Example sentences of "[vb past] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Otley came tearing back down the stairs white as a sheet and put the mug of cocoa down on the table . |
| 4 | ‘ And I knew it from that first day when you came driving down to the chais like a crazy woman . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The sound of singing came drifting up from the quays below . |
| 7 | ‘ That 's him , then , all gone , ’ Gloria said , before a nurse came scurrying out through the doors , took her by the arm and led her back into the ward . |
| 8 | Eight of the men came running out of the trees and heaved at the sides of the lorry . |
| 9 | There was a yell , and then Burun came trotting back through the trees . |
| 10 | Finally she dived through the alley by the Revuebar and into the market on Berwick Street , a drab thoroughfare enlivened by a sudden riot of colour in the narrow sunlight that came slanting down between the buildings — the yellow awnings over the stalls , the bright shades of new fruit , the brilliant white of new cardboard . |
| 11 | The organ could not approach this strangled cry that came welling up from the bowels , from the primitive consciousness of life , of pain , of joy ; the long , tortured note that slowly unwound your intestines to be twanged by the electric guitarist . |
| 12 | At first , they enjoyed looking out of the windows , but then they became sleepy . |
| 13 | Alerted by a grapevine of unparalleled efficiency to the presence of honkies with money , hitherto undiscovered talents began swarming in from the ghettos and down from the hills , bearing tape-recordings , even guitars , for impromptu auditions . |
| 14 | All the birds flew screeching out of the trees as the shots echoed over the wasteland . |
| 15 | The very next day I started ferreting around in the woods and came upon the most magnificent fortress of a sett . |
| 16 | She loved sitting up with the children until long past bedtime , playing silly games or just holding them in her arms and carrying on a conversation at their absurd level . |
| 17 | He stood up and picked up the candle and went wandering off into the shadows with it . |
| 18 | Like rejected lovers returning to a trysting place , they kept coming back to the areas surrounding the station . |
| 19 | The children did n't talk about the kidnapping , but kept glancing out of the windows and stopped trusting the adults who looked after them . |
| 20 | Also , I have found Mr Hauser has a Lear jet which flies him across the world plus a Sikorsky helicopter which I saw taking off from the grounds of Livingstone Manor . |
| 21 | It seemed he was deliberately galloping very close past her to upset her chestnut mare , who kept taking off into the pampas . |
| 22 | Soon the road bridges would be torn from the banks by the flood waters spewed raging down from the mountains by the incessant rain . |
| 23 | Why do you think these mentions of him kept cropping up over the years ? |
| 24 | Kylie ran sobbing out of the studios and did what was still the most natural thing in the world for a 20-year-old girl — she ran home to mummy . |
| 25 | A few paces away , Detective Eddy stood gazing out over the heads of the crowd . |
| 26 | The two boys stood looking down at the heaps of feathers . |
| 27 | Leaving her abruptly , he moved to the desk and stood staring down at the papers lying on it , his attitude so tense that Lucy felt compelled to go to his side . |
| 28 | Wondering why he had n't been awakened for his breakfast , he contemplated snuggling down beneath the covers for another few moments when he heard the door bell ring . |