Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My hon. Friend is a charming relative newcomer to this place and we are delighted that she is here , but if she had been here as long as I have — getting on for 18 years now — she would have heard me banging on about exactly that point . |
| 2 | It seemed a pity to see them going out of business . ’ |
| 3 | I do n't want him to know we 've got divers aboard and I especially do n't want him to see me taking off with divers in the general direction of the Delos . |
| 4 | ‘ Me too , ’ I agreed , ‘ but my Mum says she do n't want me growing up like Sally Buckley . ’ |
| 5 | I do n't want them growing up like the Hales . |
| 6 | It 's not often that I can say a piece of equipment is inspiring , but reviewing the A2 actually got me coming up with some ideas that I just had to get on tape . |
| 7 | I hoped it was just a passing phase , sparked off by her catching me fooling around in the Plaster Room , and thanked my guardian angel for the way Old Red had just covered up for me . |
| 8 | Critics wrote of the leitmotif for Malvolio that it ‘ captured the colour mus-tard ’ , and that Guérigny was ‘ positively acrobatic in his ability to turn little themes on their heads and send them spinning out of hearing ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ That 's the easiest way of getting your firewood — cut the trees at the edge of the forest and send them rolling down to the bottom . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , you wo n't need me eating out of your hand to make me fast or efficient , ’ Luce said bleakly . |
| 11 | I explained the situation , after she found me jerking about on the bed one afternoon . |
| 12 | You would n't catch me walking back to the house alone at night . |
| 13 | Well that man 's , there is a tiny little ma , well he stopped me going out with Dorothy . |
| 14 | It 'll be days before you remember who 's who , but do n't let Sister catch you checking up from your lists after your first week . |
| 15 | When I think of me days of pain and sufferin' here , and how I 've kept cheerful and 'elpful so as not to be a burden , as well as givin' you the benefit of me company so that you could 'ave someone to talk to , well , it 's a shock to me to find you lazin' about with a gypsy woman on your lap . |
| 16 | But if man is vulnerable to impulses which send him spiralling down into darkness , that very vulnerability is the means by which he can existentially know the strength whereby it can be healed and stabilised . |
| 17 | want him coming back to me |
| 18 | Penry reached over her to turn on the lamp , and she opened her eyes to find him looking down into her face , a triumphant , indulgent smile curving his mouth as he slid his arms around her , throwing one long leg over hers in careless intimacy . |
| 19 | She climbed down , aware suddenly of how close he was to her , closer than he had been all morning , and when she turned , it was to find him looking down at her , a strange expression in his eyes . |
| 20 | She gave Charles the address , and looked so happy and excited when she asked the Stage Door Keeper to get her the Wimbledon number , that he quite forgave her for keeping him hanging about in the draughty passage outside his box . |
| 21 | Finally they found her strolling back to her flat in Sheffield , South Yorks . |
| 22 | I found her bustling about with a feather duster looking as if she 'd been up for hours . |
| 23 | I called in on Ruth at lunchtime today and found her sitting up in her wheelchair looking out at the garden and seeming much better and as bright as usual — a nice nurse in attendance . |
| 24 | One morning , Santa found him lying down on the snow , staring at a dead flower with tears dropping off his little cheeks . |
| 25 | Artemis looked up at her father and found him staring down at her with a deep frown , as if to say , Artemis felt , that she should have known . |
| 26 | I went on , running where I could , and found him walking back towards me through the dayniter . |
| 27 | She found him sitting up in bed , a score of his medical texts and notes scattered across the heavy coverlet . |
| 28 | Gingerly , sweating , I curled my left hand behind my back and felt for the third arrow , and found it sticking out of my jersey though fairly loose in my hand . |
| 29 | If not , place it facing out into the living space . |
| 30 | until afterwards and if , if you want it wiping off after , well that 's alright you know ? |