Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had had a sudden image of Syl bringing me breakfast in a bed which we had shared , and I heard myself saying aloud , ‘ No ! ’ |
| 2 | Pitching my voice to a tone of mild puzzlement , I called , ‘ What 's a rattlesnake doing up here ? ’ |
| 3 | I have just wiped out a whole line by carelessly resting my finger on a key , and earlier it kept telling me ‘ mistake ’ — not , of course , helpfully saying what the mistake was . |
| 4 | Turning to its startled owner , she shouted , ‘ You filthy brute , touching my bottom in a crowded train ! ’ |
| 5 | The small flock of eight flitted before me along the hedgerow , drawing my attention to a white post in a bed of slender St John 's wort and wood sage . |
| 6 | I 'm not sticking my neck in a noose for you . ’ |
| 7 | On minute one one four , I 'm using my privilege as a chair to hang on to that ; the fact that the Poly are to hold a conference on health and housing in the new year . |
| 8 | The sledge hits a bump and I am off , using my camera as a snow hook . |
| 9 | Her most popular trick was to jump in the air and land on her stupid head — using my rucksack as a landing pad ! |
| 10 | I was using my car as a weapon . ’ |
| 11 | They think I 'm reconciled , but I 've only been biding my time for a chance like this one you 've brought me now . |
| 12 | And now I must pack up and take the road ; you 'll be keeping me company on a long night march , although I know you 're asleep in our nice warm bed … |
| 13 | It was ageist and an illustration of rendering older people second-class citizens , denying them involvement in a previous freedom many had fought to sustain . |
| 14 | I had the strange feeling I was driving back in time , groping my way into a world of Inca and Chimú people , a world of great empires that built roads and temples and forts of mud on the coast and of cut stone in the Andes , stone that was dove-tailed to resist the trembling of its foundations when the earth quaked . |
| 15 | Otherwise , with all those emotions swirling around inside , I might have ended up in a mental hospital banging my head against a wall , screaming ‘ mama' . ’ |
| 16 | But I 'm banging my head against a brick wall . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ There 's a body of opinion over here that we 're too British , ’ adds Fruitbat , ‘ and that does make me feel like I 'm banging my head against a wall at times . |
| 18 | Lil would be the first to say — and Nick would back her up that I am never happier than when I 'm banging my head against a wall . |
| 19 | That 's what I , I , I banging my head against a brick wall about . |
| 20 | He was to retire altogether from films , declaring himself ‘ tired of knocking my head against a brick wall . ’ |
| 21 | On closer inspection — this time basing my judgment upon a different kind of evidential event , viz. an experience of disappointed expectation — I might decide that there is really nothing there . |
| 22 | I HAVE A PHOBIA ABOUT BEING CAUGHT DRIVING MY CAR ON A PRIVATE road , although I have no idea where this unreasonable fear emanates from . |
| 23 | waiting shrinking my will to a small red glow |
| 24 | You 're walking my way with a dealer named Sport . |
| 25 | In contrast , the government 's two senior legal advisers and the senior partner of a leading firm of society lawyers were so ignorant of this fact that it did not even enter their heads that it would be wise to make some enquiries before launching their client into a statement that could be , and indeed was , ruinous . |
| 26 | WORLD rugby officials yesterday risked a damaging political backlash by reaffirming their support for a South African-held World Cup in 1995 . |
| 27 | Sapphire is murdered after consummating her relationship with a White student ; in A Taste of Honey , Jimmy is despatched once he has had sexual relations with Jo , never to be seen again ; in Flame in the Streets Gaby Gomez is badly burned ; in the same film Peter Lincoln manages to escape ‘ punishment ’ , other than a humiliating first encounter with his White fiancèe 's father , Jacko , but then the progression of the narrative is frozen before closure . |
| 28 | The Carolina chemists avoided this problem by depositing their polymer onto a very fine gold grid . |
| 29 | Repealers were particularly intolerant of unreformed and unrepentant women , adopting a punitive attitude towards them and explaining their resistance as a product of the demoralizing effects of forced medical inspection . |
| 30 | Although she was terribly fond of the children she found that working with them was like banging her head against a brick wall . |