Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [adv] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of seeing them individually in the privacy of his study , he arranged regular ‘ Sharing Jesus ’ evenings to which the baptism families and wedding couples were invited . |
| 2 | ‘ A lot of the simpler souls ’ , said Quigley , ‘ probably think a great big snake is going to slither out at them and start gobbling them up in a few years . ’ |
| 3 | And although overseas sales are steadily growing , many countries , such as the US , Germany , Italy , and the UK , are producing their own robots , and using them innovatively in a variety of non-manufacturing applications . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , the Whips pursued the government in the hope of catching them out in a snap vote ; at the least this would disrupt their progress and there seemed an outside chance that the government would tire of the interminable pressure and throw in the sponge . |
| 5 | Their performances have , over the years , given ordinary people a much-needed reason to feel pride in their native city , while binding them together in the sharing of two terrible tragedies . |
| 6 | Also , when you die you get to choose whereabouts on the screen to restart , avoiding the trap of landing you right in the middle of what killed you in the first place . |
| 7 | Jason Page , 17 , had already punched and kicked Daisy Castle before stabbing her twice in the chest , a St Albans Crown Court jury was told . |
| 8 | If she was n't , he slipped into her mind , the memory of her response to him both torment and humiliation , and dislodging him once he entered her thoughts proved far more difficult than keeping him out in the first place . |
| 9 | The Scot said : ‘ I was one punch away from knocking him out in the fifth and if I had n't been injured , I would have finished him . ’ |
| 10 | Well , Marcus said he 'd come and see Pat , and Ludens is driving him down in the Bentley ! |
| 11 | Two small boys ran from the damp gloom of a back close , closely pursued by a third , who raced after them , swinging something over his head , then hurling it high in the air . |
| 12 | Moreover , according to David Johnston , the Gloucester captain was still knocking 'em back in the tackle in Australia last summer on Scotland 's short tour . |
| 13 | People sent their daughters to Cambridge School , dressing them up in the toffee-brown and pale-blue uniform Elizabeth Jarvis had selected . |
| 14 | The woman is looking me straight in the eyes , Alida thought , she does not know even the basic elements of courtesy , she has paid no attention at all to the very relevant account of my condition . |
| 15 | Looking me straight in the eye she replied , ‘ Nice is in every child . ’ |
| 16 | I was brought up to be a butcher , ’ the man replied , looking me cordially in the eye . |
| 17 | " Then I will hope to have the pleasure of meeting you again in the ancient city of the Annamese emperors , " said the governor , smiling again . |
| 18 | They existed , too , somewhere , seeking him out in every corner , and if they ever found him they would surely drag him back to the terror from which he looked forward to escaping , finally and permanently , soon . |
| 19 | But they did n't appear to be causing him much in the way of alarm . |
| 20 | I also reminded her of her predictions concerning Lord Lovat and herself , and that I hoped very much to see the end of the campaign in Normandy and looked forward to meeting her again in the Highlands . |
| 21 | He imagined Helena coming to some trysting place on a summer night , to the Banks of Knamber perhaps , or like Lady Irene and Alastair Thornhill , to the ghost of a road , the Reeve 's Way , as it threaded through the Vale of Allen , and Tace meeting her there in the twilight . |
| 22 | She went over to where he was standing , looking him right in the eyes so that he could see how furious she was . |
| 23 | I remember looking him straight in the eye at this point in order to try and fathom the motives behind his proposal . |
| 24 | ‘ No , ’ she said , looking him straight in the eye and immediately wishing she had n't . |
| 25 | ‘ Sir , ’ said the lady , looking him straight in the eye as he paused in his task to glance at her , so that his hand stilled and his gaze remained on her serious face , ‘ I am no more the victim of circumstance than are you . |
| 26 | ‘ Do n't you ? ’ said Owen , looking him straight in the eye . |
| 27 | To which and looking him straight in the face , she had answered , ‘ Do n't count on it , ever . ’ |
| 28 | I said , and looking her straight in the eye , I asked : ‘ Why is everybody picking on me ? |
| 29 | Joe , in fact , was looking her straight in the eye . |
| 30 | ‘ Exactly what I say , ’ he growled , looking her straight in the eyes . |