Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [prep] [v-ing] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may cut the towelling into large squares , and then you can come and be my nurse — and God help you , McAllister , if you hinder me by starting to have fine lady 's vapours . |
| 2 | Forgive me for having addressed you so informally , Miss Bishop . ’ |
| 3 | I criticise them for refusing to accept that they made a mistake and for refusing to take any action to put matters right , when it was patently obvious that everything was going disastrously wrong . |
| 4 | Of course , more fool her for having succumbed to the moment , but it was over and done with , and that was the end of it . |
| 5 | Here the testee is presented with a set of questions or checklists which steer him into trying to think carefully about his own interests . |
| 6 | Combining the benefits of a budget account with a borrowing facility , the Revolving Budget Account helps to tackle unexpected bills and allows you to buy what you want when you want it without having to set up further loan arrangements . |
| 7 | Well this is a marvellous new form of economics , if we could just create things and er export them without getting paid for them and it would n't us . |
| 8 | Such risk-avoiding moves did not , however , stop them from continuing to deepen their involvement in the economy by other means . |
| 9 | Telephone message forms are even better than a pad as they prevent you from forgetting to ask relevant questions . |
| 10 | Two reasons prevent it from continuing to provide this function . |
| 11 | The money will keep you in business ; compensate you for lost profits ; give you breathing space while you reorganise and/or find a suitable replacement ; and save you from having to find a new credit line at a difficult time . |
| 12 | Tools with extra long handles save him from having to bend over too far , which might undermine his balance . |
| 13 | Referring expressions fulfil a dual purpose of unifying the text ( they depend upon some of the subject matter remaining the same ) and of economy , because they save us from having to repeat the identity of what we are talking about again and again . |
| 14 | And damn him for daring to pry into my affairs and for subtly mocking my singular state ! |
| 15 | Set it to figging explode ! ’ ) |
| 16 | You know , just to keep it loose , keep it from getting clogged up again . |
| 17 | Nicholas Abercrombie and John Urry accuse them of failing to take account of ‘ proletarianizing tendencies ’ within the professional-managerial class . |
| 18 | Added to which was the emotional harassment of fellow priest Laverty whose idea of support was to visit and then accuse her of trying to wreck the life of a good priest . |
| 19 | Animal-breeders , who accuse him of trying to drive them out of business , organised a protest on May 8th , when hundreds of people sent Mr Sims bits of dog-food . |
| 20 | Student leaders accuse him of failing to understand the system . |
| 21 | ‘ Goodbye , my dear , and thank you for stopping to talk to me . ’ |
| 22 | Er er Chairman thank you for listening to use of the |
| 23 | Thank you for coming to talk to me , and why do n't you come with me to this thing this evening ? |
| 24 | " Say " Goodbye " nicely to Miss Nicandra and thank her for coming to pay you a little visit . " |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't blame them for trying to make a bit of cash , but it gets ridiculous when they insult you for refusing to pay for something you did n't want doing , ’ fumes Mel , 39 . |
| 26 | Out to provoke Theo into a declaration of loyalty , and at the same time sting him for continuing to belong to a hated class , he charged him with hypocrisy and self-righteousness in refusing to belong to either side . |