Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] [pron] [v-ing] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt the shivers again as she ate her meal and frequently looked up to find him watching her , his eyes on the glitter of her silvery hair . |
| 2 | Mario Zupanovic has n't had anyone stopping him in the street for autographs yet . |
| 3 | Which has never stopped her charging me painfully large sums . |
| 4 | I 'd often watched her carrying them from the pile outside , spreading them out , fluffing them up . |
| 5 | My dad always used to say that we could not afford lunch , although , I have to say , this did not stop him eating it . |
| 6 | There was no way the police could hold Philip Drew , but this did not stop them following him . |
| 7 | If he did not know that , I do not mind him admitting it , but it is extraordinary ignorance on his part . |
| 8 | I do hope the senders do not mind my reproducing them , but they certainly brightened Mike 's and my days as we slogged through the sorting and despatching process : |
| 9 | The Minister 's only defence I do not recall him using it in Committee — against the charge that he is wantonly selling public assets cheaply is that we always have recourse to the Public Accounts Committee . |
| 10 | Bit my lip — did n't want them dragging me back in there for a patient . |
| 11 | I did n't want them noticing me even a little . |
| 12 | She did n't want him thinking she was a slag . |
| 13 | I was even glad now I 'd had trouble with the M-16 ; did n't want him thinking I was too handy with weapons . |
| 14 | I did n't want him thinking I 'd only fired in self-defence . |
| 15 | She did n't want him following her to the bedroom . |
| 16 | She placed the cheque in her bag , let herself out through the back way and , checking that Ryan had gone , because she did n't want him following her , she walked along the lane , careful not to trip on muddy ruts . |
| 17 | ‘ I did n't tell you before , because I did n't want you thinking it was n't convenient to come and stay or something , darling ! ’ she 'd told her apologetically over coffee after lunch . |
| 18 | But I did n't want anyone thinking I had been unfaithful to Alan . ’ |
| 19 | I was in the last category , I reckoned , which did n't stop me wishing I 'd been born into the first . |
| 20 | ‘ It did n't stop me enjoying it , ’ she said . |
| 21 | ‘ You did run away , ’ he muttered , ‘ but that did n't stop me needing you . ’ |
| 22 | Though do n't you go thinking , just because a fellow do n't get airborne , did n't stop me liking him . |
| 23 | Er , the public consultation that was held actually did n't produce anybody saying they were opposed to the line of the road or even that the road should go there , so we seem to have a fairly unanimous decision that way , that the road should be er implemented . |
| 24 | He did n't like her teaching me to read either . |
| 25 | He did n't like her calling him old , though . |
| 26 | So although I did n't like him touching me the way he had , I decided not to tell anybody . |
| 27 | Did n't like anybody telling me what to do . |
| 28 | That was a nice picture — Marie liked it I think , cos she did n't mind me sticking it on the wall . |
| 29 | " You did n't mind me mentioning them , Mr Dass ? " the boy said , smiling at him . |
| 30 | ( As twenty-five years had elapsed , she did n't mind me cutting it up ! ) |