Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if you 're to try and fill her shoes , which I very much doubt you 'll ever do , but if you 're to be even half the woman that she was , may God have mercy on her , then you 'll need all the reminding I can give you . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You 're not seriously suggesting I might do her some harm ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Are you suggesting I should kill him ? ’ |
| 4 | A slim attractive girl in jeans hovered near , her pose suggesting I could approach her ; but before I could do so Señora Sanchez accosted me . |
| 5 | Must now conclude trusting my dear that every blessing will attend you and trusting I may find you well when I return — kiss dear Fritz [ ? ] for me and believe me to remain Eliza |
| 6 | I , I mean I went like this into dinner okay , and I suppose everyone was like what 's she doing in a skirt or whatever cos they were all like looking and then like half way when I was eating I could feel them all staring at me and laughing and Jim and that lot were laughing and I could see Charlie |
| 7 | that 's why I was an A&R man for a while , trying to tell other people what to do without realising I should do it myself . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ If that child is sick from laughing I shall hold you responsible . ’ |
| 9 | She 'd be there , waiting , in her own way praying I 'd make it back OK . |
| 10 | Well it 's all happening I 'll tell her . |
| 11 | If I nearly close my eyes and carry on walking I can pretend I 'm blind . |
| 12 | Lesley 's family , colleagues and friends were praying she would make it through the first critical hours . |
| 13 | Anyone who might be interested in employing her should contact me . |
| 14 | He chose a stance high up in a plane tree where he knew that if they tried climbing he would see them long before they reached him . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's OK , ’ said Henry , ‘ you can fill up on choc bars and then pretend to eat it and when she is n't looking I 'll sling it in the bin . ’ |
| 16 | In some other cultures , there may have been socially validated ways of defining reality and of acting which would enable them to be less socially isolated , and therefore less neurotic because less privatized . |
| 17 | ‘ What if , ’ said Alistair , ‘ what if there 's somebody passing who can take her to the hospital ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ If you want to go swimming you can do it for less than £800 a day . |
| 19 | That 's what gets you , no matter how much warning you might think you 've had . ’ |
| 20 | And there 's also a big problem in defining who should get it . |
| 21 | ‘ If Mum finds out I 've been smoking she 'll kill me . |
| 22 | Well let us explore it first and see what the issues are and then if there 's any dispute then , then you can call another meeting at the February sales meeting we can discuss it |
| 23 | If meeting him could make you reach for something a lot stronger than H 2 O , you will be relieved to hear that he 's anchored to the ground . |
| 24 | GORDON Brand Jnr has a stranglehold on the GA European Open at East Sussex National but Seve Ballesteros set out today believing he can break it . |
| 25 | A number of Labour authorities did the same , believing it could help them plan service development more effectively . |
| 26 | It may help him to take his wheelchair out at first : pushing it may help him to balance more easily . |
| 27 | Would you please mention in your classes that when ordering it would help us if they could also state their teacher 's name . |
| 28 | If he caught me escaping he 'd put me straight back down here . |
| 29 | Those which have are reaping impressive rewards simply by identifying precisely the services or products customers want ; looking at their most lucrative areas ; finding out what clients really value ; and establishing what would make them move to a competing hotel . |
| 30 | get 'em done for ya , you used to do a lot did n't you er car maintaining you used to do it all |