Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sitting with the curtains open and the moon shining in on the barely begun big glass , he wrote , sitting keeping vigil with it all night after my walk with Paz , I was afraid . |
| 2 | The vertebrate fossils could thus be arranged in a historical sequence running through from the most ancient to the most recent geological periods . |
| 3 | Enmity arising out of the often inordinate emphasis laid on sports by some teachers is quite commonplace amongst black kids ; much less so amongst whites . |
| 4 | Any new operation setting up in the architecturally acclaimed building would have to satisfy strict planning constraints , however . |
| 5 | And when you think of a man earning about at the most two pounds ten shillings a week , one and sixpence was quite a sizable amount out of it , but eventually he paid it all off . |
| 6 | He fell back at once and lay quietly on the damp earth staring up at the now empty wall as his blood soaked into and congealed darkly upon the white of his shirt . |