Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [v-ing] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SINGER Patty Smyth attacked two policeman after she caught them beating up a friend in New York . |
| 2 | Later we found them chatting over a game of Alma in the Railway Tavern . |
| 3 | In seconds he found himself hovering over a group of them which swayed this way and that beneath him in the dark , not nice and firm like the dead branch set in his cage . |
| 4 | RAMSES WIBBLITT THE SECOND ( aka Ian Osborne ! ) tries to find something interesting down a sewer . |
| 5 | The old stone walls closed about her , so that at times it seemed to be suffocatingly hot , and she found herself putting up a hand to her throat . |
| 6 | He found her walking along a path through the fields . |
| 7 | So far I have described deixis as a closed set of items functioning within certain contexts , and seen it functioning along a cline of possible operations . |
| 8 | Relax deeply , then imagine yourself walking along a country lane . |
| 9 | Erm two things now have cropped up number one of course is that there 's a fair chance within the next year we 're gon na lose Bill anyway through civilianisation , and secondly er the fact that er his boss er Rick has said to him , look I do n't want you going up a division any more to do erm A L O work , quite reasonably , he 's not being funny about it , it 's quite reasonable , cos its mileage . |
| 10 | But I ca n't see them setting up a situation where they 're gon na exploit their own workers |
| 11 | We do n't like you filling in a form because we ca n't read your writing . ’ |
| 12 | He put me down in the Brompton Road — very kind and understanding — saying ‘ If you walk from here , you 'll keep him waiting just a minute like all you ladies do . ’ |
| 13 | The front page was taken up with the Leader 's activities : a photograph showed him pumping along a line of soldiers , his elbows thrust back , his chest puffed out , its outline blurred by hoary growth ; Doric-square , his famous chin jutted up and outwards , as he took a salute of volunteers for Africa at a little trot . |
| 14 | To waste them cleaning out a drawer of plastic carrier bags instead of scrambling up lofty pinnacles is something you may regret . |
| 15 | Aunt Ilsa was in the library ; she had a heavy cold at the time and I am tempted to say we discovered her poring over a map , but the inelegant truth is that she was searching the shelves for a misplaced book when we entered . |
| 16 | At gentler velocities it has a distinct , almost lethargic ‘ off cam ’ feel to its power delivery and you usually find yourself kicking down a ratio to access proper power . |
| 17 | ‘ To see him driving around a track at 65mph is an incredible sight . |
| 18 | He 'll be all right , you do n't want him growing up a wimp . |
| 19 | TWO ponies became so amorous in their horse box that they sent it plunging off a road and down a bank near Islip , Oxon , yesterday . |
| 20 | His Dad kept it hanging on a nail in the shed and he 'd have noticed right away if it was missing . |
| 21 | She pictured him working up a sweat . |
| 22 | I remember watching the television report showing him standing over a map in the local Party headquarters , sweeping his hand across it presumably indicating which areas were to disappear from the face of the earth . |
| 23 | ‘ A domani , ’ he said , and stared deep , deep into her eyes , leaving her feeling just a trifle breathless . |
| 24 | We did n't like them coming in the police station , they used to come into our parade room where our men were having food , and you can imagine them coming in a bit lousy and so on . |
| 25 | Erm if we see you know , if we see somebody walking down a walkway , and he 's got a stereo in his arm , arms should I say , and he puts it into a car then obviously it a it arouses our suspicion , we 'll take a quick note of the car 's registration number , and we 'll pass the relevant information through to Police Station . |
| 26 | At the same time , I would warn Obair * , the same as I would warn anybody setting up a scheme , to make sure that the scheme is properly run , to make sure that the scheme is n't used to take jobs away from either the domestics , the home helps or any other jobs in the health service — make sure that abuse is taken away and I certainly wish them luck in the future and I thank you for inviting me here to speak . |
| 27 | To overcome this problem in the short-term , firms may well find themselves taking on a number of small sites in the general area . |
| 28 | You may find yourself doing quite a bit of ‘ line learning ’ . |