Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | The worst part lay in facing up to the fact that some of the things he 'd said were true , much as she might try to deny it . |
| 32 | However , when I took to hanging about in the new house , when I watched her while she chatted to her staff and guests , or entertained the local burghers , or genteelly remonstrated with her suppliers and various tradesmen over the phone , I began to see this seeming tact as an extension of that complicity I had long been aware of . |
| 33 | Adrian Scanlon insisted on driving up to the front door , once I had opened the gate . |
| 34 | In the morning , though our route lay the other way , I insisted on going back to the old station for one more look . |
| 35 | At the Regina station Mr Murray insisted on climbing up into the engine tender to shake hands with and thank the engineer and fireman who had brought us through the storm on this far-from-ordinary journey . |
| 36 | Yet it was so , for when we docked at Rangoon next morning civil evacuation had been ordered , to be completed within forty-eight hours , and the wharves were black with excited refugees , who insisted on crowding on to the boat before we could get off . |
| 37 | At the time , the teenaged Bowie and Roxy Music fan dreamt of getting out of the rain and opening his own record shop . |
| 38 | Mr Adnan Khashoggi , a Saudi arms dealer , is being tried with her , accused of helping out in the property deals . |
| 39 | Clacton Police will start the initiative on Monday aimed at clamping down on the young drivers who regularly roar along the town 's one-way system , screeching tyres and playing loud music on their car stereos . |
| 40 | He paused before stepping out onto the roof , a look of horror on his face . |
| 41 | ‘ Staff Nurse , ’ she said without looking up from the notes she was writing . |