Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] [prep] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are having difficulty cooking for everyone in the family , try Roseyne Masselin 's recipes ( see p.70 ) ; they are also Mediterranean in style and perfect for today 's lifestyle . |
| 2 | That was when he saw the thin figure jogging towards him in the gloom , and heard the roar of engines come up fast behind him . |
| 3 | ‘ What is going on ? ’ he rasped , his glance darting from one to the other . |
| 4 | Lady Merchiston let out a cackling guffaw , and then noticed her godson 's glance going from one to the other , his face a study . |
| 5 | They crossed the road to face the oncoming traffic and had just passed a 40 mph speed limit sign when he looked over his shoulder and saw a car heading towards them on the wrong side of the road . |
| 6 | Tiny green balls of light phosphorescing at us from the dark of the bracken . |
| 7 | Elinor said , pointing to a figure marching towards us along the riverside . |
| 8 | He turned , watching the priest coming towards him through the falling snow . |
| 9 | Dawn Allenby was standing in her coat and headscarf staring at herself in the mirror . |
| 10 | All in all it was with a feeling of indescribable joy that on the sixth day I saw a familiar figure coming towards me among the prompt arrivals . |
| 11 | There should be a car waitin' fur us at the airport when we get in to Lima . |
| 12 | Father was a huge figure bending over him in the dark . |
| 13 | Those of the 26th Regiment who had fled south inflicted heavy casualties on a force hastening towards them from the direction of Telnitz . |
| 14 | Mr. Back Q.C. , for the appellant , contended that if Mr. Occhi consented to the appellant taking the £6 , he consented to the property in the money passing from him to the appellant and that the appellant had not , therefore , appropriated property belonging to another . |
| 15 | It was an hour before he was discovered missing and we spent the rest of the afternoon searching for him in the woods and plains surrounding the house . |
| 16 | From our balcony we could see the great Bugis sailing prahus scything past us into the harbour . |
| 17 | As I did so I became aware of a youngish man with long hair looking at me from the pavemented walk on the Hammersmith side of the river . |
| 18 | The surety often takes the position from motives of friendship to the debtor , and generally not as a result of any direct bargaining between him and the creditor , or in consideration of any remuneration passing to him from the creditor . |
| 19 | Rincewind pounded down an alley , paying no heed to the screams of rage coming from the picture box , and cleared a high wall with his frayed robe flapping around him like the feathers of a dishevelled jackdaw . |
| 20 | She saw them standing at the window looking at someone in the garden with great interest . |
| 21 | ‘ Did you think I was going to be left behind ? ’ responded de Villiers cheerfully , his bright , interested gaze going from one to the other . |
| 22 | As they came up , Meredith was surprised at the amount of body-heat coming from them in the low outside temperature . |
| 23 | A further family link with Eliot was momentarily established in 1941 by the fact that my sister attended a poetry reading by him under the auspices of the English Association . |
| 24 | Donna regarded the two men warily , her gaze flicking from one to the other in quick succession . |
| 25 | It seemed so strange to find no Sambo waiting for her in the hall . |
| 26 | I saw a group walking towards me through the ashen darkness . |
| 27 | The cap fixed him securely to the board , with his airborne body trembling behind him like the handle of a plunged dagger . |
| 28 | The Prime Minister can not stand Enoch Powell 's steely and accusing eye looking at him across the table any more , and I 've had to move him down the side . ’ |
| 29 | For a moment I sensed his eye staring at me through the hole in the door but as soon as I looked at it the lens flashed and the cover on the other side swung quickly to rest . |
| 30 | There should be a decent gap between the columns and it is often useful to place a vertical line in the middle of this gap , so physically preventing the eye straying from one to the other . |