Example sentences of "[v-ing] a [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first place , becoming a housewife impresses them by the very openness of the role [ ? ] and by the freedom they now have from constraining supervision … |
| 2 | It might be worth booking a coach to carry us between access points . |
| 3 | Mulraney , 20 , of Lambton Road , Middlesbrough , admitted two charges each of reckless driving , driving a vehicle knowing it was taken without consent , driving whilst disqualified and having no insurance . |
| 4 | He 's a bit angry now , and he 's swearing a lot to prove it . |
| 5 | The old days of taking on board every issue and then establishing a committee to handle it can not continue . |
| 6 | Her husband , John Pennington , of Southport , Merseyside , was jailed for 15 years in June for hiring a hitman to kill her for the £300,000 insurance . |
| 7 | There is one scene in which the straight-guy Suwelo refuses to push a cart to the shops , he would rather go by car ; pushing a cart makes him feel un-manned . |
| 8 | Forming a club enables them to enter competitions together , and this they did for the first time recently at the combined Hampshire and Berkshire county championships , held at Reading gaol . |
| 9 | She is now seeking a sponsor to help her reach her dream of a place in the 1996 Olympics . |
| 10 | It 's very hard to explain , but these people are all on the extreme left and were seeking a poet to give them some sort of standing . |
| 11 | It was a task that nagged at her , the mere thought of it causing a furrow to crease her normally smooth brow . |
| 12 | It revived Lucy 's fears , causing a shudder to escape her . |
| 13 | However , it is clear that some people will want to consider seeking an assessment to enable them to move into a residential or nursing home . |
| 14 | He began proceedings against the council in the county court alleging breach of their statutory duty and seeking an injunction ordering them to fulfil their duty to provide him with suitable accommodation and damages . |
| 15 | On the same day that it announced its intention to apply for the judicial review , Greenpeace members attempted to block the company 's discharge pipes , provoking an injunction banning them from trespassing further on the company 's property . |
| 16 | Instead of all the securities forming an opportunity set they are now ranged along the security market line according to their individual beta values . |
| 17 | Lodging an application gives you the option of pursuing full patent protection in 60 countries , and proves the idea was yours first . |
| 18 | Normally , developers paying a barrister to represent them at an inquiry must pick up the tab . |
| 19 | I sat eating my sandwiches in a grumpy sulk at the top of a mountain recently , while the pack of men surrounding a paraglider prepared him for take-off . |
| 20 | She at first refuses to help him , suspecting a trap to catch her out in witchery , but as the clerk , Wilekin , persists she finally agrees to solve the problem , accepting twenty shillings in payment . |
| 21 | Their departure started at around ten o clock this morning , at the same time as a judge in worcester was granting an order to have them evicted . |
| 22 | The 4 square mile reservoir would cover an area south-west of Abingdon in Oxfordshire and would mean Thames Water buying up 4 farms and 16 homes , diverting the road between East Hanney and Steventon , landscaping the 80 foot embankment around the water , and building a tunnel connecting it to the Thames . |
| 23 | ‘ If Czechoslovakia could persuade its utilities to buy efficient light bulbs , ’ Chandler says , ‘ then it would be worth building a factory to manufacture them . ’ |
| 24 | Ian Wiley of Ireland had a time some 3 seconds faster than the winner but his 5 second penalty for touching a gate put him in 4th place overall . |
| 25 | If a module is offline , you may request it to be brought back online by generating a request to read it from LIFESPAN using one of the options in index 1.3.0 — Read or Enter Modules . |
| 26 | Shildon said that a superior drinks carton had been invented and the MacQuillans faced the choice of buying the invention or seeing a competitor develop it and steal their market . |
| 27 | She sat with bowed head for a moment then looked directly at him and replied , ‘ It is only my child , sir , the wanting of my child , and suddenly seeing a way to get him , and then it being taken away . |
| 28 | Suppose that a man enters premises as a trespasser and upon encountering a woman instructs her to remove her clothing so that he can have intercourse with her . |
| 29 | If you are using a Brother machine you need to take care when you are going from lace to a tuck stitch row and vice vera . |
| 30 | Cover the log with the rest of the mixture , using a fork to make it look like bark . |