Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [vb base] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Brown last night wrote to Mrs Thatcher demanding she publish the final agreement on cash , assets and tax signed between the Government and BAe . |
| 2 | From the creative user 's point of view , the problem with ‘ lifestyle ’ approaches is that they attempt to generalize , and by generalizing they lose the fine detail that distinguishes habits and attitudes in any individual market . |
| 3 | I 'm not demanding we spend the entire weekend locked in a clinch , ’ Vitor said impatiently when she started to protest , ‘ but we should appear to be on good terms . |
| 4 | While she is away feeding they take the strange kittens and rub them gently in the bedding that carries the female 's scent . |
| 5 | Anybody can can spend other people 's money and and as for that lady saying we want the young people on the Council good heavens the young ones would spend it quicker than the old ones . |
| 6 | 6 Before committing yourself compare the various costs , advantages and disadvantages of advertorials against booklets . |
| 7 | Assuming you have the right background , only a handful are even called to interview . ’ |
| 8 | In Rulfo 's Pedro Páramo , likewise , the frustration that embitters the eponymous protagonist 's life and the dashing of illusions that is the pattern of existence as depicted in the novel , are symbolized by an episode in which young Pedro and his lover climb a hill and fly a kite in the shape of a bird , only to see the string break and the kite fall back to earth , and the novel as a whole is punctuated by recurrent images of rising and falling which reiterate the central theme of the thwarting of human hopes and aspirations . |
| 9 | In the West Indies , Jamaicans are called Yardies because people think we sit in our back yards all the time , thinking we own the Caribbean . |
| 10 | Left alone with Carrie , Joe sat watching her pour the boiling water into the earthenware teapot , and after bringing it to the table and setting it on a stand , she smiled at him and said softly , ‘ How are you ? ’ |
| 11 | He was giving a dramatic reading of a newspaper report of a murder trial , and we all enjoyed watching him act the main characters . |
| 12 | I 'm not thinking it object the sitting tenants |