Example sentences of "girl [v-ing] on the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I would be delighted to design the flowers for your wedding … | ’ The daydream was so engrossing that she almost did n't see the man and the girl struggling on the pavement opposite . |
2 | The letter is passed to the front of the line in this way — each girl writing on the back of the one in front . |
3 | He reported it at once and when the police and ambulance got there they found the bodies of a man and a girl lying on the road and partially burned . |
4 | ‘ I saw the girl lying on the sidewalk with blood gushing from her head . |
5 | I was enjoying this small social triumph , but then a girl sitting on the other side of the pool lowered her book , took off her sunglasses and looked at me . |
6 | Janine , stunned , had gone to the little girl sitting on the crate . |
7 | My eyes are on the black girl sitting on the floor , slumped against the wall , her eyes closed . |
8 | ‘ What the hell has Marissa got to do with any of this ? ’ he demanded brusquely , frowning down at the flushed cheeks of the girl sitting on the sofa . |
9 | whether the girl standing on the opposite side of Highgate Hill ( or Highgate West Hill ) with the long dark hair blowing forwards over her shoulder will turn so that he can see her face ; and if so , whether the face will be the revelation that the long dark hair promises ; and what a face would have to be like to be the revelation that one always expects … |
10 | whether the girl standing on the opposite side of the crossroads , with her face hidden by the long dark hair falling over her shoulders as she waits to cross the road , head turned to watch the oncoming traffic , will look straight ahead so that he can see her face : and if so , whether it will fulfil his hopes ; and whether the fulfilment of his hopes would in itself be a kind of disappointment . |
11 | WHO is that luscious young girl posing on the beach in romantic Mauritius ? |