Example sentences of "[pron] without [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before Lesley met Alan , she had been to a party where she got drunk and ended up sleeping with someone without knowing it . |
| 2 | If you can not hold a conversation with someone without getting out of breath then you are going too fast . |
| 3 | ‘ I see enough of you and Gesner racing around in that appalling car of his without watching you prancing together on a stage . ’ |
| 4 | Knives are now a standard part of the criminal 's equipment and it is very difficult for us to defend ourselves without going beyond the law , but there are ways — as you will see later . |
| 5 | This appeal raises a single issue as to whether a landlord who has obtained an order for possession in the county court against the statutory tenant is entitled to resort to self-help and take possession of the premises himself without involving the bailiff in executing the order for possession . |
| 6 | But could he define himself without demystifying himself , breaking the magical spell that united de Gaulle and France ? |
| 7 | He was well-known by sight to all the warren , for his fur was entirely grey , with patches of near-white that now caught the moonlight as he sat scratching himself without speaking . |
| 8 | He needs him again and again when he becomes uncertain and discouraged , for by himself he can not help himself without belying the truth . |
| 9 | For example , a man who wished to make certain grievances clear to his boss decided that this was best approached , in the first instance , by writing to his boss because he realized that , were he to try to do this face to face , he would find it difficult to express himself without losing his temper . |
| 10 | They release the teacher for other work by giving the pupil something which he can operate himself without having to have the teacher there ; and they can also enliven the teaching of otherwise difficult topics . |
| 11 | ‘ And his fellow directors do n't mind him just going off by himself without letting them know where he is ? |
| 12 | The ASI reads from sixty to 600 knots , To its left a twin-pointer rev-counter has needles marked G and D for gauche and droit , indicating similarly enormous numbers up to 25,000 rpm ( ten times a piston engine 's revs ) — and no , I never did work out which was which without stopping to translate . |
| 13 | ‘ But how can you kill somebody without leaving marks ? ’ |
| 14 | You can love somebody without going all gooey . |
| 15 | It was his mother , Yevdoxia , who without meaning to had given him the idea . |
| 16 | The term ‘ Information ’ does not include any information which ( i ) is generally available to and known by the public ( other than as a result of its disclosure by you or your Representatives ) , ( ii ) was available to you on a non-confidential basis from a source other than KPMG Peat Marwick , the management and employees of the Company , or the Vendors or their professional advisers , or ( iii ) has been independently acquired or developed by you without breaching any of your obligations under this Agreement . |
| 17 | I 'd like you without using your calculator , just to get some idea of how big that is . |
| 18 | I ca n't say such things to you without turning your head . |
| 19 | What the patient tells you without prompting will usually be of greater importance . |
| 20 | By our Lord , the king of heaven , if I can do anything you want you may find me most generous ; most happily will I perform for you without grudging . " ) |
| 21 | They can ch they can do you without having your telly on now , they can still |
| 22 | ‘ We are going by you without fighting if you will let us , but we are going by you anyhow . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ We are going by you without fighting if you will let us ’ , Joseph warned , ‘ but we are going by you anyhow ’ . |
| 24 | Lockean children have the added amazing ability to recognise reason in you without possessing any themselves , while Kantian kids , two stages back from rationality , have the disconcerting habit of getting puzzled and asking questions . |
| 25 | ‘ I can tell you without going to look . |
| 26 | If I just wanted you , I 'd be able to spend time alone with you without going half crazy . |
| 27 | One of the best resources you can use is a good listener who will allow you to verbalise your doubts and fears aloud and who is capable of listening to you without pressing home their own agenda . |
| 28 | He is the kind of person who might even kill you without noticing it . |
| 29 | How can I help you without paying more ? |
| 30 | When you say that er said that this was a way of getting rid of you without paying you redundancy who was present at that who overheard him say that ? |