Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [v-ing] [adv prt] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It came clear from the bag , her finger slipping on to the trigger , thumb freeing the safety catch . |
| 2 | So Molly stood in the kitchen , the centre of the house , with its door opening on to the terrace , where now , for certain , no one stood watching her . |
| 3 | It has been known for a woman going into labour to suddenly perceive the connection between herself , her mother , mother 's mother , all the mothers of her line stretching back to the beginnings of time , and all the daughters that will follow after . |
| 4 | But he could make out her form stretching up to the light . |
| 5 | Or was it ? she wondered , her memory reaching out to the feel of Silas 's arms holding her against him , and to his lips resting upon her own . |
| 6 | For some reason these thoughts of Emily sent her memory shooting back to the previous Friday in Vass 's office when he had brought up the subject of the new crèche and she had somehow ended up , almost aggressively , informing him that it was not her intention , ever , to remarry . |
| 7 | ‘ You will not lose by this , Yin Tsu , ’ he said softly , his heart going out to the old man . |
| 8 | ‘ Whoever 's that ? ’ said his Mum going through to the front door . |
| 9 | Once Ranulf had gone , Athelstan sat on the altar steps , his mind going back to the corpses he had seen : Vechey 's lying cold amongst those dreadful heads on the tower gate of London Bridge ; Brampton 's sheathed in dirty canvas in the death house of St Mary Le Bow ; Springall 's lying alone under its leather covering in the great four poster bed in his mansion . |
| 10 | Porter merely regarded the man indifferently , his gaze straying back to the woman . |
| 11 | That was the last thing he wanted , his Dad coming out to the shed . |
| 12 | One bullet in the wrong place can cripple you for life or send your blood gushing on to the pavement . |