Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't want them growing up like the Hales . |
| 2 | They got off to a blinder against the Sharks … catching them napping repeatedly in the first period to put six past them . |
| 3 | I hoped it was just a passing phase , sparked off by her catching me fooling around in the Plaster Room , and thanked my guardian angel for the way Old Red had just covered up for me . |
| 4 | ‘ That 's the easiest way of getting your firewood — cut the trees at the edge of the forest and send them rolling down to the bottom . |
| 5 | But it is also necessary to avoid keeping them standing outside in the rain , or waiting in draughty corridors feeling unwanted while the meal finishes or the speeches are in progress . |
| 6 | I explained the situation , after she found me jerking about on the bed one afternoon . |
| 7 | You would n't catch me walking back to the house alone at night . |
| 8 | Gnasher ( my hamster ) used to like to roam freely throughout the living room but unfortunately this involved him crapping all over the carpet . |
| 9 | She gave Charles the address , and looked so happy and excited when she asked the Stage Door Keeper to get her the Wimbledon number , that he quite forgave her for keeping him hanging about in the draughty passage outside his box . |
| 10 | When Nell did n't reply , he turned to see if she had heard him ; found her staring fixedly at the sign . |
| 11 | One morning , Santa found him lying down on the snow , staring at a dead flower with tears dropping off his little cheeks . |
| 12 | She 's only shopping today because of a family crisis stopped her doing so in the week . |
| 13 | If not , place it facing out into the living space . |
| 14 | Justin Simpson , in his article on the Stamford waits in The Reliquary in July 1885 , describes them crying out in the night after the performance of a tune these words by Shakespeare ; |
| 15 | Nicandra could n't watch them going out of the room together . |
| 16 | And my magic wrought true — for it was into your time I came , to Starr Hills , where I had walked four hundred years before ; and coming to meet me was a man who asked me simply if I were a mermaid , for he had seen me walking out of the sea . ’ |
| 17 | A sudden movement or an abrupt noise will send them skittering back to the safety of the water . |
| 18 | " Perhaps I should have let that precious mother of yours catch you sneaking back into the house . " |
| 19 | We take a look at nine of the hottest designs around that 'll send you panting off to the outdoor shops |
| 20 | ‘ She insisted she 'd seen you heading out through the woods at about half-past nine , shortly before she missed it . |
| 21 | He imagined her waiting pathetically by the phone . |
| 22 | He listened to it , trying to will her to the phone ; imagining her coming back to the flat after being out ; she might hear the phone from the street … now she would put the key in the lock … now running up the stairs … now dashing in , dripping , short of breath , to grab the receiver … now … now . |
| 23 | Have n't seen him coming out of the car . |
| 24 | I 've seen her going along to the library regularly , pretty well every night . |
| 25 | Her denials were useless because he said he had returned to Kington Square early that morning and seen her coming out of the flat arm in arm with a man . |
| 26 | Now imagine it flying away into the distance and think about where it is going . |
| 27 | The bank 's ethics code prevented it cashing in on the bonanza reaped by others from the pound 's departure from the European exchange rate mechanism last September . |
| 28 | There were no chairs or tables in the kitchens , so we ate it standing up around the cookers and stoves . |
| 29 | He ate it standing up by the sink , and deliberately left the little pot on the marble work surface . |
| 30 | Do n't want you falling in with the wrong types , do we ? |