Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prospect of seeing them made him full of joy . |
| 2 | ‘ Are you suggesting I asked him to play slow music ? ’ she shot back , outraged . |
| 3 | Lord Aldington said : ‘ If you 're suggesting I knew they were behaving badly , then I did . |
| 4 | ‘ I was denying I had it . ’ |
| 5 | When you saw that happening you realised you had to go into other things . |
| 6 | So as well as keeping you informed we are trying to encourage in NEW MEMBERS . |
| 7 | ‘ When I went to the opticians to see if my eyesight was good enough for driving she said it was beyond all medical explanation , it had to be a miracle , ’ he said . |
| 8 | And even when it became clearer — in a purely physical sense — as far as understanding it went she was as far from clarity as ever . |
| 9 | Now that it was happening it seemed it had been inevitable from the start . |
| 10 | When Tiare 's husband knew he was dying he thanked me and wanted to know if there was anything he could do — a kind of last request . |
| 11 | I went for a couple of terms in 1986 and gained a different perspective on drawing which helped me look more deeply at my subject and see light and shade differently . |
| 12 | I went for a couple of terms in 1986 and gained a different perspective on drawing which helped me look more deeply at my subject and see light and shade differently . |
| 13 | As Alan sat him in his cot and left the room , Christopher began to howl in earnest again , interrupted by spasms of coughing which left him breathless . |
| 14 | The ball came over the wire as we passed and the German who was escorting me threw it back . |
| 15 | When he was n't looking I poured mine on to the floor . |
| 16 | The first time we made love , I started out believing I hated you , but when we … by the end I knew I did n't really , and that I loved you . |
| 17 | The common complaint that luxury extends itself even to the lowest ranks of the people , and that the labouring poor will not now be contented with the same food , clothing and lodging which satisfied them in former times , may convince us that it is not the money price of labour only , but its real recompense , which has been augmented . |
| 18 | The road was bendy and twisty forming which made it look beautiful . |
| 19 | ‘ I did n't until I met you , but loving you made me want to know how twins could be so different . |
| 20 | Then she decided to be awkward , like she always is , and said I says oh it 's still taping you know and I s she said summat , I ca n't remember what it were now but I was saying , I knew that 'd happen , one minute yes then no , then I 'll think about it , I says and if I did n't start it when you went out you 'd be saying you could 've done this and that and er so she were chittering , pretending she said I could n't do it . |
| 21 | she said that and she said she do n't mind us swearing she said I 'll leave you fourteen , it actually says twenty tapes in the , bits of paper but she said if you could fill twenty I 'd be over the moon did she say ? |
| 22 | I derive untold pleasure from looking at buildings , but not just as objects which please the eye , nor just as works of art , as you would look at pictures in a gallery ; I also like imagining who commissioned them , who built them , what sort of person first lingered on their balcony or opened their casement window . |
| 23 | I 'd never been very good at big lies , and the thought of living one terrified me , but it was important that not only I , but the baby , should have some self-respect about its origins . |
| 24 | Stephen liked even the back-room staff to wear uniform , believing it gave them a more professional look and approach . |
| 25 | Bush should have trusted his own misgivings about attending the dinner , confessing he knew it would be ‘ something sorrowful and sad ’ . |
| 26 | They also enjoy reviewing experiences so when you 've done a role play , the reflector will actually get a lot out of doing feedback , standing back and analyzing what did I do well , what did I do less well and they actually learn a lot from that as well the role play . |
| 27 | If the policeman had approached him from behind , for example , and the defendant had acted without seeing who confronted him , he should have the defence , as Williams and Ansell hold . |
| 28 | Realising she meant it , Luke released her at once , his glance straying briefly to the proud lift of her breasts before he stepped back . |
| 29 | But the 200 miles separating them meant they did not meet until six months into the romance when Chris , 25 , came to see Heather , 32 , of Aberdeen Road , Darlington . |
| 30 | But the people selling them put me off ! |