Example sentences of "[noun prp] [v-ing] [pron] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A letter was sent to the parish officers of Kempston informing them of the gross impropriety of their conduct respecting the patient and the institution . |
| 2 | She did mind , though , and , as they were met at the emergency entrance with a wheeled stretcher-bed for Faye and a paged message for Tom summoning him to the renal unit to attend urgently to another patient , her concern for Faye 's condition battled for priority in her thoughts with painful images of Marise Wyspianski glowing in the magic aura of Tom 's kiss , and of Tom himself , at the wheel of the Mercedes just moments ago , staring so grimly into the Christmas Eve traffic . |
| 3 | He stripped off his shirt and capered from outstretched dagger to outstretched dagger , displaying himself like the leper healed by Jesus showing himself to the High Priests . |
| 4 | Ellie cried , as she saw Mike hurling himself at the unprepared Patsy . |
| 5 | He had arrived in Europe knowing nothing about the European motor industry or the Continent 's political and economic environment , except from what he had read on the subject at Harvard Business School and in Detroit Central Office reports . |
| 6 | A cry escaped her as her face became scratched by the sharp ends of broken fern fronds , and the next instant she felt Silas lifting her from the damp ground . |
| 7 | Cos Nick , I remember Nick phoning us up the other day actually . |
| 8 | Where Macbeth had been concealed or opaque to Duncan , and was thus in a superior position , manipulating him by pretence , we now see Lady Macbeth putting herself in the dominant position , planning to manipulate her husband : Macbeth is now transparent to her , and she to us . |