Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 84 for 2 , Mr Beesley , ’ I would shout as I passed him snoozing in the sun beneath the gangling wisteria . |
| 2 | And I hate anything sitting on the table top . |
| 3 | Twice he passed me his pipe to cut the ends of my suture and on one occasion I found myself trying in the dim light to thread the silk through his reaming tool . |
| 4 | I found myself revising with the small colloquia that lay around the grassy precincts of the university . |
| 5 | I found myself living on the base with a dozen nationalities thrown together to know our God more . |
| 6 | I found myself gazing at the harmonium and my memories of the happy times I 'd spent listening to Miss Louise play came flooding back and I wept more . |
| 7 | I found myself listening for the distinct crack , then gazing up at the clear starry sky trying to follow the flight of the shell . |
| 8 | I found myself humming to the tune of the violin an old man was playing for sous . |
| 9 | There was no way I could have refused even if I had wanted to , so a few days later I found myself shaking in the BBC 's hospitality suite , very glad to have Mary and Chris with me for moral support . |
| 10 | ‘ So I found myself heading for the Far East in the Service Corps . ’ |
| 11 | I was inclined to laugh until I found myself shuffling along the edge of one levada , eyes fixed to avoid looking at the drop below . |
| 12 | All very contemporary , but I found myself hankering for the crisp definition of the old Frederick Austin arrangement . |
| 13 | Erm I went in the mill to get some wood and noticed this young man and , I think I told you , I found him smoking in the , in the Porsche . |
| 14 | I found him sitting on the bench to the side of the house gazing out over Backyards . |
| 15 | I found her standing by the sink , which she was filling with hot water . |
| 16 | I found her lying among the Foinmen . " |
| 17 | Paul looks better , I seen him rushing down the road at great speed to catch the train , not looking as white as he was a few months ago . |
| 18 | I told myself going to the 18th today that if I could birdie it I could win the tournament . ’ |
| 19 | I noted him working on the machinery while we were waiting to ascend . |
| 20 | I noticed her hanging around the bar , staring through its window , while I ate my fish and potatoes . |
| 21 | But he said wait a minute I hear him coming down the stairs . |
| 22 | erm she was hefty though and her sister Ann used to be enormous years ago this is , and erm she went on a , a diet , I do n't know what , how , how she lost the weight but she did and I , I had n't seen her for some years and I remember her coming to the factory this day , and she came in and she , she used to do er her flower shop , she used to do flower arrangements and the girls at work would order them you know ? |
| 23 | I says c how could I ever forget it , I said it must have been near halloween , one halloween , for I remember her coming to the party and that 's how her and Richard met . |
| 24 | I remember them coming through the shop once , want any cheap bananas ? |
| 25 | ‘ I remember him going about the village , collecting the details , the birth certificates and things . |
| 26 | ‘ I remember him sitting by the fire all wrapped up an' coughing . ’ |
| 27 | Cos I remember you saying on the X T that the delete key would n't work . |
| 28 | language I remember you saying in the first year when you first came to Birmingham |
| 29 | I heard them whispering to the other sailors several times , but I did not suspect what they were planning . |
| 30 | I left right , right , I ran off I jumped out the car because I heard them driving round the corner |