Example sentences of "[vb past] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was just about the only redeeming feature of that winter because it formed a kind of bridge which made walking up to the road a lot easier . |
| 2 | Five hundred lines to anyone caught sneaking in before the bell ! ’ |
| 3 | He even tried sneaking back to the library at night , thinking the Bookman might appear after dark , but had to stop this when he backed into Mr Crangle , who was up to the same thing . |
| 4 | The researcher stopped hanging on to the doorframe and stepped into the room . |
| 5 | She tried looking out of the window to the hospital 's green lawns and the tall eucalypts that stood motionless against a gloriously blue August sky , but found that looking away seemed too impolite . |
| 6 | Wondering what would happen I tried pulling up on the boom as I went into a turn . |
| 7 | Then I realised this was unusual for an owl , because in the wild they tend to swallow their prey whole , so I simply stopped holding on to the chick and soon she was gobbling it up in one . |
| 8 | Even as I write , my heart is being ‘ roasted ’ because of the pounding music beat coming down from the flat above me . |
| 9 | He pointed back down the road to where his travelling companion was still approaching , having adopted a method of riding that involved falling out of the saddle every few seconds . |
| 10 | Visitors caught lighting up in the space age reception area at ITN 's spanking new London HQ are told in no uncertain terms that smoking is NOT allowed . |
| 11 | After that I avoided looking down towards the woodpile until , when it was almost too dark to see , I glanced down one last time — and she was gone . |
| 12 | And , every twenty minutes or so , a storm broke : thunder rumbled , lightning flickered , and tropical rain came crashing down from the showerheads fitted in the ceiling . |
| 13 | The ground trembled and over-head many bikes , toy tractors , etc. strung above the ceiling for display purposes , came crashing down upon the team . |
| 14 | She must have sat alone there for a good quarter of an hour , singing to herself , before Henry and Lettice came crashing back through the woods , squealing that they had seen Humphrey and Janet and must take to the skiff at once . |
| 15 | A car came speeding out of the fog , mounted the pavement and smashed into them . |
| 16 | However , I made my position very clear to the Whaddon and Mitchley Argus sports hack , Mark Crowe , when he came sniffing round at the funeral . |
| 17 | Scraps of paper , issuing from the city , came twirling in through the cab window . |
| 18 | As he entered the paved courtyard the rain came whipping in from the sea , lashing against the car and obliterating everything . |
| 19 | She alighted after him , and she crossed the footbridge too , but delayed stepping on to the platform until the train for Waterloo came in . |
| 20 | Otley came tearing back down the stairs white as a sheet and put the mug of cocoa down on the table . |
| 21 | Ranulf and Maltote following suit just as the two crossbow quarrels came whirring out of the darkness , skimming the tops of their heads . |
| 22 | ‘ And I knew it from that first day when you came driving down to the chais like a crazy woman . |
| 23 | If you practised walking around with the model in the hover , you should have got the hang of this already . |
| 24 | Hers said it was by mistake but I know it was n't and he came wandering out of the wood , all black and shaggy like the Beast in the fairy tale in the most peculiar clothes , very ancient , and dreadful wild hair like pictures of the Prophets . ’ |
| 25 | Hotspur put up a hand to the furred collar of his cloak , and let it slide from his shoulders ; and like a silent and attentive valet the girl came gliding out of the shadows and took it from him . |
| 26 | Caspar came bounding out of the tangle of fallen trees below the cliff . |
| 27 | She came stumbling back into the dining car followed by a commotion of people yelling behind her . |
| 28 | A group of shaven-headed yobbos , with tattooed cheeks and nationalistic leanings , observed this from the upper deck and came swarming down from the bus . |
| 29 | Also , I had sobered up by then and caused some complications by trying to stop the cheque — until my father came squealing on to the line . |
| 30 | As she let herself in at the front door her mother 's voice came booming out of the kitchen . |