Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] the [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This time I left it up to my patient to decide which area of her life was causing her the most distress .
2 Instead of paying everybody the same state pension , the state should protect those in need adequately , and leave the rest to look after themselves .
3 Severn Trent which held the record for disconnections last year , the chief executive , Roderick sold one hundred and thirty seven thousand shares at four hundred and eighty eight P under a share options scheme , and that was after buying them the same day , for two hundred and sixty two P .
4 Finally , reward those who have read the papers by giving them the most opportunities to talk about the material and to express their views .
5 Like the emerging national plan , the Florida measure seeks to make health-insurance benefits available to the working poor by giving them the same clout in the marketplace as employees of big companies .
6 However he looked after his animals with great care , brushing and combing them every evening , giving them the same food as he had himself , and chopping wood to make a fire so that they should be warm at night .
7 Now he s he thought he was giving me the same stuff , I did n't know what I was on , all I knew was I felt twice as bad .
8 Jacob must be asking himself the same questions now .
9 ‘ I might be asking you the same thing , my lord . ’
10 She was asking herself the same question .
11 So , Himmler was giving him the same powers as he had given Max Radl for Operation Eagle .
12 ’ One of them once said the only thing that came close to giving her the same thrill she got from shoplifting was having sex in a public place — you know it 's wrong and you might be caught , but it feels great , ’ adds Liz .
13 Both of them were breathing hard , such a hurry and scramble of lips , hands , such a heat inside and between them , he stuffed one small breast into his mouth and then the other , giving her the same churn of astonished guilty pleasure as when she lay on her bed in the afternoons and read the forbidden books she smuggled home from the library .
14 doing it the same way each time and a reef knot is the opposite way each time , alright , undo it , once again , just once again to make sure you know are you ready ?
15 We had a very good time , & good weather , for the rest of our stay , & I think Richard enjoyed showing us the many attractions of his area as much as we enjoyed seeing them .
16 The former England striker revealed : ‘ The chairman has been telling me the same thing ever since I took over 18 months ago .
17 I 've also had people at forty plus telling me the same thing which is a nonsense .
18 There was also disagreement over the proposal to improve benefits and entitlements for part-time workers , and the Commission was forced in June 1990 to postpone the idea of offering them the same rights , on a pro-rata basis , as their full-time counterparts .
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