Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had a mum as a single parent and two grandparents and they did an excellent job of bringing me up ! |
| 2 | What happened was I happened to be in the corridors there and the gentleman came in , that 's on the Friday afternoon , gentleman came in and asked to see the Headmaster , so I took him along to see who was the Headmaster then , and erm shortly after that I was called up to see and erm asked me if I 'd like to apply for this job because had seen me erm bringing me up to , bringing him up to see and he said erm , well what about that young fella who brought me up there and would he like to apply . |
| 3 | Just my personal assistant bringing me up to date on some business matters , ’ he added dismissively as he walked over to the other side of the bed , picking up his slim gold watch from a small table . |
| 4 | Arthur was just kept bringing me up food all the time . |
| 5 | Thank you ever so much for bringing me round , it 's very nice of you . |
| 6 | ‘ Mr Swinton has so much already , ’ Alexandra said , her voice almost steady , ‘ that he asked if you might have the basket for bringing me out here on Christmas night . ’ |
| 7 | Abruptly Clare said to David , ‘ Thank you for bringing me back . |
| 8 | Gently , making fun of me a little bit , bringing me back to earth . |
| 9 | ‘ Perhaps you could help Cook to wash up , ’ she suggested , bringing me down to earth with a bang . |
| 10 | ‘ And who suggested bringing me in ? ’ |
| 11 | Standing on the corpses they laugh and joke , holding the bodies of the babies over their heads like trophies , pitching them back and forth like footballs . ’ |
| 12 | That 's what Quinn will get at Coventry and , injuries apart , there 's nothing more certain he 'll keep firing them in . |
| 13 | He kept seeing them over and over in his mind , like an action replay of a not very good football match that only showed the goals . |
| 14 | The analysis also confirms the strong record of the course in retaining students and seeing them through to their final qualifications . |
| 15 | a talisman , a passport — and with Wood seeing them out onto the empty streets , he moved off through the cool , misty town , into Newlands Valley , over towards Buttermere , his heart hammering him on to get back to her before it was too late . |
| 16 | ‘ The Finns are seeing them off , or so the papers say . ’ |
| 17 | Bad when we meet someone at the station , but unbearable when we are seeing them off ; not present when we are departing ourselves , but unbearable when arriving in London , if only from a day in Brighton . ’ |
| 18 | I believe in seeing them off . |
| 19 | When I had left him for Bath , he had said , sadly , seeing me off at Salamanca station : ‘ I should have come with you when your father died . |
| 20 | What about your taking responsibility for cleaning the room once a week and looking after your clothes by hanging them up ? ’ |
| 21 | Nearby , fishermen sort their nets before hanging them up to dry in the tall net ‘ shops ’ that are unique to Hastings ; and delicious fresh fish is always available from the fishmarket . |
| 22 | You must get some means of hanging them up . |
| 23 | Harvest the seeds in July-August by cutting the seedheads just before the first seeds start to fall , and hanging them over a tray in a dry airy place . |
| 24 | It is really , well I 've been hanging them out because it 's , that 's such an effort , you know what the cleaner s |
| 25 | The big man has been in a clinic since breaking a leg against Crystal Palace last week and the only way he can join in the Reds rise is by cheering them on in front of his telly . |
| 26 | The element of playing to the gallery is conserved in the way they portray the fight as a piece of street theatre , with the adults cheering them on from the balconies , while the girls offer silent support , as the boys defend the honour of the white community against the ‘ black invasion ’ . |
| 27 | So their own minister held a service at the station , and the agent gave them a good dinner cheering them on in Gaelic , at which they wept , and they went on to settle at Moosomin , where they lived happily ever afterwards . |
| 28 | Albion fresh from promotion are always good at home with a big crowd cheering them on and their fans could have a lot to shout about … |
| 29 | They were losing and she knew they were going to lose and their last bloke was coming in and she was cheering them on . |
| 30 | She was cheering them on . |