Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Wednesday evening , the Admiral looked in on the club after dinner and Amiss heard him say goodnight to the five , remarking that he had a little work to do in the office , after which he would get back home and turn in : he looked forward to seeing them the following day . |
| 2 | When we got into the studio , I got Gibson to send a few guitars down for a try-out and I ended up using them the whole way through the album . |
| 3 | I mean technically we do have an entitlement to visits in that Janet was was reminding me the other day that that we said , when Deborah was here , that everybody was entitled to four visits a year . |
| 4 | Then one day I discovered that he was borrowing them to show off at his dinners and returning them the next morning . |
| 5 | Then his face contorted in pain , and she knew instinctively with infinite relief that it was the face of a man reluctantly denying himself the sexual release he patently craved by wielding a superhuman control . |
| 6 | In order to do this , you may find that first you need to look at your feelings of anger and resentment at your partner for denying you the ordinary experience of conception and pregnancy . |
| 7 | And if racing round the world was n't enough , these half million pound yachts will be tackling it the wrong way — against the winds and currents , to commemorate the first time it was done 21 years ago by British sailor Chay Blyth . |
| 8 | But what , precisely , is the theoretical basis for denying it the honorific title of " democracy " ? |
| 9 | ‘ I felt as though I was announcing it the whole time : by the way I watched you , and talked to you , and could hardly manage not to touch you — stroke your head , brush your arm , hold your hand … . |
| 10 | What with contributions to the housekeeping , the holiday was going to end up costing me the best part of £500 . |
| 11 | Erm , I was erm , put on just for in ninety seventy three and your question that you 're asked was and from nineteen seventy three till three years ago erm I know took my causes , I trust , put my trust in the doctors and erm over all those years I did n't realize that it was actually the tablets that was causing me the mental illness . |
| 12 | This time I left it up to my patient to decide which area of her life was causing her the most distress . |
| 13 | Fear , attraction , dismay , and total confusion : she had experienced them all since meeting him the previous day . |
| 14 | Check it somewhere that you 're writing it the right way |
| 15 | The US Government is reliably said to have invested large sums from its military budget on research in which impulses from computers ( which might give you something like the binary number level of the program ) were detected at a distance and the task was to see whether the highest level of program ( expressing what the real purpose of the program was ) could be reliably inferred . |
| 16 | The Soviet press stressed that during the Soviet Iranian talks ‘ no agreement resembling what the Iranian Minister is now saying was or could have been reached ’ . |
| 17 | The situation was brought about by a combination of factors , with two in particular causing us the greatest damage : the postponement of the Registers of Land that might have been subject to contaminative use , and the fall in construction activity . |
| 18 | Medusa raised her arms : ‘ We are , ’ she said , spelling out the words slowly : ‘ We are bringing you the real magic , this time . ’ |
| 19 | The guitars were both made by Matthew at Chandler Guitars in London , amid some secrecy , and hopefully we will be bringing you the full story of their genesis soon . |
| 20 | I am sure I could sting this town 's senile pensioners for a couple of quid , by selling them the old tea hut as firewood . |
| 21 | ‘ How did she take it ? ’ asked Alexandra , trying not to laugh , wondering who the intrepid widow could possibly have been . |
| 22 | Wondering who the wealthy client was , she began to hurry , but Robert 's voice stopped her . |
| 23 | The words were leading him the wrong way . |
| 24 | Smart had always attracted friends , and they served him well now , securing him the necessary recommendation to St Luke 's by a bookseller , perhaps a connection of Newbery 's , who had become a banker , probably one of the bankers who formed a majority of the Governors of St Luke 's . |
| 25 | It would be a tragic error to buy this man out of Kuwait by awarding him the starring role in Arab dealings with Israel . |
| 26 | It seemed to be testing him the whole time . |
| 27 | Instead of paying everybody the same state pension , the state should protect those in need adequately , and leave the rest to look after themselves . |
| 28 | The thoroughness of its marketing approach placed it so far ahead of its short-leet rivals — Scottish Amicable and Britannia Life — that the judges had no doubts about awarding it the top accolade in the category for Large Service companies . |
| 29 | well that maybe true , but I think it 's working off an analogy on that , turning it the other way round and saying well erm if , if I got to the stage of erm , well possibly even seeking some information from the commission , well certainly if I gave you a conclusion for example , that it should be referred , erm and I think again even if I came to the conclusion that I should neither want , er there 's no point in seeking information from the Commission , nor should I refer it , or at least refer to the stage erm what his clients would be saying should be done in the interim and what he says in effect , for the reason he 's outlined is , er that we should proceed on the basis of erm the validity of the act erm and of the byelaws |
| 30 | In the evening of Valentine 's Day , do take two white oak leaves , and lay them across your pillow , when you go to bed , putting on a clean shift or shirt , and turning it the wrong side outwards , lay down and say these words aloud , ‘ Good Valentine be kind to me , in dreams let me my true love see . ’ |