Example sentences of "point [prep] [v-ing] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.

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1	In the case of upshot , it is the illocutionary or perlocutionary force , what the speaker is trying to do with his or her words , which is made explicit , and this may be prefaced by utterances like : ‘ Are you trying to annoy me ? ’ or ‘ What 's the point of telling me this ? ’ or ‘ I was only trying to be friendly ’ .
2	If Blackbeard was carrying only that amount , what was the point of offering it all ?
3	Well there 's no point in bringing them in-house then because the people need them at their homes
4	For example , the words ’ made ’ , ’ making ’ and ’ makes ’ are all inflections of the root form ’ make ’ , so there seems little point in assigning them separate indices when their origins ( and hence much of their semantic content ) are shared .
5	What 's the point in getting them all stuffy about it ?
6	There 's no point in telling him that , because he 'll just refuse to pay them .
7	I did n't kill him and to was no point in giving them any more to gossip about . ’
8	For the time being it 's a convenient argument and there 's no point in pressing him further .
9	what 's the point in making them worse .
10	He kept walking ; there was little point in making them suspicious by turning round and retracing his steps .
11	The troubles of the spirit are not always translated into the grosser medium of the flesh , but if I could not make this transfer with Miller then there would be no point in making him ill in the first place .
12	There were witnesses to that , so he might as well earn a bonus point by mentioning it first .
13	Deer ruin their chances of being awesome beasts , providing a rare and special experience to those who spot them , by standing in massive herds all along the verge of the A9 looking glum , and grouse lose points for frightening you half to death by crashing out of the heather from under your feet screeching like banshees .

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