Example sentences of "'s [verb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes old Betsy would wander the parks , as hungry for bread as the pigeons and larks , she 's scavenge through each of the large litter bins , or anything left in packets or tins . |
| 2 | And you 'll want two N O three 's to go with that C A. |
| 3 | Good girl think of something else that 's to go in this side . |
| 4 | ‘ Look at this , Sal ’ , he would say , ‘ this one ca n't sink , even if it 's broken in half ! ’ |
| 5 | I expect he 's resting in another part of the library . |
| 6 | Mind if he 's coughing like that erm do n't know . |
| 7 | He says he 's fallen in many times . |
| 8 | threatens to ruin the day , that it 's squandered on this . |
| 9 | Except that Tony Parsons is n't the sort of prat that 's stumbled into all this from public school as if he 's got a divine right to it . |
| 10 | The light 's flashing on this screen you know , |
| 11 | " He 's arranged for some of his men to come along — it 's very heavy , you know — and he wondered whether you want it moved upstairs or downstairs . " |
| 12 | And he 's rowing with that blonde chick . |
| 13 | ‘ She certainly seems to be enjoying life now , ’ said Greg — and then , realizing this was open to misunderstanding , he added : ‘ I do n't mean now that Hilda is dead , of course — I just mean she 's revelling in this revival of interest in Walter Machin . ’ |
| 14 | It was a ploy of Lord Darlington 's to stand at this shelf studying the spines of the encyclopedias as I came down the staircase , and sometimes , to increase the effect of an accidental meeting , he would actually pull out a volume and pretend to be engrossed as I completed my descent . |
| 15 | And if a chair 's sloping like that you could of |
| 16 | There 'll be no decision on who 's won for several weeks , while the judges tour towns in the 7 other countries taking part . |
| 17 | People might think , in their innocence : ‘ Look , John Major 's won against all the odds , and good luck to him . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's stifled by all the trials , as well , ’ continued Lee . |
| 19 | He 's trekked across some of the most inhospitable terrain in the world … and lived amongst its communities … |
| 20 | But as we 're seeing it 's happening to all sorts of people . |
| 21 | I do n't know what 's happening to this place . ’ |
| 22 | What 's happening to this house ? ’ and Agnes , as she made her way to the linen cupboard , called back over her shoulder , ‘ You 've got the answer to that , Mother , if you dare to face up to it , ’ which left Alice Conway open-mouthed and dumb . |
| 23 | Now if it 's tablets they 've taken we do n't do whatever Angie did years ago in , in Eastenders and , and then she 's walked up and down and given gallons of coffee , what you do is keep your casualty at rest , nil by mouth because you , if you give them any fluid whatsoever it 's going to dilate , dilute the tablets that are in the stomach , and once they 're diluted they 've gone into the system quicker , mm , so there 's nil by mouth , now if you 're going to get up and walk them up and down because come on you must walk up and down , what 's happening to this per these tablets ? |
| 24 | ‘ It 's happening to both of us ! ’ he bit out . |
| 25 | Well look what 's happening to these test papers . |
| 26 | They 've only been elected to nineteen ninety two , so they 're , they 're really , what there doing there forcing people to take some action now , because at Kathy says , she 's afraid of being left out , if there should be a , another Tory Government , so a lot of people are in the same position , they will be putting in eh , I think they just call it best of interest , not a proper application , but then if the whole lot , hundreds of us come along , which is quite likely they will , the Government will say well this proves that everybody wants to become you see , so it 's rather clever move , erm , as , as far as I 'm concerned , what 's happening with that she is eh here within the hospital , the consultant 's and the worker 's in the hospital . |
| 27 | Although it 's it 's slightly unclear to me you know because if you take article two it 's land ownership rights of all landlords are abolished , but then you 're distributing land back for their ownership so it 's not quite clear what 's happening with that . |
| 28 | But erm , yes , so I still do n't know what 's happening with that yet , and I 'm waiting also for them to confirm a date for this first sort of Do Business in France seminar , that we 're going to help them with , which was originally going to be February , and is now going to be March . |
| 29 | So you 've done ten pallets , what 's happening with that ten pallet ? |
| 30 | " First go and find out what 's happening with those crazy priests up in Torajaland , " he told us . |