Example sentences of "[vb past] [v-ing] [adv prt] of the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | A car came speeding out of the fog , mounted the pavement and smashed into them . |
| 4 | Ranulf and Maltote following suit just as the two crossbow quarrels came whirring out of the darkness , skimming the tops of their heads . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | Caspar came bounding out of the tangle of fallen trees below the cliff . |
| 7 | As she let herself in at the front door her mother 's voice came booming out of the kitchen . |
| 8 | A daunting figure came looming out of the night . |
| 9 | Zoser came hurrying out of the church and joined his wife . |
| 10 | Two farm hands came rushing out of the barn and ran across the field to the motionless figure . |
| 11 | And Manyara came rushing out of the temple . |
| 12 | Memories came rushing back of the night when Johnny had described this room ; the night she had told him about the time hiccup . |
| 13 | The Argie came flying out of the tank , running from the British heroine . |
| 14 | It came screeching out of the darkness , and not even the thunder could drown the scream of its menace . |
| 15 | Just then Angela , who had seen her crossing the field , came running out of the farmhouse . |
| 16 | At seven-thirty she had started the engine of the Subaru when he came running out of the house . |
| 17 | The day when the search guards were given orders to act roughly , and the little R.A.S.C. captain who came running out of the block with his mouth still bleeding from a blow with a rifle butt . |
| 18 | ‘ After a minute he came staggering out of the smoke . ’ |
| 19 | A stone came sailing out of the crowd and fell with a clatter on the roof of the burning shack . |
| 20 | She glanced back just as she was about to turn a corner , and saw Joe as he came hurtling out of the side-exit . |
| 21 | It was quite funny yesterday , because , he , when I went out in the garden there was a football nestling in the rose bushes , I heaved it back over the fence , thirty seconds later the two boys came roaring out of the house , and about thirty seconds after that |
| 22 | People presently came flowing out of the door and spread between the gravestones . |
| 23 | A little boy wearing a balaclava cap too large for him came trotting out of the house . |
| 24 | The next moment , the railway lines began to shake and a train came screaming out of the tunnel . |
| 25 | So when the 9.15 came screaming out of the tunnel , the three children waved … |
| 26 | Another came heaving out of the sea and flopped to where her calf lay , and , delightfully , the baby nuzzled in to suck . |
| 27 | Then the people came streaming out of the church . |
| 28 | Repechages for the other places were rowed on Tuesday evening but yesterday 's final was cancelled when the wind blew up again and made racing out of the question . |
| 29 | Meanwhile Tottenham celebrated bouncing out of the red as they banked nearly £6m from the sale of former Magpie Paul Gascoigne and immediately announced new plans to make money out of the midfield wizard . |
| 30 | Instead of turning left over the canal bridge which would have taken him into the village , he turned right and began walking out of the village on the Brookend road . |