Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [pron] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They wait hushed , like the crowd before the soldiers , each waiting to see what the others will do . |
| 2 | A great hush fell over the entire Wolfwood , as if , thought Snizort , every living creature knew or heard or sensed what had happened and was waiting to see what the Trees would do . |
| 3 | Those two were going to give her the creeps if she really had to take them all the way to Titan . |
| 4 | But it was n't what I was asking , so I 'm going to give you the points , but it 's absolutely true . |
| 5 | However , I am going to tell you the names of the cards you are now thinking about . |
| 6 | All over the burrow , both the newcomers and those who were at home were accustoming themselves to each other in their own way and their own time ; getting to know what the strangers smelt like , how they moved , how they breathed , how they scratched , the feel of their rhythms and pulses . |
| 7 | MPs are getting letters complaining that fathers may have already taken on commitments they ca n't get out of and they were only expecting to pay whatever the courts had fixed . |
| 8 | In order to compensate for this , farmers are having to do what the Dockertys have done — diversify . |
| 9 | It also indicates the very real difficulties I 'm faced with this year , because unless I get the go-ahead to cancel before the end of May , we 're stuck again with having to pay whatever the publishers demand this year . |
| 10 | This was a slow process , for Tom had to keep stopping to explain what the words meant , and several times had to look them up in a dictionary . |
| 11 | Seeming to bring them the waters that make drunk |