Example sentences of "[vb past] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stopped looking up at a rocket : a towering metal redwood that had never flown because the ones that flew were junk scattered across the Gulf of Mexico . |
| 2 | CHRIS EUBANK could n't help himself — the words of tribute to Michael Watson came tumbling out in a torrent , a year to the Saturday since he put the brave Londoner into a coma . |
| 3 | For three whole days she 'd blanked out the memory of that kiss they 'd shared , but now it came flooding back with a vengeance , hot and strong and so seductively real that she could have wept for shame . |
| 4 | When a larger group came tramping in behind a piper , Cameron and Menzies recognized some stalwarts from Foss on Tummel . |
| 5 | After five minutes the decision was made for them : they were jumped by six D-Vs which came dropping out of a stretch of dirty cloud . |
| 6 | As the crews tied up for the last time in Southampton , watched , and waited for by families and friends they had n't seen for eight months , many of them agreed getting back to a routine , going back to work , might by tough . |
| 7 | It began counting down from a starting position of 30:00 . |
| 8 | Cotterell nodded and started looking around for a piece of paper . |
| 9 | Yeah , but you see , you 've got the , you got all the other things in , down , down , underneath , well I mean if you started going in with a knife and you started cutting them I mean you could cut an artery or anything could n't you ? |
| 10 | Yeah , but you see you 've got the , you 've got all the , the other things ins , down , down it , underneath , and I mean if you started going in with a knife and you started cutting down , I mean you could sa , cut an artery or anything could n't you ? |
| 11 | After we split up he started going out with a woman who wanted to go out on the town every night — like him . ’ |
| 12 | There is no truth in the rumour that some of their number fancied joining in for a bit of a busman's/policeman 's holiday . |
| 13 | It started coming back after a weekend seeing Darren . |
| 14 | somebody bought in large quantities er in Finland and started making up in a factory in Harlow erm , at one time , erm , they 're all a bit |
| 15 | Well , the shah did fall , and the bureaucrats started casting around for a replacement . |
| 16 | ‘ What I mean is , they probably had some sort of … lover 's quarrel , Gebrec went storming out in a rage and charged up to the belvedere to cool off . |
| 17 | The cabin went whirling around in a circle . |
| 18 | So I went rushing round to a friend of mine who fortunately had some and I said I want to see your walking , and I was much comforted to discover that they do actually use all six legs . |
| 19 | Coaches and four and post chaises went thundering by in a lather of horses , their occupants cheering and whooping as each milestone was passed . |
| 20 | I remembered going up in a gilt elevator . |
| 21 | Another one put washing on to a line , gaudy bedclothes and sombre shirts . |
| 22 | In the high street a golf umbrella flapped on the pavement , blown inside out , one spoke standing up like a mast . |
| 23 | God how she hated them , the middle classes , penny-pinching , doling out their little bits , in their minds always the thought of saving and accumulating , saving — thought Alice , her mouth full of bile , as she stood gazing up at a beam a foot across that looked grey and flaky , with whitey-yellow fibres in it — the dry rot itself , which would lay its creeping arms over all the wood , if it were allowed , then creep down the walls , into the floor below , spread like a disease … |
| 24 | He briefly considered lashing out on a taxi , but only briefly . |
| 25 | They stood looking about for a waiter and one said in a loud voice : ‘ How do we attract attention ? ’ |
| 26 | He went over to the window of the post-operation side-ward I was occupying alone and stood looking out for a while , then he turned and said , ‘ Something awful happened yesterday . ’ |
| 27 | But erm you see , they suggested going down for a meeting he 's up to his eyes in it ! |