Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [v-ing] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why was n't the computer telling me the answer ? |
| 2 | On 1 November 1990 , Norwich Union wrote to the applicant telling him the effect of the intervention notice , and saying : |
| 3 | I know he 's the Devil showing me the world that can be mine . |
| 4 | And in the absence of someone you can legitimately blame ( it 's rarely possible to give the person firing you the sort of vitriolic tongue-lashing you 'd like to ) , you may hit out at your nearest and dearest . |
| 5 | The organisation lending you the money will not advance this to you , you have to find it from somewhere else — either your savings or a short-term loan . |
| 6 | Taking my place on the touchline , I noticed as we kicked off the reassuring sight of Ken Mentle in the grandstand giving me the thumbs up before disappearing through his tip-up seat . |
| 7 | They will go to the senders of the first postcards out of the hat telling me the name of any one of the leading actors in the original 1939 film . |
| 8 | We have ten volumes of those adventures to give away in our latest competition and they will go to the senders of the first postcards out of the hat telling me the surname of the puppet-master producer behind the so-called ‘ Supermarionation ’ series . |