Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The semiconductor devices are all fairly sensitive to excess heat , so do n't fry them during soldering ! |
| 2 | The argument for this as-if strategy is straightforward enough : civilization is impossible unless the decisions of some well-defined person or group are accepted by everyone as setting public standards that will be enforced if necessary through the police power . |
| 3 | Cicely apologised for not being at Q.T. Day to thank everyone for supporting this Gala event . |
| 4 | Suddenly she was angry with everyone for involving her in all this . |
| 5 | Thank you everyone for taking the trouble to write . |
| 6 | WE had a lovely time in Lourdes , I want to thank everyone for looking after us both . |
| 7 | Beryl welcomed Kay Evans and thanked her on behalf of everyone for finding time in her busy life to attend our training days and for the interest she always shows in all we do . |
| 8 | The Bishop thanked everyone for travelling all the way from St Columba 's on Walney Island , St Wilfrid 's , Preston and many other parishes on such an inhospitable day and reminded the packed Cathedral that ‘ They choose to throw in their lot with us , it 's as simple as that . |
| 9 | Abruptly she looked away , hating him , hating herself , hating everyone for putting her in this horribly vulnerable position . |
| 10 | Pauline began the Meeting by thanking everyone for attending the important meeting before lunch and for their concern for our future . |
| 11 | Although it emphasises that the opportunities are not guaranteed to find success , market-orientated businesses should find them worth considering . |
| 12 | There were dangers in this silence — Wilson well understood that the steady remittance of funds for the care of Oreste constituted a claim on him over and above that of natural parentage — but she thought them worth risking . |
| 13 | Could n't hear nothing for splashing ! |
| 14 | C&G 's 1 million-plus members , who will also have to approve the merger at a special meeting , will receive nothing for voting ‘ yes ’ . |
| 15 | Getting nothing for doing nothing . |
| 16 | You know , when you get paid twenty pounds a night for driving the minibus , and you get paid nothing for running the P A , and it takes equally long if not , if not |
| 17 | Aye , well you get nothing for grumbling do ya ? |
| 18 | For most of the leaders among the Owenites the distinction only showed itself in their recognition that the Bill had done nothing for working people ; that since the prime need , as they saw it , was to act directly to remove the evils of a system which grievously oppressed the lives of working people , the Bill had been at best an irrelevance , at worst a distraction . |
| 19 | I 've erm contacted them through living there and working with them as well . |
| 20 | Six Hampdens were lost , three of them through running out of fuel on the return . |
| 21 | The cowering patrons were pulling silver crucifixes from their pockets and holding them between trembling fingers . |
| 22 | As one constable stated , the ‘ Action Men ’ who are fitness conscious and orientated towards crime-fighting only adopt this mode ‘ to get them off doing work ’ . |
| 23 | The other day , some man attacked me for using the phrase ‘ biological clock ’ . |
| 24 | Mr today congratulated me for slapping Anthony . |
| 25 | ‘ Pardon me for livin' , lady . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Pardon me for jumping to erroneous conclusions . |
| 27 | Pardon me for thinking they were important , pardon me for feeling beautiful and lyrical , pardon me for loving you . |
| 28 | Now he keeps blamin' me for keepin' her clean . |
| 29 | It took me a long time to admit that , but I gradually realized that many people were grateful to me for sharing the thought with them . |
| 30 | In which case forgive me for writing as I have done . |