Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [det] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lisa came back downstairs again after bidding her goodnight to find Alexander in the drawing-room , pouring them each a brandy . |
| 2 | There , it seems , the talk had become surpassingly outrageous , and by the time the brief visit came to an end , it was assured of its place in the folklore of the Poole family : John Poole was still recalling it half a century later . |
| 3 | The Pru has half a million motorists on its books and is sending them each a booklet when their policies are renewed explaining the benefits of conversion . |
| 4 | The last thing I wanted was to find myself slithering down the steep craggy section above the corrie , having mistakenly bypassed the Y-shaped gully that led back to the car , yet I could sense I was getting it all a bit wrong . |
| 5 | Bangkok is well supplied with ‘ shooting galleries ’ where pushers go down lines of addicts giving them all a fix with the same needle . |
| 6 | So the appropriate documents we went to the Croatian Customs who stamped our papers and insisted on giving us each a bottle of orange juice . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm giving us each a chance , ’ he said coldly , getting up . |
| 8 | The architects built a system of simulated streets in the air and presumably the people are supposed to play their part in making it all a success by playing in those streets , which measure three metres wide . |
| 9 | ‘ There are many Myrcans up here , around Talisker , ’ he said , making it half a statement and half a question . |
| 10 | He felt some shame in digging up long-dead ghosts to torment Vologsky , and a sense of moral wrong in telling him such a bundle of blasphemous untruths . |