Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following month he publicly waived the death sentence hanging over the organizers of the second coup attempt of 1983 . |
| 2 | I am here making recordings of the Masai singing about cows and meanwhile my father is sitting in Paris pretending to be a man of the world , a saviour of his people while they are being sent off to be killed . ’ |
| 3 | She could hear his heart thudding under her ear , feel his warmth pressed against her , making her giddy . |
| 4 | ‘ Idiot ! ’ she laughed , her heart thudding at his compliments . |
| 5 | ‘ She 's had a blood leakage into the vitreous humour , ’ Belinda explained unnecessarily , her heart thudding at the sight of him . |
| 6 | Grainne felt her heart thudding with such a fierceness that she could almost imagine he would hear it . |
| 7 | Dazed , overwhelmed with the need and intensity that had sizzled between them since they first met , Rachel did less than resist ; she actively acquiesced , arching her body against his as he slid on to the bed on top of her , and his hoarsely muttered words were bitter-sweet to her ears as he renewed the kiss , his heart thudding above her as his hands began to stroke and explore her passionately responsive body . |
| 8 | She could feel her heart thudding against his chest . |
| 9 | Perhaps , thought Juliet , her heart thudding against her ribs , perhaps if he helps me he thinks he might fall in love with me too . |
| 10 | Her flesh was vibrantly alert , too sensitive , her heart thudding like a runner 's , wild hot panic flooding her reactivated mind . |
| 11 | I heard a terrible pounding in my ears , my heart thudding like a drum , my stomach lurching as I swung on the end of the rope . |
| 12 | Peter was aware of his heart thudding in his chest . |
| 13 | He seemed to be coming to a decision to tell her something , and she waited with her heart thudding in her chest . |
| 14 | And she went , her heart thudding in her chest with slow , painful beats and her mind a confused whirl . |
| 15 | Sally-Anne , her heart thudding in the strangest way when he asked her this , as though he had said something much more intimate , and then suddenly understanding by the ambiguous way in which he had spoken that he had offered her other games than chess , and his wicked expression betraying that he had seen her confusion , flushed , and he added softly , so that Matey could not hear him , ‘ Come , McAllister , give me your answer — you surely wish to please the Master in every way possible , ’ the last bit in a fake American accent so bad that she laughed out loud . |
| 16 | She could hear her heart crashing in her ears . |
| 17 | Modules may be offered as free-standing units or in integrated modular programmes depending on the needs of various client groups . |
| 18 | Either way , this black man , his ringleted hair gleaming on his shoulders , was not Gentle . |
| 19 | She was very pretty , this girl , dressed in a bright green cheong sam , her dark hair gleaming with natural oil , and framing a pert , oriental face . |
| 20 | More handsome than ever in his morning suit , his black hair gleaming with a brilliant sheen , and his eyes , his once dark and brooding eyes , now alight with the glow of love in them , Marc came swiftly to her side . |
| 21 | He advances steadily and unhurriedly , with his battle-squadrons laid out in paragraphs i , ii , and iii , in sub-paragraphs ( a ) , ( b ) and ( c ) , in Introductions and Conclusions , his red hair gleaming like an oriflamme . |
| 22 | Beside her Rune looked what he was , she thought — purposeful and determined , master of his own destiny , the skin of his golden jaw so smooth that he must have shaved again before coming to pick her up , his hair gleaming in molten strands as the sunlight played on it . |
| 23 | For an instant , in her imagination , the ballroom was peopled with guests , and Benedict was partnering her , his gold hair gleaming in the light , his eyes on hers … dancing with the bride . |
| 24 | Lotta cooking in the fabulous kitchen ; Lotta relaxed on the teak and leather couch of the living-room enjoying the vista of the sea beyond the great beeches ; Lotta naked in the elegant bathroom , laughing beneath the shower , beckoning her handsome blond lover to join her ; Lotta sprawled on the black and white striped duvet cover of the large double bed , her shining gold cap of hair gleaming against its darkness , her body a pearly invitation … |
| 25 | Aurum Software Inc , one of the battery of new companies like ProActive Software Inc and Clarify Inc going after the nascent turnkey customer service management market , picked up $3.75m in first-round financing from venture capitalists Battery Ventures , Vertex Management and Cherry Tree Ventures . |
| 26 | Five-year-old graphical user interface house XVT Software Inc in Boulder , Colorado has picked up $1m in first-round financing from JMI Equity Fund Ltd in Sugar Land , Texas : the company says the money will be used to underwrite further development of portable interactive design tools and portable object-oriented tools . |
| 27 | Mounted on fine horses and riding at a gallop , two abreast , naked to the breech-clout , their faces covered with white , red and yellow paint in fanciful designs , and decked with plumes and feathers and trinkets fluttering in the sunshine . |
| 28 | One of Leonard 's few memories of his father ( in addition to his monocle , his spats and his hair smelling of Vitalis ) is that of his reading , both privately and aloud , to him and his sister — precious moments that fired the young boy 's imagination and set him , although no one realised it at the time , in the direction of his life 's work . |
| 29 | Another bonus is that it leaves your hair smelling of mint rather than yukky ammonia ! |
| 30 | There stood Balboa , his shield on his arm , his cuirass gleaming on his chest , the brilliant new banner in one hand and his naked sword in the other , his plumed helmet giving him a stature far more considerable than offered by his height alone . |