Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These included shooting it into space on board a rocket so that its deadly payload would disappear into infinity . |
| 2 | Squatting to hug the two kids , fussing with Frieda 's collar , unable to stop holding her in relief . |
| 3 | It was during the summer months of 1968 that my father first began taking me to Walton junction , Liverpool to see what must have been the very last of the steam trains thunder past at 7 o'clock . |
| 4 | Sort of when I first started using it at work |
| 5 | That was what he 'd thought of every morning since he 'd first started feeding them with Mrs Wright 's grain . |
| 6 | As there is no ‘ use by ’ date on these kits at the moment , it is probably best to avoid buying them from shops which have a very low turnover of stock . |
| 7 | ( After the war , when Collingwood was discovered by the younger generation , and found to be highly readable and stimulating , the situation was totally different , and the aging linguistic philosophers were obliged to start reading him in self-defence . ) |
| 8 | Atlantic Richfield Co. says that its new petrol is as clean as methanol , and that it would be ready to start selling it in California by 1996 . |