Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [v-ing] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ After all , you kind of whetted my interest with the part about me killing somebody on a cash basis . ’ |
| 2 | You never knew these days when a casual remark was going to provide the justification for someone stalking you with an automatic rifle . |
| 3 | One clearly libidinous writer gives thanks for my providing him with a far from platitudinous substitute for an invitation to come up and look at etchings . |
| 4 | Scientific research is usually carried out by a team of scientists , often from several disciplines who work together , each of whom contributing something to the whole . |
| 5 | I play a film over and over again in my mind of me meeting you at the airport . |
| 6 | Erm so basically he 's still there and they 've got rid of me making it as an excuse but Charles as partner is his brother , Nicholas . |
| 7 | I know it sounds mad but I suddenly had an image of them doing it on the carpet in the office like a couple of dogs . ’ |
| 8 | It 's a good idea of yours putting me on the floor Rocket . |
| 9 | It sounded like footsteps , followed by a sliding noise , as of someone pressing themselves against the wall and sitting down . |
| 10 | I had expected that one or two of the fry might tentatively explore this new hiding place ; what in fact happened was that the ENTIRE brood crammed themselves into it within a minute of my putting it in the tank . |
| 11 | Well you see , what Freud had to explain here was how he could have had such a long dream when the dreamer reported that he woke up more or less instantly from the stimulus of something hitting him on the back of the neck . |
| 12 | Taken aback by her anger and foreseeing the likelihood of her leaving him on the strength of it , Jeremy switches tactics to conciliation . |
| 13 | She was aware of him settling himself on the floor in the corner by the bench , then stiffened when he picked up one of her finished pieces . |
| 14 | But Campbell said : ‘ It 's not a case of him talking me into the move . |
| 15 | He epitomises the polite , friendly grandfather figure , all six foot three of him greeting me with a firm handshake . |
| 16 | Well as he said well he did n't say but I mean it 's just a question of him putting them in the post . |
| 17 | We brought her in , four of us carrying her on a wicket gate . |
| 18 | If , for instance , the nurse is to develop a range of counselling skills there seems little point in her learning it in a theoretical sense . |
| 19 | Fat women and bald-headed men standing in the doorways of tiny shops make jokes to him which he ca n't quite understand , and shout ribaldries to each other about him clapping him on the shoulder to indicate they 're not serious , and cutting slices of cheese and sausage for him to try . |
| 20 | She flattered herself this was done discreetly , and was noticed by no-one , though the yearning in her look as she gazed at him would be obvious to a child of five , and the staff made frequent jokes about her loving him with a love that made his life a burden . |
| 21 | Mr eleven year old son offered to help so one of the put a gun to him and forced him to lead them to him threatening him at the same time . |
| 22 | Examine a scene from the play where one boy creeps up on another and then springs on him stabbing him in the back with his knife . |
| 23 | ( 2 ) At or after the preliminary appointment if there be one , the arbitrator shall fix a date for the dispute to be heard ( unless the parties consent to his deciding it on the statements and documents submitted to him — an unusual course not usually acceptable to the parties or the district judge ) and he shall give such directions regarding the steps to be taken before and at the hearing as may appear to him to be necessary or desirable . |
| 24 | They insist on us wearing them to every meal except breakfast . |
| 25 | I wo n't be party to your bitching yourself on the sly . |
| 26 | ‘ No , no more than the real Feargal McMahon is the oaf sitting across me arguing himself into a corner . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ What do you think you 're doing ? ’ he barked at her striking her across the face . |
| 28 | That covers you for us paying you in the next week . |
| 29 | The peace and quiet of the morning was shattered by someone bellowing something from the direction of Brigade H.Q Suddenly into view comes the Brigadier , Derek Mills Roberts . |