their tufted branches reminding me of Mother 's feather duster . |
| 4 | A day driving them over Spain 's hilly , winding roads , and around a slippery off-road course , told a convincing tale . |
| 5 | From here he entered N A L G O and held high office within the Union and many members have to thank for representing them at pay s pay negotiations etcetera . |
| 6 | When Macbeth returns in a trance , still grasping the bloody daggers , Lady Macbeth illustrates her strength by returning them to Duncan 's chamber . |
| 7 | Only towards Pen had she let her guard slip and that was because he himself claimed her as his own , rushing into his mother 's bedroom and hurling himself into Wilson 's arms . |
| 8 | Wedging itself against DEC 's DECpresents and Island Graphics Inc 's IslandPresents , which go for $795 and $1,000 respectively — Perspecta says its looking to steal as much as 20% of the market away from its competitors . |
| 9 | We 've missed you , ’ cried Victoria , hurling herself into Tamar 's arms . |
| 10 | Lotta ushered Gina back to the table , seating herself in Rune 's chair and indicating Gina should join her . |
| 11 | And then the very fire seemed to swallow him up , blurring him from Ruth 's sight . |
| 12 | Marek was fencing with her , keeping her at bed 's length . |
| 13 | She might fight him , resent him , even hate him for condemning her on Matilda 's word alone , but she could n't deny his need or her longing to satisfy it . |
| 14 | On Jan. 20 , 1990 , the Iraqi government signed an accord with BNL in Geneva legitimizing the release of all but $750,000,000 of the total loan commitment , but relating it to Iraq 's commitment to employ two-thirds of the credit to buy Italian exports . |
| 15 | She lashed out with her right foot , driving it into Benton 's groin with all the power she could muster . |
| 16 | He , after all , was a member of an unbeaten Edinburgh Academy XV as a 15-year-old before devoting himself to athletics en route to becoming an international sprinter . |
| 17 | Before an important meeting he usually sat for an hour staring deep into the void , reminding himself of man 's place in the cosmos . |
| 18 | you know I , I think , I think usually what I say about questionnaires is towards the business of , you know , kind of writing them in people 's own words that , that sort of fit in with ordinary language okay putting them in a sensible order advising people to do scale type things with five or seven points or something which you 've got a lot of already so a lot of the comments that I normally make on people 's questionnaires er you can take as read as it were erm so I think erm you know just really one or two minor things about layout like , you know , you know sort of space and , and moving things around a wee bit , it might make them easier to read but again as I say that 's a you know relatively minor erm problem . |
| 19 | After returning from a 30 month tour with UB40 , I believe that Birmingham is establishing itself as Europe 's leading city of the arts and media . |
| 20 | Again , Rebekah secures Isaac 's blessing for Jacob by dressing him in Esau 's clothing . |
| 21 | On 2 May 1839 Prince wrote to Gould in Australia warning him of Swainson 's impending visit : ‘ Mr. Yarrell has just called and requested me to tell you that Mr Swainson is going to Australia whether to collect or to settle is not known at present but he considered it of importance that you should know it as quickly as possible not that either he or I think it can in any way affect you as you have so good a start and his wonted and well known irregularity of publication will surely militate against him . ’ |
| 22 | In a rare display of solidarity , a joint letter was also sent to US President George Bush urging him to unblock US$100,000,000 in aid to Nicaragua , which the US Congress had suspended in late May as a protest at the perceived influence still being exercised by the opposition Sandinistas , particularly over the army and police [ see pp. 38957-58 ] . |
| 23 | Oh , but this is the Niersteiner , the last bottle , and it would n't go very well with beef ’ He had been saving it for Sophia 's birthday . |
| 24 | He accused her of smoking it in Marshall 's cottage . |
| 25 | Part lecture , part slide show , part comedy act , it is Miller 's take on Noakes ' life , whisking us from John 's fledgling years in Halifax , through to startling revelations about Valerie Singleton , Joy Division and Shep 's death , and finally to Majorca , where he comes face to face with his hero . |
| 26 | Bettina McNulty , who first met the Ashleys on a business assignment for American House and Garden in the late Seventies , became a good friend , but never took advantage of this by writing anything about Laura 's personal life , which she was well positioned to do . |
| 27 | I ca n't go without reminding you of Prosser 's First Rule Of Investments : do n't invest in anything with the initials ‘ b ’ and ‘ c ’ in its title . |
| 28 | And he got you into the coach by putting his toe in your backside , and he was only stopped from horsewhipping you by Mama 's gentle persuasion . |
| 29 | Finn must have been lying awake in the darkness , as she was , the wall separating them like Tristan 's sword , for she could hear the soft murmur of him and Francie talking together for a little while , but she could not make out one word . |
| 30 | Stephen called all the heads of departments to a meeting the following morning , informing them of Michael 's departure and the appointment of James Morris as acting general manager . |