Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun prp] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The maid would have to be dismissed of course … the girl had brazenly admitted allowing Patrick back into the house , and Katherine was n't sure which annoyed her more — the fact that the boy had managed to creep back into the house or the fact that he had been alone in the girl 's bedroom . |
| 2 | ‘ There 's no need to look so worried , ’ he observed softly , yanking Isabel back to the present . |
| 3 | She stormed off and away and the last thing she saw was Felipe helping Mitch out of the pool , his dark face still lightened by a very wide grin . |
| 4 | ‘ She 's been through a terrible ordeal , ’ she told her brother severely , drawing Ellen out of the solar with her . |
| 5 | It would be a shame to see Rocky dropped again after apparently playing very well since he came into the side , but at the same time I ca n't really see him keeping Strach out of the team . |
| 6 | Until then Britain , which had taken the initiative in founding WEU out of the wreckage of the EDC , tended to place little credence in it . |
| 7 | The whole point is that if the intrepid aviator got shot down while blasting Gerry out of the skies above enemy territory , he could simply unzip his boot-legs and have a pair of civilian-looking shoes on his feet , and thus pass for a native and so escape those dreadful SS men in their tight little black uniforms . |
| 8 | Nigel dared to disagree with her — he had hated his own school and he thought he divined Gina 's reason for wanting Anthony out of the way . |
| 9 | Robert had made the mistake of looking Hasan up in the work in question , at the end of which he had almost decided to call in an exorcist with some experience in the Islamic field . |
| 10 | Philip thought of him meeting Lee up in the wood . |
| 11 | Philpott had been furious that the Secretary-General had failed to consult him and after several meetings with Graham overruled the decision , accepting Graham on to the team on a probationary basis , on the understanding that he would be subjected to periodic re-evaluation . |
| 12 | The goal at Newcastle , marking Cuntona out of the scum match , and then nearly winning the game late on . |
| 13 | Marco made an elaborate performance of helping Tabitha out of the net . |
| 14 | ‘ Obviously we wo n't be deliberately kicking Gazza up in the air . |
| 15 | He had some chores to do now , before facing Cowley back at the office . |
| 16 | The producer 's girlfriend kept getting John on to the dance floor , and the more John drank , the more intolerant he became of her . |
| 17 | For the replay , Chapman made one of his master-strokes , bringing McCartney out of the half-back line to take Lloyd Davies 's place at centre-forward . |
| 18 | In April 1938 their eastward advance reached the Mediterranean near Castellón , cutting Catalonia off from the rest of Republican Spain . |
| 19 | Multi-millionaire Silver , who ploughed part of his self-made fortune into hauling Leeds back to the pinnacle of the English game , is convinced manager Howard Wilkinson can spark another revival . |
| 20 | Selkirk talked to the captain for a while in a language which he later explained was Erse , the tongue of the Isles , before taking Corbett back to the cabin . |
| 21 | As Luke automatically put a finger to the button that prevented the door from closing , Maria tensed , turning to see Florian rushing towards them , towing Nicky along by the hand . |
| 22 | IBM has been driven into the System V camp by customer demands in the US federal government and the telecommunications industry , and the IBM Federal Systems Co is helping Harris out with the work . |
| 23 | IBM has been driven into the SVR4 camp by customer demands in the US federal government and the telecommunications industry , and the IBM Federal Systems Co is helping Harris out with the work . |
| 24 | Now Parlour will get the chance to stake his claim after putting Arsenal back on the rails after their bad start to the season by making both goals in the 2-0 win at Liverpool on Sunday . |
| 25 | But he vowed : ‘ This bomb will not deter us from putting Portadown back on the map as the hub of the north . ’ |
| 26 | He added defiantly : ‘ This bomb will not deter us from putting Portadown back on the North . ’ |
| 27 | She was watching Edward out of the corner of her eye . |
| 28 | He appeared to be airborne , but he was watching Stephen out of the corner of his eye . |
| 29 | Beyond the immediate punishment of casting Adam out from the garden of Eden or Cain from human society , beyond the destruction of the flood and the scattering of the nations , there was always God 's ultimate intention for man 's well-being and blessing . |
| 30 | Sometimes , in fact , she had felt she was in danger of neglecting the rest of her pupils for though her voice continued to drone on , snapping out an instruction here , a correction there , she was in reality watching Paula out of the corner of her eye , and experiencing the same excitement of discovery that she had felt on the day when Paula had first walked into her office . |