Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] [adv] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They waited for some long-legged creature to come stepping delicately out of the trees . |
| 2 | Corden said he would consider going back on to the board if a new chairman extended an invitation . |
| 3 | About now , the first Hooray of spring can be seen stepping gingerly out of The Admiral Codrington and standing with his G 'n' T in the middle of the road . |
| 4 | The tide was rising : it came filtering gently in through the salt-marsh vegetation , washing up the beach and receding , leaving ribbons of foam along the sand . |
| 5 | There was a thick concrete wall which we were all going to hide behind and we had our helmets on in case any car parts came raining down out of the sky . |
| 6 | Tabitha hung her bag on her shoulder and came walking nonchalantly down from the cockpit , not even glancing up to see the great cables gliding rapidly down towards her head . |
| 7 | Their horses were saddled and waiting , their farewells to the prior and brothers already made , and Hugh just reaching for his bridle , when Nicol came trudging sturdily in at the gatehouse , soiled and bruised and hoisting himself along on a staff he had cut for himself in the forest . |
| 8 | Adam ran crashing downhill in a narrow dark ride , almost into the arms of a man who came striding suddenly out of the bushes , sword in hand . |
| 9 | In the past it has sometimes been difficult to avoid planting directly on to the marginal shelf , especially in pre-formed pools . |
| 10 | She knew , as she carried articles that required hanging up through to the wardrobes , that she was not going to tresspass any further on Ven 's generosity than to partake of a cup of tea with him . |
| 11 | But for Balbir , as for the majority of Asian girls who have turned to prostitution , they still think that it is too degrading for them to consider going out on to the streets . |
| 12 | He was just meditating whether he could risk running straight in through the kitchen door when he saw two of the firemen in masks , doing just that . |
| 13 | I 've been concentrating on my technique , so soon I could try working straight on to the plate . |
| 14 | The defenders pushed at the makeshift scaling ladders , and at least one went crashing back down into the crowd below ; but those who exposed themselves to do it were immediately the target of a dozen archers . |
| 15 | Eachuinn Odhar strode splashing up out of the water to meet Lady Marion . |
| 16 | In fact the calls could also have been made by the Seychelles bulbul , a brown thrush-like bird with an orange-red beak which we saw feeding high up in the palms in several places . |
| 17 | With this , she released Belinda abruptly , and the chicken dinner went slopping over on to the tray again . |
| 18 | I did n't know The Rolling Stones had started playing just down by the river . ’ |
| 19 | That 's the danger of a book as seductive as this one , the memories come flooding back along with the great names : Bobby Collins , Tommy Ring , Roy Vernon , Jimmy Gabriel , Colin Harvey , Joe Royle , Gary Lineker , T.G. Jones , John Hurst , Jimmy Husband , Kevin Ratcliffe , Tony Kay . |
| 20 | ‘ He 's shot Caspar , ’ he said getting up out of the bracken . |
| 21 | Like this they bound slowly down the boulevard , with him laughing and kicking people 's hats awry as they come arcing back on to the pavement at the end of each step . |
| 22 | Hattie opened her writing-case , took out a sheet of paper and her pen , then sat gazing wistfully out of the window over Parker 's piece while she wondered whether or not to co-operate with Edwin 's stratagem that this must appear a chance visit . |
| 23 | ‘ Drop the gun ! ’ screamed Liz Spalding , her body dropping slightly to a crouch , the gun she held coming instinctively up to the fire position … |
| 24 | He lit a cigarette and sat staring gloomily out of the window . |