Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [v-ing] [prep] [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said he just wanted to know she was safe and well , and added : ‘ I hope she is staying with someone to have a bit of breathing space . |
| 2 | The Sun rejects Kinnock 's claim that the tabloids were responsible for Labour 's defeat , despite having said just that three days previously : ‘ It is flattering for him to suggest we have so much power . |
| 3 | It is reassuring for someone to know that if they jump at shadows or can not sleep after an accident or a crime , it is part of a natural process and that they will get over it . |
| 4 | After all , it is yearning for you to grow . |
| 5 | ‘ Your father is a worried man and he is looking to you to make a good marriage , that way at least your own future will be secure . ’ |
| 6 | The work with patients who had the delusion of being watched , and who spoke of the watcher as another person in terms like the following : ‘ He is waiting for me to go now ’ , or ‘ He thinks I should do such and such ’ , had first led Freud to suggest that a part of a person 's ego can keep watch over another part . |
| 7 | The blessed assurance that God is present in every event , that he is present in every circumstance , that he is working with us to save to heal to forgive to reconcile to restore . |
| 8 | ‘ To prepare for a fighter like Ruddock , you have to fight hard because he is coming at you to separate your head from your shoulders , ’ Bowe said . |
| 9 | I have started divorce proceedings , as we have been living apart for the last two months , but now he is pleading with me to take him back . |
| 10 | I have started divorce proceedings , as we have been living apart for the last two months , but now he is pleading with me to take him back . |