Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [pron] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been caddying for Ralph Moffatt on the pro circuit and got him through the pre-qualifier at Fairhaven , so I told him I 'd be caddying for him in the Open as I 'd heard nothing from Jack . |
| 2 | He had drowned , unable to move , when the rising tide had filled the channel : Marie remembered seeing about it on the local television news . |
| 3 | Zach told her his age , which was nine , and spelt out his name , apologizing for it at the same time . |
| 4 | Do n't worry , I 've told the solicitors that are appearing for us on the sixteenth of July that that 's the situation , that the have not joined in all of the partners |
| 5 | Things , however , came to a head one day when a veterinary surgeon on his rounds , in a regulation Volvo estate , was alarmed to see Noddy tearing towards him on the wrong side of the road , in hot pursuit of a Transit van . |
| 6 | I really needed to go to the toilet , but that meant walking past them onto the other side of the hall . |
| 7 | I saw a group walking towards me through the ashen darkness . |
| 8 | Instead of being cosily tucked up in her bunk near the bar , she surprisingly came walking towards me from the sleeping car forward of Filmer 's , her diamonds lighting small bright fires with every step . |
| 9 | I think that he , who could have had as many friends as he wished , never realized how much it meant to a lonely and friendless person to have a friend , to be seen walking with him in the rose-red streets of Salamanca , to be able to go to a concert or an art museum with him , to have him opposite me at dinner in even the meanest , cheapest restaurant . |
| 10 | The doctor was walking with them towards the private rooms . |
| 11 | Nine others are appearing with him at the commital proceedings . |
| 12 | Nine others are appearing with him at the commital proceedings . |
| 13 | The origins of the black cat , as a distinct colour type , have been traced back to the ancient Phoenicians , who sneaked some of the sacred cats out of Egypt and began trading in them around the Mediterranean . |
| 14 | When I go past , I wonder what has been happening to her in the intervening years , and that 's very odd . ’ |
| 15 | He remained silent , watching her , and her embarrassment grew until in the end she set her glass down with a bang and in desperation said , ‘ So are you going to tell me what 's been happening to you in the last five years ? ’ |
| 16 | Their acute hearing had already informed them that only one set of feet was running in the night , the light footfalls vibrating to them through the drum-like quality of the primeval forest floor . |
| 17 | He was retained by the king as one of his serjeants between 1287 and 1293 and is to be found acting for him in the 1287 Gloucestershire eyre and in the northern circuit eyres of 1292–3 as well as in the Common Bench and in the Exchequer . |
| 18 | Yet , I am not writing about him for the above reasons , it 's rather on account of an unlikely weakness of his than for one of his many strengths . |
| 19 | It was this talent which had landed him the job with the Oswaldston College of Further Education and he was already unearthing long — forgotten aspects of Lancashire social history , and writing about them in the local paper . |
| 20 | While Famlio was looking for us near the Fraxilly sector , we 'd be elsewhere . |
| 21 | But the politicians are looking for it in the wrong direction . |
| 22 | ‘ Bring a horse , ’ said Hotspur , rearing up fiercely and looking about him for the nearest serviceable squire , ‘ and get him on to it . |
| 23 | He was absolutely worshipped by all disinterested persons at G.Q.G. When he entered the hotel , tapping the floor with his stick and looking about him with the mischievous and bright glances of a boy , every one came up to him instinctively , only too pleased to see him . |
| 24 | He was strolling down the steep narrow street towards the sea , his hands deep in his pockets and his shirt open at the throat , very pale and Londonish , looking about him with the fond , proprietorial air of an Englishman returning to a favourite spot abroad . |
| 25 | All this time Marcus was standing , now more upright , looking about him at the various speakers , with an interested air . |
| 26 | Tuan Ti Fo turned , looking about him at the simple order of his room . |
| 27 | Looking about him at the great press of people , the escalator that was a river of people flowing on and on , the crowds that streamed down the stairs so that if a train was held up there would be room for no more to squeeze on to the platform , he wondered why a terrorist group had never thought of putting a bomb in the tube . |
| 28 | He glanced back at her , then turned away , looking about him at the cluttered floor , the smoke-blackened walls , the broken ceiling of the room he was in . |
| 29 | The ambulance came , and she ended up looking after him in the intensive care unit . |
| 30 | Around 1.7 million of these were looking after someone in the same household ; 1.4 million were providing help or supervision for at least twenty hours a week ; and 3.7 million were carrying the main responsibility for providing that help ( Green , 1988 ) . |