Example sentences of "of [pers pn] [coord] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there would be lights in the chapel , Isabel assured herself , peering ahead for a sign of them and flinching from the feel of the rough stone beneath her palm . |
| 2 | They 're funny things : I 've heard of rabbits living almost on top of them and coming to no harm . |
| 3 | ‘ I can just see him looking down that long nose of his and saying in that sanctimonious voice : ‘ there 's something you ought to know , Mr O'Shea … ’ |
| 4 | Cowley sat with them , Leaning forward , hands clasped in front of him and resting on his beige folder . |
| 5 | Erm I was n't , I did n't know what you were trying to get at when you were bringing up the miles per annum that he was doing , I can understand the flying side of it but driving in the car , yes you need to know that he 's doing a lot of miles and that there 's , you know , the there 's the potential danger and everything there but I did n't understand why you need his specific miles per annum . |
| 6 | Psychologists , like all other scientists , cope with the complexity of the real world by making models of it and working with those instead . |
| 7 | Intensely shy but always wanting to be good , she went round the ‘ table ’ , kissing each one of us and hoping for a hug in return . |