Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pays tribute to his treatment at Gartree prison , he apologises to the bomb victims ' families that they have had to keep reminding them of their loss : ‘ But we had to fight for our freedom . ’ |
| 2 | Each such pupil also receives a personalised letter reminding them of their entitlement to education and training , and guaranteeing them both an interview with an officer of the Careers Service and an offer of a place on a training scheme , in a job or in continued education . |
| 3 | Perhaps one day an Ayrshire school or other organisation will pursue the theme and bring the peoples of the old and new worlds closer to each other by reminding them of their common bonds . |
| 4 | Efforts were made to send Jewish teachers with Jewish evacuees ( British and refugee ) , and a letter went out to all RCM children who had been uprooted reminding them of their faith and upbringing . |
| 5 | They would appear from time to time and taunt the old couple , reminding them of their past lives and the failures or mistakes which had brought them to the castle ( though never detailing them — neither Quiss nor Ajayi knew what the other had done to justify sending them here . |
| 6 | but the unflappable soul gradually argues its way in past Peter , Thomas , Paul and finally God , nonplussing the saints by reminding them of their faults in life , but making a moral and liturgical claim on God 's final grace . |
| 7 | Could he ruffle the smugness of manufacturing Whigs and land-owning Tories alike by reminding them of what hands such as these had done in France ? |
| 8 | The ever-cautious Margaret Beckett is no longer on the left by any definition but her own , but she knows that she can not win the votes of a majority of MPs , let alone constituency members , without reminding them of her leftwing roots . |
| 9 | But that single question , reminding them of who he was and what he represented , chilled the room and changed their mood from fascinated and horrified interest to a slightly embarrassed unease . |
| 10 | This sense of wariness and unease permeates our society , and will remain a barrier both to parents accepting mentally handicapped children , and to the public at large accepting them within our society . |
| 11 | So , she starts quizzing me and I start nattering on about the bloody Brontes — I think Mrs Fleming must 've been really intelligent when she was young , honest-to-god she was firing them at me faster than Bamber Gascoigne , she says to me : ‘ And tell me , Karen , how are you going to deal with the themes of Repressed Sexuality in the Brontes ' work ? ’ |
| 12 | We will be working alongside the base staff , encouraging them and assisting them in their work with local churches , ministering to the homeless in Hyderabad and working among a gypsy group in the country . |
| 13 | What Harry does n't know is he 's seeing me with everything I possess . |
| 14 | That day he came into Frank Green 's shop he was looking for me , and his seeing me with you nearly blew the whole thing . |
| 15 | His steps were slow , moving to the kennels where the lurchers lived , fastening them to their leads , shouting at them as they leapt up at him in excitement . |
| 16 | She was in fact very thin but had this huge wire frame around her ’ It turned out that she 'd been coming in a couple of times a week , stealing hundreds of pounds worth of clothes , hanging them on her frame then walking out . |
| 17 | Each morning at seven the members of the Brotherhood presented themselves at the dock-gates , and Josh called out their numbers , allowing them in one at a time to report for work . |
| 18 | What 's that going to do to my reputation if Harry Short 's accusing me of everything short of genocide ? ’ |
| 19 | Why do you keep accusing me of everything ? ’ |
| 20 | Oxford researchers have found that males of this species frequently suck such objects , sometimes even wetting a dry brick with excretions and then sucking them with their proboscises . |
| 21 | The older tendency to classify muscles according to their probable functions is giving way to a system of naming them from their positions , origins and insertions . |
| 22 | If these words , often carelessly spoken , can have such a long-term and devastating effect , think how much good we can do by encouraging our children and praising them for what they have achieved . |
| 23 | Toolbars are also customizable ; you can construct your own by dragging tools from existing bars and attaching them to your own . |
| 24 | ‘ By parading me before your friends as a woman who 'll let a virtual stranger kiss her passionately , ’ she said accusingly . |
| 25 | It had to be an art that did not separate him from the uncultured poor but was founded in them , gathering them to him in a home of art they could all share , a home that sheltered and consoled ; a warm place . |
| 26 | Sarah had become aware of her looks , which were improving daily , and she began using them to her advantage . |
| 27 | Once the laws are introduced , the coaches and the players will try to devise means of using them to their own advantage . |
| 28 | Are you using them to their best advantage ? |
| 29 | God seems to get a real kick out of choosing people who think that they are useless , or who others think are useless , and using them for something important and useful . |
| 30 | monitor current prescriptions to make sure that children are not using them for their first experiments with drugs . |