Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They have suffered so many times in recent years and some think disappointment is staring them in the face again . |
| 2 | But Platt insisted that his only interest in Diego Maradona 's old club was beating them at the weekend to boost Bari 's survival chances . |
| 3 | But Platt insisted that his only interest in Diego Maradona 's old club was beating them at the weekend to boost Bari 's survival chances . |
| 4 | Gyggle was driving me along the coast road to Brighton as he spoke . |
| 5 | Although people generally consider me to be a very tolerant person , my moody male boss at work is driving me to the end of my tether . |
| 6 | Duvall was shaking him by the sleeve , bringing him back . |
| 7 | And now I understand how Selden knew that the hound was following him in the dark . |
| 8 | Even as the BeSHT delighted his listeners with his pearls of wisdom , his stunning turns-of-phrase , his aphoristic acuity , so Leonard was learning his own , parallel metier ; the butterfly was following him down the hill . |
| 9 | I suspect it may soon be superseded by a very different idea derived from evolutionary theory and the knowledge molecular biology is giving us about the genetic control of brain processes . |
| 10 | Employees in the leisure department have worked extremely hard to bring this prestige event to Stockton and we end up with a situation where the first person of the town is kicking us in the teeth . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ The truth is staring you in the face , but you 're too blind to see it . |
| 12 | Flowers looked at fault , but the happy Town fans chanted ‘ Goddard for England ’ while the band was serenading them during the interval . |
| 13 | His pole was impaling her to the absolute limit , and she began panting as if she 'd just run the four-minute mile . |
| 14 | As they returned to Swinbrook on Grye , the gipsy horse , the trees of Wychwood closed in about them and Carrie imagined the sadly diminished yet still proud forest was protecting them from the rest of the world . |
| 15 | A friend 's meeting her off the boat and driving her up . ’ |
| 16 | We must make it clear to students that they can appeal against their rent to a tribunal so that the tribunal can decide whether the landlord is overcharging them on the council tax element . |
| 17 | The registrar was regarding me over the top of his spectacles and trying not to look at his watch . |
| 18 | The next moment I was on the floor and one was kicking me and the other was hitting me in the face . |
| 19 | Before she could puzzle over his rather cryptic last sentence he continued , ‘ I do n't know whether you noticed , but the doge was wearing it in the second of his portraits . ’ |
| 20 | Sadly , the only Italian football United will enjoy this season is watching it on the telly . |
| 21 | We wait until trouble comes , until trouble is staring us in the face , before we really feel the need of God , and pray . |
| 22 | The most common method of disposal is in landfill sites , the second most popular method is dumping it in the ocean , and the rest is incinerated , often in ships at sea . |
| 23 | The day came suddenly and before I knew it my father was driving me into the town of Ipswich to drop me off near the studio . |
| 24 | Now , after a month of nervously transferring it from place to place as the situation worsened , the French government were giving it to the British . |
| 25 | As I prowled about outside the garden wall , it came on me with a start that a young , man was regarding me over the barrel of a pistol . |
| 26 | The best man was driving them to the airport for their flight to Greece , and Ellie made sure she was right in the middle of the crowd as they all surged down the front path to wish them bon voyage . |
| 27 | The young man was asking her about the room , about his chances of getting it , she suddenly heard . |
| 28 | He guessed rightly that little Didier Bluot was leading me into the cemetery and would direct me to Montaine 's grave . |
| 29 | And then the music was drawing him into the fire and the light , and he could see the massive shape of the Chariot limned against the forest now , bathed in its own radiance , hung with silk , lined with satin … |
| 30 | But examples of this kind were pointing him in the direction he wanted to go . |