Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harvest the seeds in July-August by cutting the seedheads just before the first seeds start to fall , and hanging them over a tray in a dry airy place . |
| 2 | When Red and I were kids we had races jumping on ponies in the fields and galloping them round a tree and back without a bridle . |
| 3 | Were they paid just for tying the boats up or for bringing them up the estuary as well ? |
| 4 | knocking them back a bit |
| 5 | Each such pupil also receives a personalised letter reminding them of their entitlement to education and training , and guaranteeing them both an interview with an officer of the Careers Service and an offer of a place on a training scheme , in a job or in continued education . |
| 6 | Most recent of course , is euthanasia it does n't draw the line at killing foxes I had this terrible vision in the early hours this morning , of Ron closing all our elderly persons ' homes , pushing all the old people out onto the street and the hunt with at its head hunting them down the countryside . |
| 7 | Gradually , because of all the trouble he was getting into , and with Mr Crangle eyeing him suspiciously every time he the Bookman . |
| 8 | But she has grown up strangely , and she treats him with a cold formality , calling him ‘ Sir ’ but correcting him almost every time he speaks . |
| 9 | ’ I hear that George has been living it up a bit lately ? ’ |
| 10 | Lastly , put some dry leaves and grasses into the box , filling it about a quarter full . |
| 11 | ‘ Like that , ’ said Lee pushing it up a bit . |
| 12 | She turned right into the High Street then jumped from the cycle and began pushing it up an alleyway on her left which led into the stables cum car park at the rear of the Berkeley Chase Hotel . |
| 13 | And h let him realize that he 's remembering these , and it 's easier than looking it up every time . |
| 14 | i i perhaps in terms of if you think of it in terms of like the employer of the day , Well we 've paid an external trainer to come along , it 's actually costing us quite a lot of money . |
| 15 | You know , and you , you then have that sheet , and how much is my time worth , and how much is his time worth , or her time worth , and you can say , you know , these interruptions are actually costing us quite a lot of month . |
| 16 | ‘ Talk about leading me up the garden path ! |
| 17 | I often notice him looking at me and paying me rather a lot of compliments . |
| 18 | The thought of inserting the diaphragm was worrying me quite a bit . |
| 19 | Creeping plants , such as Java Moss , can be trained into shapes , perhaps by growing them up a trellis , or over suitable-arranged rockwork . |
| 20 | Initially they both showed signs of running a mile and denying all knowledge , but by cunningly playing on their male pride , their desire to believe they were ‘ a better man ’ than their rival , she made each one mad with jealousy of the other , and finally had her pick of which she preferred , leading him up the aisle of the Methodist Chapel well before the bulge began to show . |
| 21 | He read her mind and drew the woman away , leading her down the room to a comfortable chair . |
| 22 | The charges allege that on various occasions over the 14 months to August last year at the home , she assaulted one woman by throwing her from her bed on to a chair then a commode , putting her in a bath against her will and pulling her along a corridor , and of assaulting the second woman in a similar manner by throwing her from her bed on to a wheelchair and then a commode , dragging her across a room and tying her to a chair . |
| 23 | We was there all one Sunday with a trace-horse , pulling him up the common with his slaughter-cart : dead cows and that . |
| 24 | A Corporal had given me a coathanger and a broom and showed me the Foreign Legion 's way of unblocking a difficult lavatory bowl ; it involved unbending the coathanger , jamming it down the U-bend , and working it vigorously backwards and forwards . |
| 25 | Rub sugar lumps on to the peel of the lemons , holding them over a bowl , until each lump starts crumbling , then start on another . |
| 26 | She said I 'm not wearing them down the shop . |
| 27 | The isolation is getting me down a bit — I have had to seek to be pretty resilient spiritually with George in , and so the extra resources are pretty deplete because of that . |
| 28 | Moving her just a fraction away , his eyes once more holding hers captive , he added , ‘ So is n't it fortunate that I know you for the cheat you are ? ’ |
| 29 | Now spreading it over a year means that the project administration jumps dramatically , and there 's about four , five thousand pounds ' worth in there . |
| 30 | Sadly , most soccer sims just involve hoofing it up the pitch and loads of chasing aimlessly after the ball . |