Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 On Wednesday evening , the Admiral looked in on the club after dinner and Amiss heard him say goodnight to the five , remarking that he had a little work to do in the office , after which he would get back home and turn in : he looked forward to seeing them the following day .
2 When we got into the studio , I got Gibson to send a few guitars down for a try-out and I ended up using them the whole way through the album .
3 I mean technically we do have an entitlement to visits in that Janet was was reminding me the other day that that we said , when Deborah was here , that everybody was entitled to four visits a year .
4 Then one day I discovered that he was borrowing them to show off at his dinners and returning them the next morning .
5 In order to do this , you may find that first you need to look at your feelings of anger and resentment at your partner for denying you the ordinary experience of conception and pregnancy .
6 And if racing round the world was n't enough , these half million pound yachts will be tackling it the wrong way — against the winds and currents , to commemorate the first time it was done 21 years ago by British sailor Chay Blyth .
7 But what , precisely , is the theoretical basis for denying it the honorific title of " democracy " ?
8 ‘ I felt as though I was announcing it the whole time : by the way I watched you , and talked to you , and could hardly manage not to touch you — stroke your head , brush your arm , hold your hand … .
9 What with contributions to the housekeeping , the holiday was going to end up costing me the best part of £500 .
10 Erm , I was erm , put on just for in ninety seventy three and your question that you 're asked was and from nineteen seventy three till three years ago erm I know took my causes , I trust , put my trust in the doctors and erm over all those years I did n't realize that it was actually the tablets that was causing me the mental illness .
11 This time I left it up to my patient to decide which area of her life was causing her the most distress .
12 Fear , attraction , dismay , and total confusion : she had experienced them all since meeting him the previous day .
13 Check it somewhere that you 're writing it the right way
14 The situation was brought about by a combination of factors , with two in particular causing us the greatest damage : the postponement of the Registers of Land that might have been subject to contaminative use , and the fall in construction activity .
15 Medusa raised her arms : ‘ We are , ’ she said , spelling out the words slowly : ‘ We are bringing you the real magic , this time . ’
16 The guitars were both made by Matthew at Chandler Guitars in London , amid some secrecy , and hopefully we will be bringing you the full story of their genesis soon .
17 I am sure I could sting this town 's senile pensioners for a couple of quid , by selling them the old tea hut as firewood .
18 The words were leading him the wrong way .
19 Smart had always attracted friends , and they served him well now , securing him the necessary recommendation to St Luke 's by a bookseller , perhaps a connection of Newbery 's , who had become a banker , probably one of the bankers who formed a majority of the Governors of St Luke 's .
20 It would be a tragic error to buy this man out of Kuwait by awarding him the starring role in Arab dealings with Israel .
21 It seemed to be testing him the whole time .
22 The thoroughness of its marketing approach placed it so far ahead of its short-leet rivals — Scottish Amicable and Britannia Life — that the judges had no doubts about awarding it the top accolade in the category for Large Service companies .
23 well that maybe true , but I think it 's working off an analogy on that , turning it the other way round and saying well erm if , if I got to the stage of erm , well possibly even seeking some information from the commission , well certainly if I gave you a conclusion for example , that it should be referred , erm and I think again even if I came to the conclusion that I should neither want , er there 's no point in seeking information from the Commission , nor should I refer it , or at least refer to the stage erm what his clients would be saying should be done in the interim and what he says in effect , for the reason he 's outlined is , er that we should proceed on the basis of erm the validity of the act erm and of the byelaws
24 In the evening of Valentine 's Day , do take two white oak leaves , and lay them across your pillow , when you go to bed , putting on a clean shift or shirt , and turning it the wrong side outwards , lay down and say these words aloud , ‘ Good Valentine be kind to me , in dreams let me my true love see . ’
25 And then we we 're sending them the net list and saying there 's your new le er price
26 Sending them the net list
27 I thought you were calling me the bearded wonder then .
28 Well in the Midland Bank and they were wearing them the last time you were there .
29 I usually stand at the shallow end after she 's finished teaching me the floating bit , and watch her have her swim .
30 I was teaching them the fine art of drinking Tequila Slammers , one of the fastest ways of getting spifflicated known to man .
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