Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Around eight o'clock the sound of distant brass bands can again be heard wafting in through the bedroom windows . |
| 2 | Lucy crawled out of bed around lunchtime , found her way up to the shower while Josie could be heard moving around in the kitchen , and could n't resist leaving aside her own hard soap and supermarket shampoo in order to freeload a few squirts and squeezes of the gels , mousses and lotions that stood on the tiled windowsill . |
| 3 | Despite all the hype , hate and hysteria that has gone before , something magical and mysterious can still be heard shuffling around in the dark , and this celebration is the spotlight that picks it out . |
| 4 | The women were to be seen hanging around in the yard talking quietly or trying to wash to get a few more rags to the pawnshop . |
| 5 | She moved purposefully away to the group who lay in the darkness under the cypress trees , or sat on the walls and steps of the garden , and began to activate them so that a light dress , or white pair of jeans could be seen jigging about in the night that had suddenly fallen . |
| 6 | Yet around the time that Servan-Schreiber was receiving his first royalty cheques , oriental faces could be seen popping up behind the walls at the Isle of Man TT races . |
| 7 | The only reliable way to see them was to pass in front of the building and turn left into the road to the cemetery : from that side some of them could be seen craning out of the windows and waving . |
| 8 | Nothing would do more to boost Daniele 's status than to be seen showing off on the Corso while his father 's life still hung in the balance . |
| 9 | On four other occasions Eubank was to be seen covering up under a hail of blows , but like so much of the 26-year-old from Brighton 's act , it was an illusion . |
| 10 | In all of this Ho Chi Minh is to be seen bobbing about like a cork on the tides of international communism , sometimes lost from sight for long periods , surviving life in Stalin 's Russia and the manifest uncertainties of the purges and , when war broke out , still remaining as an experienced if not entirely successful figure in the communist world and a distant although still immanent leader of Vietnamese communism . |
| 11 | Normally to be seen driving around in a funereal Daimler — dwarfing the island 's other cars ( including the BMW of Premier Sir John Swan ) — the Governor also dons his uniform and takes to the streets in a horse-drawn landau several times a year . |
| 12 | There , suspended just above the domes and minarets of the old city , a perfect silver crescent could be seen shining out over the rooftops . |
| 13 | As the shadows lengthen , the men can be seen standing around with a pint of beer in hand , while mothers keep watchful eyes on the kids and catch up on the latest gossip . |
| 14 | It was a time when a bare ankle could not be shot stepping out of a robe for the implication would be ‘ nakedness ’ , the consequence ‘ sex ’ and the inevitable result — the destruction of the nation . |
| 15 | Where the line of stones breaks , lines of energy could be detected moving off at a tangent . |
| 16 | ‘ In April , hundreds of runners can be found digging around at the back of the wardrobe , trying to find that old pair of track spikes . |
| 17 | I hope you will do your duty ’ , and then collapsed in tears to be led weeping back to the palace and to her new role as Regent . |
| 18 | High , curved , hand-carved doors led from the reception area to the conference room and residents ' sitting-room , where afternoon tea would be served looking down across the gardens to the accompaniment of a grand piano . |
| 19 | The increased use of personal computers means that files of secret information may be left lying around on a cassette or floppy disc in unlocked offices or at the homes of executives . |
| 20 | Obviously there are no simple solutions to a difficult relationship with a demanding parent , but it can often be kept ticking over on a mixture of kindness and firmness and a refusal on your part to come out of your corner for a fight every time she chooses to ring the bell . |