Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] a [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a replacement , we were losing that money erm because the , the water meter was going round at a pound an hour . |
| 2 | God how she hated them , the middle classes , penny-pinching , doling out their little bits , in their minds always the thought of saving and accumulating , saving — thought Alice , her mouth full of bile , as she stood gazing up at a beam a foot across that looked grey and flaky , with whitey-yellow fibres in it — the dry rot itself , which would lay its creeping arms over all the wood , if it were allowed , then creep down the walls , into the floor below , spread like a disease … |
| 3 | Instead , he was holding out like a carrot a heart-stopping headlong plunge into a new dimension of existence . |
| 4 | Filled with unusual trees and shrubs , dropping down to a stream the Professor created himself , the garden flows softly and naturally between their home , Vine House , built in 1725 , and the 18th-century park of Blaise Castle , laid out by Repton , which lies adjacent . |
| 5 | It was simply grey water in a steady stream falling on to a sea the colour of metal , on to a grey town . |