Example sentences of "[v-ing] they [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prospect of seeing them made him full of joy . |
| 2 | ‘ I ca n't bear seeing them throwing it away , that 's all . |
| 3 | Seeing them live it 's hard to understand why this situation has come about because , while they fail to break new ground , their quasi-psychedelic pop is pleasantly uplifting and danceable . |
| 4 | She glared round the room , daring them to contradict her and when they did n't went on : ‘ Take that slavery away . |
| 5 | It is a young woman 's role , in her eyes , to play by society 's rules while not allowing them to define her . |
| 6 | Orkney Islands Council Social Work Department refused to implement the independent decision of the Children 's Panel , and blamed the Reporter for allowing them to reach it . |
| 7 | She made a fuss of every boat that approached her and mixed with all bathers on the beach , allowing them to pet her , hold her tail , and ride on her back . |
| 8 | PC Week quotes Microsoft 's vice president , systems strategy John Lazarus as saying that IBM has rights under a previously secret codicil in their settlement last month to port NT to the RS/6000 : Microsoft is encouraging them to do it . |
| 9 | they ca n't actually do this , if they 're going to do it and we 're certainly not encouraging them to do it , but if they 're going to do it then there 's no reason why they could n't do it with adults . |
| 10 | I i in a way , way th that they 're going beyond it not because the Party 's encouraging them to do it , but because they 're doing it themselves . |
| 11 | Permitting management to use their discretion to run a company for the public benefit may be tantamount to encouraging them to run it according to their own moral and political views about what constitutes the public benefit . |
| 12 | Then , as the heel touches the ground , lock your ankle and shift your weight forward with the knee bent , rocking forward onto the toes and using them to push you off to the next step . |
| 13 | When they , when they stopped using them do you think anybody kept them as |
| 14 | Above all , they have emphasised the need for higher expectations from society as a whole about what disabled people can achieve , and have argued for the necessary resources to be devoted to helping them achieve them . |
| 15 | And helping them to do it , ’ said Breeze zealously ; but Gay shook her head . |
| 16 | The cleverness was in using the wealth of old prints lying around ignored and simplifying them to make them fresher and give them a contemporary feel . |
| 17 | He impressed Meredith Jones as he impressed Philip Burton — both to an extent that they had never been impressed before , driving them to help him help himself . |
| 18 | She watched his hands on the wheel , wanting them touching her , stroking her skin , caressing her body and making it come alive . |
| 19 | It feels to them that a major event has changed their lives and yet people around them seem to be wanting them to forget it and ‘ get on with things ’ as quickly as possible . |
| 20 | I I like writing them writing them on the nodes like that . |
| 21 | That 's rounding them making them round . |
| 22 | We 'll certainly be urging them to do more , and we 'll be urging them to do it more efficiently , and we 'll be urging them to be much more accountable . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Let , I said well the best thing ju to do erm er Pam I said is just to ignore them I said and ignoring them makes it you know ? |
| 25 | But the people selling them put me off ! |
| 26 | And then we used to call them because that 's where we were feeding them do you see . |
| 27 | We 're still talking about men helping us , instead of expecting them to do it automatically . |
| 28 | You 're expecting them to remember it word for word as though it you know it 's ingrained on their soul almost and ca n't |
| 29 | The mother who lives only through her children will face an empty future , for she is losing touch with the source of her own life , identifying with her creations and expecting them to sustain her . |
| 30 | Make sure that the story you have for them is interesting and if it is merely constituency information , explain that you are providing it for background briefing and that you are not expecting them to publish it . |