Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Only a few years ago he criticised me for speaking to the press and said I should never do it again . |
| 2 | Wedding and funeral forms , sent in by the families , were passed to me for transposing into the accepted cliches . |
| 3 | ‘ If your friends ’ mothers despise me for working in a supermarket , then they are to be pitied . |
| 4 | good to use them for swinging in the trees . |
| 5 | . And they were n't the Victorian prizes , that I won , I we got them for getting through an exam , because you could write or something , and er tt well , they were quite good books , and it was one way of getting a book . |
| 6 | ‘ My brother said nothing to me about acting as a romantic go-between . |
| 7 | Sylvia had rung up me about booking for a meal and I thought , originally they talked about going a Friday night , and they said , Friday and Saturday are fully booked for the next five weeks . |
| 8 | There is no difference for me between working in a fashion house and working in an opera . |
| 9 | Well he said if he accuses me of fiddling with the telly I 'll punch his fucking |
| 10 | I 've got to decide what I 'm going to say to Mum and Dad — I 've got to picture them , feel what they always make me feel like and somehow change it … speak to them like speaking to a dream , make it my dream instead of their dream … |
| 11 | The journey with him had been tense , the atmosphere between them like standing on the edge of a volcano , waiting to be flung into the fire when it exploded . |
| 12 | Travelling by coach you will pass through the flower carpet fields to the Franz Roozen Nurseries where you will discover the art of growing flowers and perhaps order your own bulbs which will be delivered to you for planting in the autumn . |
| 13 | They said , ‘ We 're arresting you for loitering with the intent of prostitution . ’ |
| 14 | I would like to thank you for coming into the studio today , and I 'm sure we 'll receive a lot of letters from our listeners about what 's been said . |
| 15 | Well it er to be here and thank you for coming to the meeting . |
| 16 | Thank you for coming on the show today , Mr Calder . ’ |
| 17 | Thank you for caring about a useless old man . ’ |
| 18 | Thank you for contributing to the summer edition of Rural Wales . |
| 19 | Thank you for enquiring about the cycle tour to New Zealand in early 1993 . |
| 20 | It was like that feeling you get when the sun first hits you after breaking through the clouds . |
| 21 | The whole route was lined by men of the Cent-Gardes , whose immobility was such that according to one guest ‘ they might have been statues ’ , but she felt unable to study them in detail , so terrified was she of slipping on the highly polished parquet that her whole mind was fixed on arriving safely at the dining room . |
| 22 | Properly installed — and full instructions accompany the Sleep-safe Smoke Alarm — a smoke detector will warn you of smouldering in the earliest stages of a fire and give you the vital few minutes that really could make the difference between death and survival . |
| 23 | I will not bore you with going through a lot of slides showing those comparisons , but in a short paper erm you must take my word for it that the two groups were comparable . |
| 24 | Are you into going to a pub tonight ? |
| 25 | He said he had fooled you into going to the museum . |
| 26 | So she advertised it at a knock-down price , and then invented a competitive bid to hurry you into signing on the dotted line . |
| 27 | reverse the order of the columns and listen to each pair of sentences ( helps flexibility and keeps you from getting into a rut ) |
| 28 | Of course this is tricky if you 're driving , but ask your passengers to distract you with an Ossianic ballad to keep you from thinking about the importance of Santa Claus Land and The Happy Haggis takeaway to our great Scottish heritage . |
| 29 | Sadly , operational commitments prevented you from coming to the ‘ Open Day ’ and I will be pleased if you and Superintendent Pakes can attend this meeting , which will be held at our Riverside Headquarters in Keynsham , starting at 10.15 . |
| 30 | You know , trying stop you from walking on the |