Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arthur was just kept bringing me up food all the time . |
| 2 | I discovered that they virtually ran a bird hospital and I was soon bringing them more casualties and learning a lot of useful things about bird-keeping and care . |
| 3 | Let's , what you 're doing is you 're winding them up Den . |
| 4 | Rough ground needs care for 70 yards until the roof drops and further progress is possible only by crawling ; here amateur explorers must turn back to daylight , lack of experience denying them further access into a waterfall chamber and eventual emergence at Calf Holes . |
| 5 | Opening it up Charles found a telephone inside , but was still none the wiser . |
| 6 | Keep picking them up boy ! |
| 7 | Some had worked out that their tiny ones were costing them over £200 a month . |
| 8 | This ensured that our customers not only complied with , but had taken positive preventative action to implement procedures and controls in advance of these new regulations , saving them both time and money today . |
| 9 | SunSoft officials like Jim Billmaier were surprised that the eight-points included in the statement were committed to paper , believing them only discussion items for an independent software vendor rally held at PC Expo in New York City last week . |
| 10 | And your witless behaviour is causing me more trouble in the end . |
| 11 | The list price for the Tradesman Drill Bit Sharpener is £32.98 , but we are offering it for only £28.95 , saving you over £4 . |
| 12 | The week is costing him around £800 , but he is helped by discounted food and drink bills at Augusta and the reduced cost of staying with local people . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm meeting him tomorrow night for a chat . ’ |
| 14 | And I 'm staying round , and I wake up if I 'm staying round if Danielle wakes and they 'll bring her over , I 'll you see and picking her up Sunday night . |
| 15 | It was difficult to avoid splashing oneself when filling , admits Mr Doig , and often difficult , too , to have the chemical all in the tank by the time it was full of water . |
| 16 | Nor would he learn anything from the journal unless Meg gave him the key to it ; for the cypher was a special one , transforming itself constantly page by page as the journal progressed . |
| 17 | Jill 's phoning you tomorrow morning . |
| 18 | Both Child and Douglas-Hamilton were worried that in rushing to beat the rains the task force was not allowing itself enough time for preparation . |
| 19 | Yeah well I 'm catching you up Freda |
| 20 | Stamford are improving their already rad facilities — more street stuff , a fun box with a handrail . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've just been tellin' you how Mr Winterburn chased me all over the house when 'is fam'ly was at church one Sunday . |
| 22 | Oh , no ; I enjoy myself like that quite often , ’ Robyn replied lightly , forcing herself not care , to complete the picture he had obviously already formed . |
| 23 | She schooled him on the lunge and in a fenced paddock over jumps , and then out in the fields and then out on the marshes , accompanying him on her own eventer and leading him over ditches and fences . |
| 24 | For the last 18 months of his father 's life , partly for professional reasons , Richard returned to England with his Canadian-born wife Shelley , a holistic health consultant , and cared for his father , weaning him off drugs through homoeopathic remedies , acupuncture and massage . |
| 25 | A single volume , tone and five-way selector operate all the usual switching and adjusting functions , but the EGs have an additional control in the tone pot ; pulling it out acts as a coil tap for the humbuckers . |
| 26 | You demonstrate to me your awareness of the fact that water is boiling hot by pouring it over tea-leaves , your sensuous awareness of the heat of the bathwater by preferring to linger long after you are clean but get out when it turns cold . |
| 27 | I shook my head and bent back to my work , but every now and again , as I was writing or just thinking , a niggling little side-track thought would distract me , and I 'd find myself remembering Janice 's words , and wondering what exactly Uncle Rory might have hidden within his later work ( if he really had hidden anything ) . |
| 28 | He toured Western China and Tibet on his bicycle , paying his way by developing the many photographs he had taken in local universities and sending them back north to paying customers . |
| 29 | I would like to propose a toast to Annabelle and Steven , wishing them much joy and happiness for their future together . |
| 30 | Because I 'm sorting them out Josephine ! |