Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] [adv prt] of the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tried looking out of the window to the hospital 's green lawns and the tall eucalypts that stood motionless against a gloriously blue August sky , but found that looking away seemed too impolite . |
| 2 | Over the fell , near where Deepdale meets Dentdale , is a farm called Coventree , which , Miley Taylor told me one night in the Sun Inn , is named after a tree beneath which the hairy crones of Dentdale would hold their covens and throw eye of newt and armpit of toad into the stew while waiting for the Dales equivalent of Macbeth and Banquo to come riding out of the night . |
| 3 | ‘ I am not going to lose my credibility on this train by being caught coming out of the help 's bedroom . ’ |
| 4 | I heard recently that Australia has come whooping out of the closet . |
| 5 | It 's a bit embarrassing to come staggering out of the mist , with a purple face , eyes lost in swollen , battered tissue , gasping for breath , to find people wandering around the path in cardigans and slacks . |
| 6 | He pointed back down the road to where his travelling companion was still approaching , having adopted a method of riding that involved falling out of the saddle every few seconds . |
| 7 | To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proposals he has arising out of the report on primary education by Alexander , Rose and Woodhead . |
| 8 | IMAGINE stepping out of the shower into the caress of a tropical breeze — instead of reaching out for a tatty old bath towel . |
| 9 | A car came speeding out of the fog , mounted the pavement and smashed into them . |
| 10 | Ranulf and Maltote following suit just as the two crossbow quarrels came whirring out of the darkness , skimming the tops of their heads . |
| 11 | Hers said it was by mistake but I know it was n't and he came wandering out of the wood , all black and shaggy like the Beast in the fairy tale in the most peculiar clothes , very ancient , and dreadful wild hair like pictures of the Prophets . ’ |
| 12 | Caspar came bounding out of the tangle of fallen trees below the cliff . |
| 13 | As she let herself in at the front door her mother 's voice came booming out of the kitchen . |
| 14 | A daunting figure came looming out of the night . |
| 15 | Zoser came hurrying out of the church and joined his wife . |
| 16 | Two farm hands came rushing out of the barn and ran across the field to the motionless figure . |
| 17 | And Manyara came rushing out of the temple . |
| 18 | Memories came rushing back of the night when Johnny had described this room ; the night she had told him about the time hiccup . |
| 19 | The Argie came flying out of the tank , running from the British heroine . |
| 20 | Circumstantial evidence may include that the defendant was the only person with the car keys ; he was seen getting out of the vehicle ; he was seen going towards or getting in the vehicle and/or he said he was going to drive the vehicle . |
| 21 | We used to break all kind of speed limits getting out of the door |
| 22 | It came screeching out of the darkness , and not even the thunder could drown the scream of its menace . |
| 23 | Just then Angela , who had seen her crossing the field , came running out of the farmhouse . |
| 24 | At seven-thirty she had started the engine of the Subaru when he came running out of the house . |
| 25 | The day when the search guards were given orders to act roughly , and the little R.A.S.C. captain who came running out of the block with his mouth still bleeding from a blow with a rifle butt . |
| 26 | He was last seen staggering out of the house into the street possiblity still being pursued by his assailants . |
| 27 | ‘ After a minute he came staggering out of the smoke . ’ |
| 28 | A stone came sailing out of the crowd and fell with a clatter on the roof of the burning shack . |
| 29 | She glanced back just as she was about to turn a corner , and saw Joe as he came hurtling out of the side-exit . |
| 30 | It was quite funny yesterday , because , he , when I went out in the garden there was a football nestling in the rose bushes , I heaved it back over the fence , thirty seconds later the two boys came roaring out of the house , and about thirty seconds after that |