Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | From a letter to my mother dated 2 May , which has escaped destruction , it is clear that I had just written to Eliot explaining that I realized the undesirability of publication , unless indeed Rowse himself were prepared to give it his endorsement . |
| 2 | A doctor jilted by a nurse took revenge by falsely diagnosing that she had the Aids virus . |
| 3 | I wondered , sorry can I just explain , interrupting if you have the time . |
| 4 | Erm and it 's a bit like timekeeping I mean they they 've got their own system now for evaluating how good they are at time keeping and I think the erm the figure they try and hit is about ninety five percent is n't it of trains arriving on time . |
| 5 | And he says nineteen sixty two when I started reffing and he said the oth they 're not I 'm not giving them this one but these two are for the other mascot scene . |
| 6 | And second , how dare she imply that those hundreds of thousands of people with a spinal injury throughout the world are not walking because they lack the will to do so . |
| 7 | The debate was revealing because it exposed the core of racism and bigotry beneath the liberal rhetoric of Canada 's much vaunted multiculturalism . |
| 8 | Parks claimed that he was n't even aware of what was happening till he heard the door slam shut as the thieves made their escape . |
| 9 | The rate at which you eat not only strongly influences how much you want to eat but — more surprisingly — it influences the length of time elapsing before you feel the desire to eat again . |
| 10 | Congratulations to the Mail On Sunday for checking before they stole the story , and to Passenger for being the first London shop to stock up on robots . |
| 11 | I was going to try the door , but I could hear him snoring before I touched the handle , so I turned and went to the bathroom . |
| 12 | Already , as Luke raised her hand to his mouth , response was quivering to life deep down in the heart of her femininity , flickering and then leaping as she felt the sensual brush of his lips . |
| 13 | I had applied for an Adjournment debate on this subject , but I realised that the hon. Member for Rotherham ( Mr. Crowther ) had a prior right , representing as he does the NLVA . |
| 14 | He and Tommy , drunk , laughing as they offer the body a glass of cider . |
| 15 | We could hear him laughing as we closed the garden door . |
| 16 | ‘ If you wanted that you should n't have sent me somewhere tame , ’ Maggie pointed out , nearly laughing as she said the word . |
| 17 | Ruth was still laughing as she closed the bathroom door after her . |
| 18 | She was still praying as she emptied the bucket over the logs . |
| 19 | When they die , often due to punctures received during the rutting season , they deflate and plunge down to earth , exploding as they strike the Tarmac . |
| 20 | Pa and Ms are both snoring as I watch the yellow dustcart reverse up our track . |
| 21 | She sat in front of her turfed teepee like a re-located squaw — the mass of brown hair loosely braided and heaped on her head like a parcel carelessly tied with twine , her forget-me-not blue eyes looking at Mary only when she thought she was unobserved , at all other times intent on the middle distance , her small , slight , quick body quivering as she enjoyed the rare comfort of proper sat-down company and felt the physical , close interest of another human being . |
| 22 | She closed her eyes , shuddering as she remembered the expression on his face just before he had driven away , and , unbidden , the words that Debbie had typed came flooding back . |
| 23 | One way out of this dead-end situation , denying as it did the possibility of a human relationship , was taken by Donne in his love-poems , where the woman is no longer on a pedestal but is discovered in bed with the poet . |
| 24 | Even if it is not a must , it is often worth applying as it helps the marker do a better job , in particular because he can use electronic tools to provide data that will aid his judgement . |
| 25 | Maintaining that it had the power to negotiate now that there was a common market for air transport , the Commission said it would be better if the EC negotiated key accords with major competitors such as the US and Asia . |
| 26 | Maintaining that it had the power to negotiate now that there was a common market for air transport , the Commission said it would be better if the EC negotiated key accords with major competitors such as the US and Asia . |
| 27 | Admission is obtained by written application , proving that you fulfil the set criteria . |
| 28 | Are you suggesting that we exceed the Light Railway Order speed of 25 mph ? |
| 29 | He did n't smile as the Shermans approached but waited with his left hand resting on the hilt of his ceremonial sword , his aloof expression suggesting that he estimated the dignity of his person to be at least equal to that of the fabled hero of France looking down from the wall behind him . |
| 30 | The quote is : ‘ At the inaugural dinner for its first showing at the San Francisco Asian Art Museum in April 1991 , Rand Castile , the director , admitted to a personal call from Henry Kissinger suggesting that he drop the show , diplomatic relations with China being at stake ’ . |