Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] the [noun] [num ord] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The solicitors at the end of the chain are asked to release their contract for a specified period of time to the solicitors acting for the buyer next in line . |
| 2 | He 'd done no more than accidentally bump against some sailors aimlessly wandering from the passage next to the warehouse . |
| 3 | For what it 's worth , I was a schoolboy visiting the [ Russian ] cruiser that afternoon after school , and was on the main deck looking over the side next to the quay , when I saw a diver ( with full deep-diving headgear ) being pulled beneath the surface by two frogmen . |
| 4 | Turning to the woman next to her , she whispered , ‘ Where is Lexy , by the way ? |
| 5 | Gwendolen , still clad in dark blue , was indefatigably marching with the party next to a most sympathetic lady . |
| 6 | The leader of this threat is Nik Aziz Nik Mat , a humble-mannered man who was elected chief minister of Kelantan after a working life spent teaching in the mosque next to his birthplace . |
| 7 | Her two hands went to her face ; then she was flying to the door next to the factory and , hammering on it , called , ‘ Tommy ! |
| 8 | I can hear gentle snoring coming from the room next to mine ; one of my flat-mates . |
| 9 | Ace was lounging on the sofa next to her , his shoeless feet now resting on the table next to the coffee , Kate 's glances of distaste having been completely ignored . |
| 10 | She was kneeling on the steps next to the old iron railings that ran along the front of the terrace , her arms supporting the naked body of her little boy , and she was trembling with the effort of holding him still . |
| 11 | Then he 'd sit for a while , occasionally glancing at the figure next to him , until at last he 'd lean towards the other 's ear . |
| 12 | I 'm I think I 'm talking about the words first of all . |
| 13 | Alice had thought that a white-haired man was sitting in the chair next to her . |
| 14 | And who , sitting in the stalls next to John Hinckley at a matinee of Taxi Driver , would have guessed that their neighbour 's conclusion from watching the film was that , in order to prove his love for Jodie Foster , he must go out and shoot Ronald Reagan ? |
| 15 | Hell , I was meant to be looking after him and then you both started talking in the room next to mine . |
| 16 | In a matter of minutes , wearing the light wrap that Rosa had packed , Luce was sitting on the settee next to Michele and dialling her aunt 's number . |
| 17 | After a couple of deep breaths , she felt well enough to open her eyes , and as the mists cleared she focused on a most peculiar tableau : Jackie Tiptoe sitting on the floor next to Rose Williams , holding her hand and murmuring in her ear . |
| 18 | Maya was sitting on the bed next to me . |
| 19 | But he avoided sitting on the sofa next to her although she 'd left space . |
| 20 | AFTER a show in Los Angeles , Paula Abdul returned to her dressing-room to find her husband , Emilio Estevez , sitting on the sofa next to old flame Demi Moore . |
| 21 | Judith glanced up at the blue and white JNF money-box , with the map of Palestine embossed on its face , standing on the mantelpiece next to Molly 's letter . |
| 22 | I do n't mind you talking to the person next to you but keep the noise down please . |
| 23 | Twice , when he had run out of ideas , he had driven the little Triumph out of the district to a coffee shop where he was not known , and had sat drinking coffee and talking to the men next to him at the counter , surprised to find himself accepted as a member of the grown-up world . |
| 24 | One evening in December I gently pushed open the old kitchen door , and there , sitting by the fire next to Joe , in my old place , was — Pip ! |
| 25 | Sam is right there with him , kneeling by the bed next to the aquamarine princess phone , the barrel of his gun inches from Mark 's temple . |
| 26 | Mr Beckenham remained only the one night at Merchiston Lodge , sleeping in the room next to Araminta 's , which had been made ready for him . |
| 27 | Despite this territorial expansion Theodoric was still technically a federate of the Roman Empire , working in the service first of Severus and then of Anthemius . |
| 28 | Ace was lounging on the sofa next to her , his shoeless feet now resting on the table next to the coffee , Kate 's glances of distaste having been completely ignored . |