Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though popular with patients , such a departure from traditional practice has been known to outrage consultants , demanding to know what the researcher is doing with their patients ! |
| 2 | She took the programme from his hand as if wanting to know what the song was , but her eyes were shut as she bent her head over it . |
| 3 | Within a week he was a member , within a fortnight he 'd come out at home and within three weeks his father was at the CHE group wanting to know what the hell was going on . |
| 4 | ‘ Wanting to know what the sheriff had to say to you , I suppose . |
| 5 | ‘ So how long have you been waiting ? ’ she enquired , refusing to give him the satisfaction of rising to his bait or confirming his accurate character diagnosis . |
| 6 | From one of the nightclub staff , probably , she decided , refusing to give him the satisfaction of probing further . |
| 7 | Refusing to allow herself the indulgence of looking in the mirror and repairing her make-up , she walked slowly back down the hall and opened the door again with trembling hands . |
| 8 | Dreading to think what the stuff on her face might be , she clawed at it with trembling fingers , trying to interpret the strong odour in the turquoise air around her . |
| 9 | As with the other areas discussed above , style has achieved a certain autonomy in contemporary industrial society , going beyond its capacity for ordering to become itself the focus of concern . |
| 10 | I 'm going to drive you the rest of the way , if you wo n't come back with me . ’ |
| 11 | They 'd be better off waiting to see what the law is before wasting money on taking action . |
| 12 | His nephew , David Moores , is chairman at Liverpool but Everton are treading water , waiting to see what the future holds . |
| 13 | Pat , whose baby is due in four days , says : ‘ It 's unnerving , this waiting to see what the future holds , but there is n't a lot I can do . |
| 14 | This I 'm pleased to say is being done , a meeting has been arranged with British Aerospace , it should have taken place on Monday er Mike was deputizing me at that meeting and I 'm waiting to see what the outcome of that meeting is . |
| 15 | Ah that 's after when you , when Jehovah was going to destroy it the death , yes ? |
| 16 | Now if you just pull in a little bit too close , it 's a natural reaction of the body to direct the eyes at the vehicle which is going to cause you the danger . |
| 17 | We were sitting there waiting to hear what the guy at the other end of the phone thought about it and he came back saying , It 's the worst thing anyone here has heard for a very long time — actually I think he was a little more abusive than that , but he went on — I do n't like it and I do n't know anyone else who would . |
| 18 | We were sitting there waiting to hear what the guy at the other end of the phone thought about it and he came back saying , It 's the worst thing anyone here has heard for a very long time — actually I think he was a little more abusive than that , but he went on — I do n't like it and I do n't know anyone else who would . |
| 19 | The whole House is waiting to hear what the Opposition 's policy is . |
| 20 | Are these the same fans who at the start of the season boasted a five-man strike force which was going to win them the League ? |
| 21 | ‘ He believes he can beat me so I 'm going to give him the opportunity to try . ’ |
| 22 | The dad will just give them the cheque , you know , they 've got thirty five pounds , pocket money just for , you know his dad 's going to give him the other . |
| 23 | It shuts him up for the time being , and I 'm not going to give him the satisfaction of thinking his insolence cuts any ice with me . |
| 24 | She was n't going to give him the satisfaction of knowing she dared not be alone with him for even a few minutes . |
| 25 | He had done a good enough job of getting her to do that already , and she 'd be damned if she was going to give him the satisfaction of letting it happen again . |
| 26 | Right facing this way Simon can you turn round as well please , Robert Right the first game very easy , I 'm going to point to somebody , we 're going to go through the alphabet , they 're going to give me the name of an animal . |
| 27 | Well , he was going to give them the chance , was n't he ? |
| 28 | I 'm not going to give them the chance to say I ca n't foster any more , I know when I , I know now when I 'm going to stop fostering . |
| 29 | I was not , " he tapped the desk , " going to give them the satisfaction , you see ? " |
| 30 | Oh , I wish I had a two-pound coin for every toilet I 've burst into , hissing at myself : ‘ Stoppit will you for Godsake you 're forty years old will you stoppit STOPPIT GROW UP YOU BERK I am not crying I am NOT GOING to give them the satisfaction — waaaagh ! ! ’ |