Example sentences of "[is] [v-ing] [pers pn] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's helping them to understand the immense pressures on them to stay forever in the closet . |
| 2 | No , I just started a part-time job and my boyfriend 's , come and watch them and he 's helping me cleaning the house and everything 's clean when I come home . |
| 3 | It 's in her name , she 's , her father 's helping her paid the deposit or something and she clears the mortgage she has no right , he has no right to it all if she went to the police . |
| 4 | It 's trusting me to understand the significance of it and why they are giving it to me . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ The hardest thing is keeping it looking the same , ’ says Mr Poole , ‘ mainly because of modern health and safety regulations . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It 's enabling us to get the effects we need in blends , primarily with wool , mainly for women 's wear . |
| 7 | If it is to put pressure on broadminded intellectuals to persuade their leaders to change their policies , it is having the opposite effect , and is causing them to support the nationalist government . |
| 8 | What appears as a hint in Brief History forms the high concept of Soul : science , it contends , is in the throes of a revolution that is turning it to face the Deity . |
| 9 | things like this , but regards to the fact that when , when something is sold to somebody right , erm , and then a , and , and the person who 's selling it receives the money , I mean the person the police ca n't do nothing at all about it unless fraud comes into it |
| 10 | You can stamp on toes , feet or shins ; knee him in the thigh or groin ; grab and squeeze testicles or pinch the soft inside of thighs along the trouser seam ; elbow him or her in the ribs or stomach if the person is behind you , or knee them in the belly if in front ; grab the little finger of one of the hands that is holding you round the waist or arms , and bend it backwards , forcing him or her to let go ; bite the side of the neck or slap a cheek or ear ; bash the nose with the front or back of your head ; force the head back by pressing your fingers up nostrils or squeezing the flats of your thumbs into eyes ; or even spit into eyes to make them blink . |
| 11 | Erm all he 's been doing here is getting me to find the sides . |
| 12 | And finally : ‘ Do n't merely talk , like some gasbags do , about shedding the last drop of your blood for your country — the difficulty with them , when the time comes , is getting them to shed the FIRST drop of their blood . ’ |
| 13 | When water is running it enhances the village aspect and in spring flotillas of ducklings can be seen on it . |
| 14 | Well then , nothing 's stopping you putting the damn thing on . |
| 15 | While the kettle is boiling he scans the front page . |
| 16 | " He is taking me to see the book . |