Example sentences of "[v-ing] this [prep] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This ties in with a generally romantic view of sexual expression denying this to anyone with any degree of physical or mental impairment ( Strean , 1983 ) . |
| 2 | explaining this to you in Chinese you know you do n't understand the words |
| 3 | Well , I was doing this for him in a loving sort of wifely way and he said , ‘ Oh , by the way , I want to get rid of you ’ and I said , ‘ Thank you very much ’ and he said , ‘ Well , finish the trousers and post them on . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I ca n't believe she 's doing this to me after 33 years of marriage , ’ said Bill , who had retired with Anne to Guernsey after selling his shopfitting business in north London . |
| 5 | The artist Michael Wishart , confronting this in himself in his autobiography , High Diver , argues : ‘ physical beauty , unless accompanied by brute stupidity and a nature devoid of creative aspirations , is not compatible with sex appeal . ’ |
| 6 | Apparently the old man has been hammering this into them for weeks . ’ |