Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pos pn] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am personally indebted to her for her help in indexing my text book on bookselling . |
| 2 | I remember half-waking and seeing my master bend over me . |
| 3 | Seeing my uncle Reggie a lot . |
| 4 | I am enjoying my writing career and would like to develop it into a full-time career if I can earn enough money . |
| 5 | Q Should I take any special precautions before allowing my guinea pig out onto the lawn this summer ? |
| 6 | I said breathlessly , tucking my pyjama jacket into the bottoms . |
| 7 | ‘ Go on , ’ said I , stroking my lantern jaw . |
| 8 | I told it to come to the Vecchio Reccione in Leicester Square at 9.30 , then I rang the restaurant and made a booking , using my PKB Amex card to confirm it . |
| 9 | I wondered whether they were using my secretary Jean to do the work of other departments . |
| 10 | I am trying to document a Lotus 1-2-3 Release 2.4 spreadsheet which has many long and complicated formulas using my word processor — Word for Windows 2.0 . |
| 11 | Using my Martin Petersen 5-string with Bartolini single coils , a 6dB cut at 500Hz and a 3dB boost at 50 , 100 , 2K and 5K produced a good all-round sound . |
| 12 | I had been using my travelling battery shaver while house-sitting and despite what Victor Kiam says , nothing beats hot water and cold steel . |
| 13 | In London Victoria is living in my flat , driving my car , using my bank accounts , washing our sheets . |
| 14 | Then we talk about the lady from Sawbridgeworth who said she get 's no incentive I get my incentive use by using my leisure card that lady gets no incentive to come back . |
| 15 | I was still nursing my Freddieland injuries , and the way she was looking at me with her unflinching gaze gave me a queasy feeling I 'd only narrowly avoided providing lunch . |
| 16 | The wind had risen , blowing the boat ever faster shorewards , and , as Alan wrestled with the oars , I tried to unfankle the heap of floss and flies , catching my tail fly on the bottom of the boat in the process . |
| 17 | ‘ And I 'll have to think about contacting my sister Laura in Glasgow , ’ Maggie went on . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm building my working life around my family , ’ I could imagine them explaining to puzzled spouses . |
| 19 | Q I am building my fish pond and I would be grateful if you could tell me if it 's possible to keep Koi without pumps and filters . |
| 20 | I hope you will enjoy knitting my summer flowers and discover variations of your own . |
| 21 | I went up to his suite at the Monogram and was just opening my sample case when , imagine my surprise … ’ |
| 22 | We did all right until we got to the last bit and I got my foot caught in Otley 's pocket when he tried to bend down , he fell and flung me over his head knocking my wig skew-whiff . |
| 23 | ‘ Checking my phone calls , checking my house — ’ |
| 24 | ’ Well John Major says I 'm a bit of a bastard , and I 've been spending the first part of this conference checking my birth certificate ’ . |
| 25 | The workshop classes were a mixture of all grades of academy , and it was here that I found common ground absorbing my trade instruction ; and happily in this field I was able not to be as conspicuous as I was at school . |
| 26 | Counteracting my cancer cells has been an evolutionary process in which a whole series of different ‘ attacks ’ have been launched depending upon the information I have on myself , how and what I feel . |
| 27 | By launching their cruise missiles , US and NATO commanders would hope that , at best , the Soviet Union might sue for peace , and , at worst , that the West could gain a few extra days when its conventional ( non-nuclear ) forces might be able to stem the tide . |
| 28 | The society will be staging their spring show at the village hall on April 11th , with a plant show on May 9th . |
| 29 | Explaining her painting strategy in producing within a closely defined genre , Delia says ‘ I do n't do ‘ Spaniels ’ as a type . |
| 30 | In her room , she sat on the bed and opening her travelling bag carefully took out the satin-lined box . |