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 . |