Example sentences of "[det] [prep] [v-ing] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now what are you left over with ? it 's a nice nice that for working it through . |
| 2 | Sometimes , particularly where you have a specific audience , the task may be primarily a logistical one — moving them from A to B — and you can solve this by bussing them in . |
| 3 | His urge to leap about and start to swing his weapon is difficult to suppress , but his fellows manage this by grabbing him very tightly and sitting on him if necessary . |
| 4 | Thank you ever so much for bringing me round , it 's very nice of you . |
| 5 | Typically of experienced teachers recognising the potential weakness of the whole venture ( it will in fact only succeed if the pupils are determined to make it succeed — not something one can often rely on ! ) , precautions were adopted such as warning them beforehand to mark out the route they take , and ( the final card up teacher 's sleeve as pupils start to get killed all over the place ) to come in as narrator saying , ‘ Suddenly , for no apparent reason , the danger passed and the members returned to safety ’ ! |
| 6 | There are several foliage plants that thrive in a window box , given the correct amount of loving care — such as watering them regularly ! |
| 7 | Hughes admitted that one reason for the slow growth of the movement in Wales was that the Church of Wales was in a minority ‘ and there did not exist the sense of peril which , he feared , must be admitted , had done so much in driving them together in England ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's all about doing it better and with more style than the next man . |
| 9 | Hello there man , of course I 'm awake , I 'm eating my tea , ha you 're wrong , Russell 's organizing his night so that he 's gon na pick you up half eight quarter to nine okay well I , I ai n't had a shower or anything yet , I mean er everything 's organized I organized it all for picking you up eight quarter to nine , bless you , what 's your number ? |
| 10 | A report circulated in the spring of 1939 admitted that the camps ‘ became slave markets where people with the best intentions in the world went to help one child , yet unconsciously did harm to many by looking them over and rejecting them ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ I did that by bringing you here . ’ |