Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's one way of reminding them how complicated your task is so with six months overlap so we 're talking about September are n't we ? |
| 2 | Julius raised his head , although his body remained locked against hers , heat and sweat and shared pleasure fusing them together . |
| 3 | The pipe is then twisted into the fitting and left for at least an hour while the cement ‘ melts ’ the surface of the pipe and the fitting , fusing them together . |
| 4 | I had a mum as a single parent and two grandparents and they did an excellent job of bringing me up ! |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Arthur was just kept bringing me up food all the time . |
| 8 | Very great odium T. Poole incurred by bringing me here … when Wordsworth came & he likewise by T. Poole 's agency settled here — You can not conceive the tumult , calumnies , & apparatus of threatened persecutions which this event has occasioned round about us . |
| 9 | ‘ Thank you for bringing me here , ’ she said . |
| 10 | ‘ Thank you for bringing me here , ’ she said . |
| 11 | Refusing to rise to the bait , she visualised and counted ten elephants , a hangover habit from her childhood , then , her voice tightly controlled , asked , ‘ Would you please explain why you insisted on bringing me here instead of taking me to the Trevi ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Do you remember bringing me here when I was very new to Monte Samana ? ’ |
| 13 | Thank you ever so much for bringing me round , it 's very nice of you . |
| 14 | ‘ I suppose you think bringing me home gives you the right to tell me which friends I should choose , do you ? |
| 15 | ‘ Thank you for bringing me home , ’ she said in a light voice , and David glanced briefly at her as she climbed from the car . |
| 16 | ‘ Thank you again for bringing me home . ’ |
| 17 | I remember Debbie bringing me home once from Bingo and he 's coming up as she 's coming up , she 's almost there too her house , and he would n't budge , he would n't back , he would n't reverse at all . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 19 | Abruptly Clare said to David , ‘ Thank you for bringing me back . |
| 20 | Gently , making fun of me a little bit , bringing me back to earth . |
| 21 | ‘ Perhaps you could help Cook to wash up , ’ she suggested , bringing me down to earth with a bang . |
| 22 | ‘ And who suggested bringing me in ? ’ |
| 23 | 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 . ’ |
| 24 | He began to whistle , and taking his hands of the handlebars he negotiated the last half mile home without touching them again . |
| 25 | Then everybody would be accepting them gladly ’ . |
| 26 | She said you were using me just as she had been used . |
| 27 | Trevor Senior had given the Conference side the perfect start , firing them ahead after seven minutes . |
| 28 | That 's what Quinn will get at Coventry and , injuries apart , there 's nothing more certain he 'll keep firing them in . |
| 29 | It did n't matter how innovative the products I set out to market actually were , I could not prevent myself from seeing them already in some illimitable bazaar of the far future , long obsolete and hopelessly dated , so much cosmological car-boot-sale fodder . |
| 30 | 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 . |