Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [prep] a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He called out : ‘ I ca n't hold on any longer , ’ then fell straight on the ledge below , bounded out into the air , turning a somersault backwards , and pitching on to a grass projection some 30′ lower down … |
| 2 | They were extremely grateful to the Government for stepping in with a £140 rebate because they saw their aunts , uncles , friends , cousins and others elsewhere in the country paying a great deal less . |
| 3 | Across the emptying room another hurt mind had been at the same moment of time glanced by unwanted evocations of shabby Forest sheep nudging together in a brick shelter on a high road through the trees . |
| 4 | Eric 's guitar sounded like two steel rail wagons clanging together in a Chicago freight yard at 4am . |
| 5 | It is to set up an ancillary file with the records in sequential key order and each record consisting only of a count field . |
| 6 | ‘ Fancy me working in a library again , ’ he said , one hand resting idly on a card index . |
| 7 | The greatest benefit of the deal for BA comprises the sharing of flight codes which means that transatlantic passengers booking on to a USAir flight in the US would automatically transfer to a BA flight for the Atlantic crossing . |
| 8 | The major benefit of the deal for BA was described yesterday as the sharing of flight codes which meant that transatlantic passengers booking on to a USAir flight in the US would automatically transfer to a BA flight for the Atlantic crossing . |
| 9 | I can remember from my recording days walking all around a sting quartet , for example , to locate the perpetrator of odd sniffs or swishes of silk sleeve lining to see if they could be eliminated in some tactful way — often without success . |
| 10 | They used to do that : the chief inspector walking down on a Saturday morning in full regalia and one of these fellows would nod and they 'd always walk to the corner , and the Chief would n't say anything about it because they were on the corner and not causing any obstruction . |
| 11 | Like all long-term coughers he had developed a noise-reducing technique , and all that could be heard was a chuck-chuck-chuck sound that would go on for long minutes at a time , gradually winding down like a clockwork drummer until every scrap of air was squeezed out of his poor concrete lungs . |
| 12 | He is also charged with driving away from a filling station without paying for petrol . |
| 13 | This is the story of a young man who falls in love with a girl as he is driving away from a car park . |
| 14 | He 'd spotted two men driving away from a securicor van parked outside Bookers cash and carry centre in cheltenham . |
| 15 | And with hospital food also being the same the whole world over , I could have done with my own wife appearing outside with a food parcel . |
| 16 | I had visited the apartment at least a dozen times , but I still found the fact of a lift opening directly into a living room incredibly impressive ; a proof of wealth as convincing as the possession of gold taps or of mink rugs or of the girl who waited to greet me just beyond the lift doors . |
| 17 | A man has been raped by two other men as he was walking home through a town centre . |
| 18 | Steve Thomas was attacked while walking home from a night club , but can remember little else of the incident . |
| 19 | In any event , rail travel is becoming more like a dice game . |
| 20 | Alfred , returning home after a kitchen luncheon with his colleagues , had seen the love of his life . |
| 21 | Yorke , 21 today , was returning home from a charity event at 2am , the city 's magistrates heard . |
| 22 | Our lady who kindly offered me her account of the happenings was returning home from a hospital visit . |
| 23 | He says over the last five years it 's got far more popular … it 's a sport which is developing … it 's just opening up as a competitve sport … |
| 24 | THE NORTH-EAST is gearing up for a bumper celebration of European arts and entertainment . |
| 25 | Airacomet 44–22633 flew out of Edwards in the late 1940s , finally ending up on a target range along with some sister ‘ 59s . |
| 26 | In any event , Heinz was off work for two months before embarking on a steady descent of menial jobs , ending up as a kitchen cleaner . |
| 27 | This ex-dealer was shunted next through various clerical jobs , ending up as a training officer . |
| 28 | Check your existing lender 's redemption charge before signing up for a replacement loan . |
| 29 | He was walking back from a Didcot Pub , when a gang set upon him as he took a short cut across a railway footbridge . |
| 30 | Retail group GUS followed the market mood , climbing back from a 25p fall to end 12p higher at 1630p . |