Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would appear from time to time and taunt the old couple , reminding them of their past lives and the failures or mistakes which had brought them to the castle ( though never detailing them — neither Quiss nor Ajayi knew what the other had done to justify sending them here . |
| 2 | Perhaps one day an Ayrshire school or other organisation will pursue the theme and bring the peoples of the old and new worlds closer to each other by reminding them of their common bonds . |
| 3 | The ever-cautious Margaret Beckett is no longer on the left by any definition but her own , but she knows that she can not win the votes of a majority of MPs , let alone constituency members , without reminding them of her leftwing roots . |
| 4 | What 's that going to do to my reputation if Harry Short 's accusing me of everything short of genocide ? ’ |
| 5 | Toolbars are also customizable ; you can construct your own by dragging tools from existing bars and attaching them to your own . |
| 6 | Are you using them to their best advantage ? |
| 7 | Once the laws are introduced , the coaches and the players will try to devise means of using them to their own advantage . |
| 8 | God seems to get a real kick out of choosing people who think that they are useless , or who others think are useless , and using them for something important and useful . |
| 9 | monitor current prescriptions to make sure that children are not using them for their first experiments with drugs . |
| 10 | Using them for their filthy business . |
| 11 | By taking V2s from here , from the mountains , shipping them back and using them for their own experiments . |
| 12 | Nor did the Flemings feel that he was really supporting them ; he had appeared to be using them for his own ends . |
| 13 | On the other hand , the independence of the Tariff Reform League was a positive advantage : after January 1913 the party supported the tariff policy but was not including them in its immediate programme , so that Central Office could continue to distribute tariff propaganda from the TRL without compromising party policy . |
| 14 | Oriental dragons were not bloodthirsty like the Worms in England , and a pretty story tells us that the beautiful colours of autumn leaves are a result of a nearby dragon yawning and tinging them with his warm breath , before settling down to his winter hibernation . |
| 15 | Leeds were annoying me at their sudden inability to keep the ball on the pitch , either kicking it off , or playing stupid passes up front ( down the middle ) straight to their keeper/defenders . |
| 16 | ‘ Thanks for reminding me of what this is really all about , ’ she snapped . |
| 17 | It 's catching them at it that 's difficult . |
| 18 | Even in the half-tones of night she could see the narrowing of those dangerous sapphire eyes , see sparks of desire bringing them to their full colour . |
| 19 | If you were protecting me for my own good , she thought , I would be cross with you , but not this cross . |
| 20 | This world of change and conflict , however , is not just a chaos but is governed throughout time by a principle of order or balance of opposites , keeping them within their due bounds . |
| 21 | Experienced social workers were given a case manager role for a small case load of such elderly people , with the task of keeping them in their own homes on a budget of two-thirds the cost of residential care in a local authority home . |
| 22 | He also took government subsidies for agriculture , applying them to his catch-cropping enterprise . |
| 23 | Jessamy had known straight away that nothing would ever throw her off balance , that she would deal with life 's disasters and crises in a calm , dispassionate way , finally resolving them to her own satisfaction . |
| 24 | ‘ I was angry ! ’ he admitted , thrusting his hands into the pockets of his trousers as he studied her , his eyes traversing her slender form , raking over the tangle of dark hair , her susceptible grey eyes , her full , sensual mouth , before lowering them in slow appraisal of her trim figure then returning them to her querulous expression . |
| 25 | You can derive an enormous amount of satisfaction from restoring old frames and returning them to their former glory , and it is astonishing the number of attractive frames that are discarded when someone changes the colour scheme of their home or sorts through their attic and throws out something that is battered but still beautiful . |
| 26 | That this ‘ slippage ’ is so slight is due to the fact that the other Enterprise staff have worked a great deal of extra time and taken on extra responsibilities and I take this opportunity of thanking them for their hard work and support during this period . |
| 27 | In practice this often meant that immature minds would take over Leavis 's own evaluations without relating them to their own experience of literature , resulting in the diffusion of callow or inept judgements that has been condemned from the right by C. S. Lewis and from the left by Catherine Belsey . |
| 28 | The purpose of the visit was to review North Sea technologies with a view to utilising them in their own oilfields . |
| 29 | No , fortunately the other companies are stand alone companies erm making erm you know making their own way , and they do n't have to fear erm Richard coming and stripping them of their hard earned earnings to put into the airline erm because erm you know because fortunately we 've got resources elsewhere to look after the airline and see its development through . |
| 30 | The fine mist at the edges of the room seemed to be drifting closer , enveloping her in its clinging tendrils . |