Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [noun] and [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm going through a stage where erm , I 'm cooking them lunch and they just have a |
| 2 | I know you 've been seeing my Josephine and I 've heard you brag about it , you cocky little bastard . |
| 3 | I cried after the girl had gone and he seeing my distress and I explaining I feared your anger he put his arms around my neck and comforted me and said he was sure his real mother could not but love her sister and believe she had acted for the best . |
| 4 | Campese , who hopes to face the Barbarians at Twickenham on Saturday , is more direct , saying : ‘ I play because I enjoy it and as long as I am enjoying my rugby and I am wanted — well , you are a long time retired . ’ |
| 5 | The first thing Maxine said to me when she entered my consulting room was that she hoped she was not wasting my time and she was sorry she was being so stupid . |
| 6 | I use the rear brake , I 'm using my knee and I 'm using a lot of upper body weight to keep my weight at a certain angle to the bike . ’ |
| 7 | So I 'm stabbing my husband and it all got quite wild and my hair started coming down . |
| 8 | ‘ Ah , but think of the weeping and wailing my uncle and I would have had to endure if you had n't used your skill to save the wretched poodle . |
| 9 | She went to the sink and put some cold water on a facecloth and started mopping my head and I burst into tears . |
| 10 | Luke 's hands were cradling her head and he was kissing her all over her face with an adoring tenderness she would never have dreamed was possible . |
| 11 | The softly spoken threat cut through the haze fogging her brain and she sat bolt upright , knocking away the hand that had been caressing her into submission almost without her realising it . |
| 12 | And this is just a continuation of that that prejudice against those that appear to be living off the state and not justifying their existence and I think it does n't deserve the time that we 've spent on it tonight . |
| 13 | Eventually , if enough kept happening , the mood would lift without his noticing its departure and he would hardly remember the self-destructive self that went with it . |
| 14 | I have no reason to believe that my son was contemplating ending his life and he had to my knowledge no enemies . ’ |
| 15 | He left a note explaining his action and it was read out at the inquest . |
| 16 | what he does he , he if he 's walking his dog and he sees you and he passes you he 's got to bust you . |
| 17 | I did at one time I know I never I do n't I never touch a thing there and I thought and he would you mind opening your carrier and I 've got sanitary towels in there |
| 18 | ‘ Her flashing her tits and I never knew she was still at school . |
| 19 | The schemes now are paid a pension at fifty , but the only , the only snag I understand is it is n't inflation , inflation proofed until fifty-five , but people are drawing their pensions and they get their lump sums at fifty and it 's enhanced to take into account the actual and expected earnings for the next three years , so er you take thirty thousand people , one point seven billion can soon erm |
| 20 | and that , that to me is just a waste of time , no I mean I 'm wasting their time and mine so |
| 21 | In the break before he actually started , I was standing at the mirror brushing my hair and he came up , took the brush out of my hand — I had very long , waist-length , peroxide blonde hair in those days — and he said , ‘ What are you doing after the show ? ' |
| 22 | ‘ They 've all gone mad and they 're filling their suitcases and they 're leaving for Spain in about thirty minutes ! ’ |
| 23 | I mean sure they 're acting their ancestors and they 're quite willing ( in exchange for some Mickey Mouse presents ) to build us a raft and transport us upstream on it and be filmed doing this . |
| 24 | She turned to the bookcase : ‘ Those were his books , but after he had his stroke he could n't read for any length of time without tiring his eyes and I used to read to him . |
| 25 | Twenty years cleaning up his sty and filling his trough and he 's off . |
| 26 | ‘ You come stealin' our mokes and we 'll roast yer on the fire like an otchiwitchi , ’ the wild man threatened . |
| 27 | Susan : ‘ Well , Vera , I was down in the Bank this morning paying my ESB and you know what happened — an old gentleman came in with flowers for a member of the staff — it was lovely to see ’ . |
| 28 | Not necessarily no , piggyback is where you asked , you asked me several questions and su and then either added another question to it or asked a question and gave an answer and by doing that you are limiting my responses and I was n't sure which an which question I was answering . |
| 29 | Can I opt for tuberculosis for my five-year-old daughter , even supposing my husband and I include the possibility in our life options ? |
| 30 | well sir tt I think that er I do n't think many teachers like marking my work and he goes oh why 's that ? |