Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [noun] and [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | There are things I have to do ; things I have to think about , Holy Father , Father Tom , things that are occupying my mind and I ca n't give you time for these things , these words , Father Tom , Your Holiness . ’ |
| 32 | Their income from that capital was a proportionate share of her total net income ( and here there was a long schedule of allowable deductions ) … and so it went on , carefully balancing her interests and theirs . |
| 33 | Tears were flooding her face and she wiped them frantically away with the sleeve of her jersey . |
| 34 | ‘ Now they have witnessed him kissing and cuddling their mother and they must be aware that their real father is deeply upset . ’ |
| 35 | Joe made room for me with the same amount of good grace he might have afforded an enemy invading his castle and we sat for a few minutes without speaking , inspecting the view . |
| 36 | She 's spent 6 years researching his life and she 's now written a book which describes him as a talented , but essentially ordinary man . |
| 37 | I 'm directing his energy and he 's bringing out the humour in me , at last , which ca n't be a bad thing . ’ |
| 38 | They were testing our responses and they 'd have been disappointed if we had n't been there . |
| 39 | ‘ I 've been taught that if things are n't going your way and they never do all the time when times are tough and you 're a bit low in confidence , it 's up to you to pick yourself up off the ground . |
| 40 | That is already improving our competitiveness and we shall see its effects on job creation before much longer . |
| 41 | Wembley 's Martin Corrie said : ‘ We 've spent a great deal of money substantially improving our toilets and we 're in the process of installing additional facilities for ladies . |
| 42 | ‘ I feel that he would be extremely uncomfortable looking back at me , holding my gaze and him trying to tell me that the loss of Tim was merely the unfortunate by-product of a war against Britain . |
| 43 | ‘ I have only just begun discussions with Celtic over renewing my contract and it has not got to the stage of the manager making me an offer , ’ said the player whose ability to impose himself on the opposition might be thought worthy of international recognition . |
| 44 | Cos I 'll be quite late in getting my car and I 'm gon na want it straight away . |
| 45 | ‘ Smuggling my brother and me into the Butcher Building . ’ |
| 46 | I was calling her Nan Wendy was calling her my love was calling her Gran and she loved it . |
| 47 | It seemed incredible to Tug that only five minutes before he had been calling her Ma and they had been grinning at each other . |
| 48 | The one thing at which my constituents are jolly good is feeding their children and they do not need to be subsidised to the tune of £14 million a year to do it . |
| 49 | She 's expanding her Lebensraum and she has to . |
| 50 | He goes , look , I 'm breaking its leg and he 's going precious , precious ! |
| 51 | But she did not forget ‘ sitting on me grandad 's rocking chair combing his hair and I can always remember him sat there and me stood up behind him : I 'd comb his hair for hours and he just sat there and let me . ’ |
| 52 | Swayne 's fingers ceased sorting his stamps and he gave Wycliffe his full attention . |
| 53 | ‘ That had the effect of breaking his neck and he slumped in his chair paralysed . |
| 54 | They 're still pestering me , sending me letters and we have n't heard from you recently |
| 55 | That wo n't do me any harm , for my position is assured ; but you are just beginning your career and it will help you a great deal . |
| 56 | I write them letters , I get people to send er like Photo Gallery in Cardiff , erm I rang them up , they were sending us stuff and it was addressed to a woman that used to be in the ph er activities officer about fou three years ago . |
| 57 | Three hours later they were still asking me questions and I could n't keep my eyes open . |
| 58 | After all , I 'd only just stopped doing my paper-round and I heard them talking about headlong stuff I never knew about before : abortions , heroin , Sylvia Plath , prostitution . |
| 59 | Well , let me tell you , you 'll know which one it is in a second — I went back , obviously years later , and I was having my beer and I finally had to go to the loo and I went into the ladies ' room and there was a big sign saying ‘ Elizabeth Taylor sat here ’ . |
| 60 | That 's enough I 'm having my coffee and it 's hot . |