Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [pron] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This tricky adventure should have you burning the midnight oil … |
| 2 | Please ! ’ she begged , all pride gone and only the shadow left , the thought of what it would be like if it swallowed her up and he should leave her wrenching the words from between her lips . |
| 3 | You must imagine him answering the question in a fruitily quizzical , mostly oafish sort of way . |
| 4 | If you should find yourself feeling the pinch , there are several ways to reduce your outgoings , some could save you as much as £200 a month on a £60,000 loan . |
| 5 | It will therefore affect what happens during the interview , and if it is not done well enough it may prevent you reaching the interview stage at all . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought the owner might appreciate me taking the time and trouble to approach them in person , ’ he bit out . |
| 7 | As you sip coffee and liqueurs in the Aquarium bar with new-found friends , you 'll hear yourself making the firm promise ‘ I 'll be back ’ . |
| 8 | In fact , if you think things through , and consider all the evidence carefully , you just might find yourself fixing the difficulty yourself . |
| 9 | You may see them dimpling the surface and if they are concentrated along a particular section this must obviously be worthy of attention . |
| 10 | He seemed to hesitate , his face partly shadowed as the moon slid silently behind a cloud , leaving the boat in darkness , yet Fran could sense him studying the bruised swell of her lips , the faint tremble coursing through her body . |
| 11 | er , I could feel it prickling the back of my nose and my throat |
| 12 | He knew Sarah was at home , since he could see her watering the plants in her small garden . |
| 13 | If J. Sainsburys or Waitrose could see us using the necks of 40/60 mm jam jars they would be surprised ! |
| 14 | And we used to see how who could keep them going the longest . |
| 15 | In those days , the sweat would fall off my hands and I 'd hear it hitting the floor . |
| 16 | They 'd have you carrying the coconuts on your head |
| 17 | Zurachina was in the next room ; Burun could hear her ordering the slaves to unpack the boxes of bed linen . |
| 18 | You could hear him hitting the strings more than anything else , ’ said Gedge . |
| 19 | I could hear him turning the key in the lock . |
| 20 | He could hear it scaling the walls in fury , screaming over the roof . |
| 21 | It could mean him missing the next match as a result . |
| 22 | Vic could imagine him spreading the story all round the works . |
| 23 | Rain made a mental note to get Holly to follow up the story next day , she could visualize it leading the column on Friday unless anything better turned up . |
| 24 | The stylistic aplomb of the article may have us accepting the analogous links made between cockfighting and the totality of Balinese society without realising that these links are too fragmentary and partial to stand properly for the whole . |
| 25 | The authority 's agreement came after Sheriff Principal John Maguire at Stirling said ill-health would prevent his considering the interdict being sought by counsel for Mr Stewart , of Newtoft Farm , near Auchterarder in Perthshire . |
| 26 | If I actually met Mr Diamond , I would picture him clutching the bag and its contents to his chest . |
| 27 | That way he reckoned he would hear anyone descending the iron stairs . |
| 28 | By the time Wardle Wood came in sight Virginia was tired and was wondering whether there was anything she could do that would save her pushing the bike all the long way home . |
| 29 | In particular these forecasts assume implicitly that individuals demanding HE will accept the best offer they receive even if the institution is not their first choice and would require them crossing the divide between the university and public sectors . |
| 30 | Each night as he lay in bed he would imagine himself catching the train from the local station — such reveries usually assumed the initial achievement of getting outside the camp — or stalking the frontier guards among the mountains with Switzerland a few hundred yards away across the snow … |