Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [indef pn] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That 's why they 're common in the fire service and the army , where people are doing something out of the ordinary and taking greater risks than others . |
| 2 | Tallis could not see clearly but he seemed to be pushing something on to the staff , working it round until , with a crack , it slid into position . |
| 3 | Therefore , when clients relate their first and subsequent panic attacks , or other symptoms of anxiety and stress , and explain that they were doing nothing out of the ordinary , it is entirely possible that this was the case . |
| 4 | ‘ I can get out my binoculars to check on how many customers we 've got — and see if anyone 's nicking anything out of the till . ’ |
| 5 | It was n't just a matter of meeting an old comedian ; I was meeting someone out of the dustier corners of my private pantheon . |
| 6 | He was pulling something out of the hedge . |
| 7 | Bream are not great fighters and if you got one on then you knew it would stay on ; the trouble was getting one on in the first place ! |
| 8 | I mean , he was getting something out of the cupboard , ha nothing to do with me ! |
| 9 | I was stealing something out of the film : I had captured the stars in the act , and they could n't slip away , off the edge of the screen . |
| 10 | Zak himself was calling everyone back into the dining room , saying they should all stay together until we reached Sudbury , which would be soon . |