Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [adj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Boniface wrote to other bishops , he had a way of invariably reminding them that Christian authority meant service . |
| 2 | PARLIAMENT has been reminding me this past week of some scenes from the musical Paint Your Wagon . |
| 3 | " I 'm right grateful to ye for gettin' me this grand dog . |
| 4 | ‘ After driving you all that way , I should think she was entitled to be a bit boring . ’ |
| 5 | But it does this by denying it any moral status at all . |
| 6 | The time may yet come when we shall have to face the bullets of our fellow workers in warning them that armed force is no remedy , whether in the hands of the capitalist or the worker . |
| 7 | Two organisations which we visited further emphasised the " non-regularity " of their temporary workers ' employment by not guaranteeing them any fixed number of hours per week — they were contracted to work " as and when required " — and this , of course , provided them with an important , additional source of flexibility . |
| 8 | What a diddy — and I just lit up a roll-up in a no-smoking carriage , but the woman opposite was kind enough to point this out to me , saving me further financial embarrassment and financial loss … now I know why tourists are regarded as idiots the world over , it 's because they are . |
| 9 | She lived in the present , loving her more each day and experiencing the secret joy of sharing in her child 's upbringing . |
| 10 | But to his unfortunate son and daughter ( William Armstrong and Margo Gunn ) he seems to ‘ make Shylock look like Dr. Barnardo ’ as he keeps them in penury with each request for money causing him acute physical pain . |
| 11 | Unemployed farmer Francis McKeever , of Clay Road , denied assaulting Paul McNally causing him actual bodily harm on August 9 last year . |
| 12 | But they sparkled not outwardly but inwardly , for the deity which was causing him such intense satisfaction was inside himself . |
| 13 | And just as impulsively she turned to check on the movements of that incalculable swarm of half-grown children who were causing him this natural anxiety . |
| 14 | He knew virtually nothing about European federalism , but here was Mrs Thatcher warning us that political union was on the cards . |
| 15 | Looking forward to seeing you this coming weekend , |
| 16 | They 've been paying me thirty nine pound sixty have n't they ? |
| 17 | My reflex actions had never failed me , as if these were computerised signals informing me that immediate action was vital . |
| 18 | Er it was , and he was only paying him twenty two pound a week at the time . |
| 19 | Even he got a few of the good lines , none better than when a malingerer produced a succession of ‘ chits ’ excusing him one arduous duty after the other . |
| 20 | That had been choking him this long time gone . |
| 21 | If the adventurers are not very knowledgeable about Constant Drachenfels , this is a novel way of feeding them some more information . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll hit you if you keep callin' me that daft name , ’ said Dolly . |
| 23 | We are sending you this advance notification partly to give you as much notice as possible but also , as the seminar is likely to be over-subscribed , to take advance reservations for places . |
| 24 | ‘ Who was feeding you all this information in Germany ? ’ asked the Exec Director . |
| 25 | By evading him earlier that morning she 'd played into his hands , at the same time both increasing his suspicions and giving him the best part of the day to allay them . |
| 26 | Daalny was shaking out and combing her long black hair in the women 's rooms , and listening to the chatter of a merchant 's widow from Wem , who had availed herself of a night 's lodging here on her way to Wenlock for her daughter 's lying-in . |
| 27 | But one Englishman at least was experiencing it all first hand . |
| 28 | How about calling it good old spliff or draw or even marijuana ? |
| 29 | Not getting it right first time . |
| 30 | Like many other companies , it has recently instituted a ‘ total quality management ’ drive with a view to ‘ getting it right first time ’ . |