Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , even as she thought it , she rejected the question and felt a surge of anger go darting through her . |
| 2 | His hands brushed her breasts , already ripe beneath her blouse , sending shafts of electricity darting through her . |
| 3 | Hands tightly clenched , Gina broke into the slow , seductive future he was forecasting for them . |
| 4 | They could feel angry , embarrassed and even guilty because of the comments of over-anxious parents who keep hinting about their longing for grandchildren , or make it clear that they think there should be no more . |
| 5 | You were right to break with him if you decided that you had made a mistake in accepting him , but oh , my dear , your uncle Orrin tells me that he dare not inform your father of the dreadful things Havvie is hinting about you for fear of what he might do to Havvie . |
| 6 | AFTER three years of hinting about it , Gencor , one of South Africa 's biggest conglomerates , finally announced on May 11th that it will break itself up . |
| 7 | The three newspapers I took were sticking through my front door , which was at the side of the house . |
| 8 | Glossopteris is characterized by its long strap-shaped leaves , which have a conspicuous midrib , with many fine , smaller veins branching off it to form a network . |
| 9 | He was gazing through her , black eyes like two probes , annihilating her with his immovable hostility . |
| 10 | As one train starts to move , a passenger gazing through his carriage window , observes movement but is unsure whether it is his own train that is moving or the train on the opposite line . |
| 11 | The Festival Court has a different activity taking place each day , while the Centre and surrounding ‘ competition ’ courts will see the best women players from 56 nations competing for what is the premier team prize in women 's tennis . |
| 12 | We will be competing for their business with already existing companies there which offer complete financial services . |
| 13 | The females evolve to be larger and brighter coloured than the males , and control harems of dull-coloured egg-sitters , competing for their domestic skills against other acquisitive and territorial females . |
| 14 | And while the fashionable ammonites and graptolites were competing for their place in the spotlight , the minor characters in the stratigraphical play were doing exactly the same thing . |
| 15 | THERE is a burst of late season sailing activity with the Ruffian Class competing for their Northern Ireland title at Carrickfergus Sailing Club and the GP14 Class holding their Autumn Open at East Down Yacht Club . |
| 16 | So dairy farmers look likely to be gainers under the new regime , particularly as several new groups will be competing for their milk . |
| 17 | Prices have dropped to a reasonable level , and we have buyers competing for them , with gazumping going on . |
| 18 | The boys ' behaviour is their way of protesting at these changes and competing for your affection and attention . |
| 19 | With so many companies competing for your attention it can be difficult deciding which is the one for you . |
| 20 | In fact , the choice is so wide that your problem may be one of bewilderment — how are you to pick the ideal model from the dozens competing for your custom ? |
| 21 | And that caused quite a bit of resentment , I can tell you — the Americans and the Japanese competing for our future . |
| 22 | There will then be all sorts of rumours buzzing through servants ' halls up and down the country to the effect that he has been approached by this or that personage or that several of the highest houses are competing for his services with wildly high wages . |
| 23 | Ambassador had a month off from competing for his stud duties , but otherwise his preparation was not much different from any other event horse , with hill work figuring largely in his fittening programme . |
| 24 | The next year , 1965 , he had his choice of three F1 teams competing for his services and chose BRM : as he has said , he wanted to be in a team ‘ where they would n't rush me , a team where I would n't be battling for my place every time I took the grid , a team where I could learn from a man like Graham Hill ’ . |
| 25 | Was n't he enjoying this journey , with two women competing for his attention ? |
| 26 | Only she , of all the women , seemed not to be competing for his attention . |
| 27 | Channel 4 eased the pressure for space , but also led to more programmes competing for it . |
| 28 | That money in the consumer 's pocket : who else is competing for it ? |
| 29 | Difficulties were experienced in the provision of construction workers since labour was scarce in Siberia , and the mine administration was competing for it as well . |
| 30 | We both need a break but I ca n't afford a holiday and you would n't believe the hassle of organizing for her to go into a home for a fortnight . |