Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No-one has been using them long enough to know . |
| 2 | The Performing Right Society is currently circulating all orchestras and bands in the country with a directive instructing them no longer to submit notification of all live performances . |
| 3 | She let the dress fall , pushing him away gently to slip out of tiny white satin briefs . |
| 4 | Whether Darrel McHargue would have won on Commanche Run is irrelevant , for this was vintage Lester Piggott — the jockey completely at one with his horse , pushing it just enough to achieve maximum effort but always keeping it balanced , willing and galloping straight for the line . |
| 5 | The hon. Gentleman has the opportunity of warning us all not to speak for too long , because another important measure , concerning the civil rights of disabled people , is to come before the House today . |
| 6 | After a song and a prayer , a priest in green vestments came on and preached a long sermon warning us all not to misuse authority . |
| 7 | This emotion which , even as I planned to drive to Prague , while admitting only to liking you well enough to want to ease any problems that might arise , made me instruct Lubor … ’ |
| 8 | Therefore I am entreating you most earnestly to send me those men you aught to send , well armed , as soon as possible as we are going to assemble beside Colrane and the general is to come shortly to make a muster there … [ to fight the Irish rebels ] . |
| 9 | I understand his point , but many women have written to me asking us specifically not to prevent them from working on Sundays . |
| 10 | You must know how much I want you , ’ he rasped , cupping her face , drawing her inexorably back to invade again the full softness of her mouth . |
| 11 | He waited two minutes to focus his thoughts , threw back the duvet — its stale scent reminding him yet again to visit the launderette soon — and staggered into the bathroom . |
| 12 | I 'm taking you somewhere else to deal with you . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Giles Hawick is taking it seriously enough to have reported her as a missing person , ’ he said tightly . |
| 14 | As quick as a flash , Mildred pulled out a lasso of rope which she had hidden in a drawer and slipped it over the astonished girl 's head and shoulders , yanking it tightly enough to bind her arms to her sides . |
| 15 | So over the next few months we 'll be looking at the underlying organization of Windows from a practical point of view ; showing you exactly how to install , run and remove applications ( and other things , like printer drivers ) from Windows . |
| 16 | showing you physically how to do it to . |
| 17 | It is not putting it too strongly to say that marriage is in crisis not only in the UK , but throughout the Western world . |
| 18 | The track then descends to join the scenic drive , leaving it almost immediately to follow a path through the forest to a hill overlooking the Glennasheevar road . |
| 19 | Yet here she is on television telling us all how to manage our lives and formulating phrases about how best to overcome adversity . |