Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Agnes is losing patience and revenue , I 've practically got my legs sticking out of the Boomerang window , when there 's this heavy handslap on the roof of the car . |
| 2 | I also loved The Flintstones , I wanted to have a car like Fred Flintstone 's with my feet poking out of the bottom , ’ said Kylie . |
| 3 | There is a moment of slow motion in which I have time to register the force of the water rushing over my body , my toes slipping out of the footcups , the paddle flying out of my hands . |
| 4 | A few of the owners , like the Lorrimores and Daffodil and Filmer , had arranged their own transport separately in the shape of chauffeur-driven limousines , their chauffeurs coming over to the train to carry their bags . |
| 5 | Along the broken kerb of the road stood a line of taxis , their drivers dozing in the back seats with their legs dangling out of the open doors . |
| 6 | Inside , the five-aisled church is immensely tall , its piers extending up to the complicated stellar and geometric ribbed vaults of nave and choir . |
| 7 | When Rosalind and Philip first moved in , it was in a pretty parlous condition , with , amongst other nightmares , an elder tree with its roots in the great hall and its branches spreading in through the windows . |
| 8 | Slorne became still and took stance on the branch quite near to Creggan , her head tilting to one site , ant her eyes staring out at the sunset sky that rose massively now over the Cages . |
| 9 | When they complain about ‘ stress ’ they are not saying they want to spend the rest of their lives lazing about in the sun being brought rum bamboozles on a silver tray ( though the idea has its appeal ) . |
| 10 | Gina sprang to her feet glaring down at the golden-skinned Dane lounging opposite her . |
| 11 | The Court dismissed these claims on the ground that the right of individuals to become claimants in international law is recognised only when approved by specific treaty , and that in the Peace Treaty Japan had waived all claims of Japan or its nationals arising out of the war . |
| 12 | Cloth of gold and exquisite tapestries hung on the walls , their fringes reaching down to the wooden panelling . |
| 13 | I could see her paws sticking out through the wire door and she was making one hell of a racket . |
| 14 | They had come back as a fleet , their sails bellying out under the south-westerly gale , the men shouting to each other across the water to compare catches , and their womenfolk waiting on the beach to help with the unloading and to make a start on the gutting and salting and packing . |
| 15 | On the other hand we had watched the dismal faces of friends who were resuscitating old cottages and who spent their weekends streaking down to the country to see how the builders were getting on — and they were n't . |
| 16 | United to continued to prove to press forward but found their moves breaking down in the visitor 's penalty area . |
| 17 | Living Chrysopilus live in marshy areas in Europe , their larvae growing up beneath the soil . |
| 18 | The old lady lay in a huge bed , her face caked in paint and powder , her hair an unnatural black , her hands poking out over the coverlet like white , jewelled claws . |
| 19 | Syria still likes to portray itself as the sworn enemy of the Israelis , but the Ba'ath Party officials who rule with an iron hand appear to have given up trying to stop their citizens tuning in to the ‘ Zionists ’ wavelength . |
| 20 | Sometimes I 'd watch their kites going down into the fields overhead , down until they dwindled away out of sight , long before they reached the tops of the trees You ca n't do that often , though , because of all the smog . |
| 21 | She could see the Women now too , their cloaks whipping out in the gusts of fire . |
| 22 | ‘ I saw you guys splashing around in the surf . |
| 23 | His hand slid down over her back , his fingers splaying out over the firm swell of her bottom , pulling her body closer still to his . |
| 24 | He pushed the sheet of paper away and looked around him , his eyes straying up to the dusty rafters . |
| 25 | He was held in a reclining position by his seat-belt , with his head bent back and his mouth open , his eyes staring up at the roof of the car , his right arm hanging straight down , his left snagged on the gear-stick . |
| 26 | Penry smiled slowly , his eyes lighting up with the gleam she found so irresistible . |
| 27 | Peter Suvarov smiled , his eyes crinkling up at the corners and his bitter mouth relaxing , and handed her a handkerchief . |
| 28 | He shuddered and looked away , his eyes going off to the horizon . |
| 29 | She heard the door open and close , then his footsteps coming back along the corridor and go into the sitting room . |
| 30 | Carlie was still looking at him , eyeing the casts , his toes sticking out at the end . |