Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [noun] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The drunken porter allowing them entrance after the usual altercation . |
| 2 | I am helping my Pa with the outdoor work , as is right and proper . |
| 3 | I plucked one of the torches from the wall and crouched down , wrinkling my nose at the mild sour odour . |
| 4 | Soon I was groping my way up the tight , black corkscrew , mole-mode . |
| 5 | The three ruffians pummelled me , banging my head against the wooden slats . |
| 6 | Tempest or not , I was in a constant state of ecstasy , huddled in the back seat between the sleeping-bags and wellingtons , pressing my nose against the steamy window to get a better view of these monsters that disappeared into the mist above us , as we drove to our moist destination . |
| 7 | I gave a short address with one foot on each side of the peace-line [ a sleeping policeman — concrete ] basing my theme on the marvellous passage in the second chapter of the Gospel according to St. Luke — the song of the angels , seen and heard by the shepherds , ‘ Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace and goodwill to all people ’ . |
| 8 | The scene shifted and I found myself at the head of a stairwell , aware that yet another place might be reached but only by somersaulting over the banister and walking my feet down the opposite wall as one might descend a defile in a crag . |
| 9 | Thus alerted , a sub-committee of the North of England Protecting and Indemnity Association met on the following morning and resolved that the danger could only be met by " a central organization of owners for the purpose of protecting their interests against the unreasonable demands and actions of trade unions or combinations affecting such interests " . |
| 10 | The chemists encouraged people to have fun in the sun while protecting their skin from the harsh rays which can prove dangerous . |
| 11 | It is to the reptiles themselves one must turn to find the greatest display of armoured scales that are all-enveloping , protecting their wearers over the whole surface of the body . |
| 12 | Other walkers were struggling up the dusty track , sweating and wheezing their way to the high plateau . |
| 13 | It is not the West End galleries however who have been opening their doors to the new generation . |
| 14 | Trish , who has been representing her country for the last twelve years with such good horses as Manifesto and Michelangelo , only allows her horses to compete on decent surfaces . |
| 15 | They did n't appear to mind me playing a double game , allying with each in turn , then becoming their opponent at the next round . |
| 16 | Fran hurried across the street , weaving her way between the busy traffic towards the underground car park favoured by the staff at the radio station . |
| 17 | Suddenly , I see a boat weaving its way between the improbable pink granite rocks and I experience both relief and excitement . |
| 18 | For a while they just stood there , staring down at the boar , satisfying their curiosity after the brief and distant glimpses that they 'd had on the hunt . |
| 19 | To add to the general gothic touch , the now released pigeons fly around depositing their droppings on the dead body . |
| 20 | Now I think of an animal or a small child depositing its excreta in the wrong place so as to annoy its owner or parent . |
| 21 | She pushed into the dust , banging her head on the wooden underside . |
| 22 | Marsh accepted his fate honourably , as everyone expected , and the Australians got on with the job of keeping their boot on the Indian throat . |
| 23 | Soon after they got up — which was always late , which was lunchtime — he and Rufus went in swimming , keeping their feet off the gravelly or slimy bottom and their arms clear of the blanket weed which was like green hair . |
| 24 | Those in the lower group of six would play a total of 36 matches with the first two teams keeping their place in the Premier Division while the rest would be relegated in 1994 . |
| 25 | Everything I 've said about the training of Dawn might lead you to think it 's just a question of patience and keeping her weight at the right level , but there really is much more to it than that . |
| 26 | My blaster , ’ she said , backing towards a wall and keeping her eyes on the widening gap between the doors . |
| 27 | Rose ignored her , keeping her eyes on the rattling carriage , holding herself in a permanent half crouch , like a sprinter at the starting post . |
| 28 | Israel had announced in October that it would attend the Ottawa talks , thereby ending its boycott of the multilateral refugee negotiations [ see p. 39167 for Israeli participation in multilateral regional economic co-operation talks in Paris in late October ] . |
| 29 | The work also voiced taboos and silenced areas in an attempt to make visible shared and common experiences , revealing their roots in the social and cultural rather than the personal . |
| 30 | Research grants worth £420million have been announced by the EC , revealing its plans for the third set of Esprit projects . |