Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] to [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Listening once to him on the Bench I recalled an occasion when the aged and formidable boys ' maid who looked after our rooms had stood with arms akimbo accusing him of some peccadillo , and ended her tirade : " Mr Phillimore , do n't you stand there lying like Ananias ! " |
| 2 | I mean , here am I , chattering away to you about the outcome of the war … and you actually know , Cassie . |
| 3 | They do this by guarding the female , staying close to her during the ten days or so when she is fertile . |
| 4 | ‘ Aye ’ I said in a trance and found myself moving closer to him on the broad warm bench . |
| 5 | She had enticed them in like an old witch , Val said , by talking volubly to them in the garden about the quietness of the place , giving them each a small , gold , furry apricot from the espaliered trees along the curving brick wall . |
| 6 | As a weak sun died and the shadows closed in around us , we saw the high pointed gables and turreted walls of the fortified manor house beckoning darkly to us over the treetops . |