Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He ended up costing me something good more like ! |
| 2 | Upon meeting them you instantly see what they look like , and quickly observe their facial expressions , gestures and body language . |
| 3 | They vindicate life and make it desirable by living it themselves more gloriously . |
| 4 | it 's to , to a certain extent you start writing the essay and then once you start writing it you suddenly realize what you want to say , I mean he started writing this erm and he , he 's not quite sure I th I think , you know , where , where it 's all leading to . |
| 5 | Tellin' me what ter do with me own kids . |
| 6 | Mrs 's paying me one too many days . |
| 7 | When I told her what was troubling me she just gave me a piece of clean rag and said more or less the same as Mum had . |
| 8 | Although Peter my friend 's he , he did that but er it did n't come to much , they 'd 've saved it or something , one job , cos he was made redundant about three times and er one , one place he was at they 're supposed to have kept it and paying him it now but I do n't know how they came about that bu because actually they we played him a dirty trick , they persuaded him to leave his job and then about nine years or probably less than that later you know and he was out again , redundant and , you know , I think they felt a bit guilty but he only gets about five pounds a week from , off that one , which is |
| 9 | And when I saw Oliver holding them I still believed that was the most probable explanation — Stuart had sent Oliver round with the flowers . |
| 10 | I have scarcely even been without natives accompanying me who also shoot with facility . ’ |
| 11 | 4 Each pack costs around £8 — but you can always say no to any pack you do n't want , you 're never under any obligation to buy and we 'll stop sending you them whenever you ask |
| 12 | I suppose it means buying you one now does n't it ? |
| 13 | There 's nothing holding her I just have n't got the screwdriver with the right shape tip on it , you know ? |
| 14 | THE BRAIN EMO story PART 2 : ‘ He tried to change the world by turning it on its side and calling it something else ’ |
| 15 | The rent for the club room er five pound per go , a hundred and fifteen pound erm the Christmas social , we spent fif thirty five fifty one on the refreshments and seven eighty nine on the whisky , making a forty three forty expenditure the club trophies , we spent nineteen pound fifty this year and we saved a lot of money on that this year , we spent about a hundred and thirty to forty last year erm so we have got a quite a difference just trying to find last year 's erm there they are trophies , a hundred and sixteen pound we paid last year so have , we did save a lot of money by doing them ourselves more or less . |
| 16 | He 's not er charging them anything like . |
| 17 | Apart from how kind he is to me giving me something so easy . |
| 18 | Giving me his most tender childlike smile he murmured , ‘ Well , what a very wonderful occasion , ’ and resumed his task . |
| 19 | I do n't give something I have n't got , I do n't give something I 've no right to give , I 'm not giving you something just for , I 'm giving you my peace . |
| 20 | ‘ I have no intention of giving you anything apart from one little word … goodbye ! |
| 21 | Soon as they what you 're doing they you down . |
| 22 | Raising her mug , she turned again to the telegraphist at her side , giving him her most brilliant smile . |
| 23 | The effect of living with this knowledge and using this skill raises the consciousness of the insider , perhaps giving him his most effective methodological tool . |
| 24 | Erm he 's just come down with this rotten old cough and cold again and I was going to take him to the doctor 's but then they do n't like it giving them anything and I do n't like giving him anything so |
| 25 | While burying him we sure found a lot of other bodies . |
| 26 | Artemis could not remember him ever giving her anything ever before . |
| 27 | Too often the role is left to a houseproud male or to the women who dig their own grave when entrapping themselves into a traditional duty , by doing it themselves out of resignation . |
| 28 | Erm well I feel I like you say , I can do with more more sitting down and doing it myself so it it sinks in . |
| 29 | You 're doing it nobody else . |
| 30 | And then when you 've finished doing it you just fill a book in . |