Example sentences of "without [v-ing] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They lost over £4,000 dealing with two letting agencies which closed down without paying them the rent and tenants ' deposit owed on their Wembley flat . |
| 2 | ( As I can speak of red without calling it the colour of blood . ) |
| 3 | ( As I can speak of red without calling it the colour of blood . ) ’ |
| 4 | Two people lingered , fingering the scarves , and she put her head down , feigning ignorance , or ineptitude , or just plain stupidity — whatever , so long as they went away without asking her the price of anything ! |
| 5 | Unlike many of the top jockeys , he found time to talk to Kelly without giving her the immediate impression that he wanted to sleep with her , although if his reputation was only half true then he did . |
| 6 | This has to be suggested to her with some care , without giving her the impression that you think her sudden collapse into illness is in any way imminent or inevitable ; and it should not be suggested at all if it is felt that it might upset or frighten her . |
| 7 | She had left the previous night without speaking to him , without giving him the chance to say how sorry he was . |
| 8 | His creator had fashioned him from clockwork and set him to go through the motions of living without giving him the actual breath of life . |
| 9 | And without giving him the satisfaction of knowing how deeply he had hurt her . |
| 10 | I 'll think of some way to ask Aunt Sarah or Uncle Nick what to do , without telling them the crazy part . |
| 11 | Suppose somebody read to you , without telling you the author , but telling you the date — the early seventeenth century lines like this ‘ But let my due feet never fail to walk the studious cloisters pale and love the high embowered rough with antique pillars and and storeyed windows richly dyked , casting a dim religious light , there let the pealing organ blow to the full-voiced choir below in service high and anthems clear , as may with sweetness through mine ear dissolve me into ecstasies and bring all heaven before my eyes . |