Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crowds appearing to amass them . |
| 2 | Or more seriously bring along a book on figure drawing to help you and do n't be afraid to hold a pencil at arm 's length to measure proportions . |
| 3 | When I told G.P. about it much later , he just said , poor frog , he was probably on his knees praying to forget you . |
| 4 | ‘ Not without asking for nominations and holding a Department meeting to discuss it first . ’ |
| 5 | But is Bigwig going to see it like that ? " |
| 6 | What 's mummy going to give you for your lunch . |
| 7 | Thirty yards and he could see the shark 's teeth of coral waiting to devour them . |
| 8 | Then one day , when she came out of school there was a car waiting to take her for a screen test , and something magical happened as soon as she stood in front of a camera , and she became an actress , a real actress not a washed-up joke like her mother , and everyone admired her . |
| 9 | He glanced right and saw another half-dozen Dragoons racing to cut him off from the cart track . |
| 10 | He began making plans to fill Wembley Arena with 12,000 people a night , convinced there were more than enough Kylie fans waiting to see her . |
| 11 | His office says he has kept at least 20 top-flight journalists and analysts cooling their heels waiting to interview him since October . |
| 12 | ( Two clients waiting to see me . ) |
| 13 | Getting the circulation going ensures you are helping to efficiently pump gallons of blood around your body . |
| 14 | Was Johnny going to spoil it all ? |
| 15 | For the colleges and polytechnics attempting to implement it the DipHE raised problems of ‘ interlock ’ with other programmes , and transferability to other institutions — with a need for considerable attention to student counselling . |
| 16 | And then when we went for wheel balancing told us to take it back for balancing and tracking , they turned round and says we 're not doing it . |
| 17 | I 'll maroon you on the rock there at low tide , for the waves rising to take you ! |
| 18 | Cleveland Coroner Michael Sheffield said Mr Owens may have been startled by a car swerving to avoid him and had stepped into the path of the van . |
| 19 | ‘ When we started we felt that there was room for another East End of London author , having publicised ( in my case ) Lena Kennedy before , and Sue having edited her . |
| 20 | In 1914 he became a master at Eton College , where he remained during World War I , a heart murmur having disqualified him for military service . |
| 21 | Maybe that 's my un-laid-back side coming to haunt me at night . ’ |
| 22 | I mean Rebecca ooh little pig coming to get ya , she 's coming , she 's coming , she 's coming |
| 23 | Liberal Democrats fell in between , with 34 p.c. opting to go it alone . |
| 24 | ‘ Wo n't Mr Gajdusek be annoyed that it 's not a professional journalist coming to interview him ? ’ |
| 25 | Her confessor having ordered her to use an ordinary discipline and leave off her iron chain , she made it knot three rows and wore it round her body … |
| 26 | As I 've , I mean divisional guidelines forthrising costing I 've added to the related documents and I 'll produce those because they 're a divisional thing . |
| 27 | Sometimes genuine letters are offered without the vital signature , some rabid autograph hunter having removed it at some period . |
| 28 | I had an apartment on the third floor , overlooking the square and the end of the Avenida Jose Antonio de Rivera round which I would watch Dana coming to join me for another afternoon of poetry . |
| 29 | THE MURDER trial of the nurse Beverley Allitt will continue , in spite of weight loss having made her too weak to attend court . |
| 30 | But without the murder having happened you have lost that most powerful weapon in your armoury , the simple " Who-dun-it ? " |