Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'll go on bringing me cigarettes ( if he does n't I sha n't ask him for them ) and food . |
| 2 | ‘ I ai n't yer old sweet'eart , ’ said Mrs Beavis , whose naturally sunny beam did not always shine for everyone , ‘ and I 'appen to be keepin' me hands to meself . ’ |
| 3 | Government in not allowing them passports until 1985 might have protected the children at a crucial time in their development . |
| 4 | Enjoying them crisps ! |
| 5 | Although usually quite reasonable priced , the cost of using them tots up to a considerable amount over several days . |
| 6 | Some kinds of social need may not be met by the state because the groups involved are too small or too unpopular for politicians to be prepared to incur displeasure helping them alcoholics , drug addicts or battered women . |
| 7 | Is he eating them beans ? |
| 8 | Well she says if you 'd of come to Sandra 's she 'd make you something , I says I know Eileen and so would I as well , I says I would n't have anybody coming in and bringing them sandwiches , I mean if somebody knocked on the , on our door one day from Queensbury and we did n't know they were coming and they 'd brought sandwiches with them |
| 9 | From this , Combsburgh men of that generation got a bad name for sheep stealing and cattle lifting and men from the next parish retaliated on them by nicknaming them Baa-Lambs . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Thank you for bringing my feet down to the ground . |
| 11 | I 'm bringing my friends |
| 12 | And I 'm bringing my friends . |
| 13 | I coughed and spluttered and gagged a few times , then fell back into Jamie 's arms , bringing my legs up to my chin to ease the ache in my stomach muscles . |
| 14 | ‘ Are you suggesting , sir , that I have been shirking my duties ? |
| 15 | But perhaps I am shirking my responsibilities by being here , in the police force . ’ |
| 16 | I led her upstairs , took off her wet clothes , bathed and dried her ; she accepting my ministrations automatically , as if she were a child and I her mother . |
| 17 | ‘ When I bullied you into accepting my terms to get you out of gaol , my only concern was reaching Athens in time for my meeting . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I am very well , Sister Cameron , and I thank you for accepting my terms . ’ |
| 19 | I get more excited seeing my girls winning medals than I felt winning my own . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I have no intention of seeing my dues gambled away by your wastrel of a son . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I am so excited about seeing my sons again . |
| 22 | This happened the next day , and the next until , fed up at seeing my lettuces out again , I decided to investigate . |
| 23 | LIKE many pensioners I am seeing my savings dwindle with falling interest rates . |
| 24 | I have been a lifelong Labour supporter , but I have to say that under the present Government I was able to save in my last years at work without seeing my savings disappear in inflation . |
| 25 | I took up the tin with the matches in it and lit the candles ; they burned yellowly and I knelt , clenching my fists and thinking . |
| 26 | Consequently … my memory will rapidly improve … and I will be able to see things in their true perspective … without magnifying my difficulties … without ever allowing them to get out of proportion . |
| 27 | More and more I was enjoying my evenings with Frank and Sarge , and it was great to be accepted warmly into such a compatible family . |
| 28 | " Just resting my eyes . |
| 29 | Just resting my eyes … |
| 30 | And resting my eyes does n't have much to do with it , I 'm sure , but I 'm darn well going to rest them anyway . ’ |