Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun pl] the " in BNC.

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1 What you said that that what you said about the riots , was that is that what you 're talking about the riots the worry .
2 It ca n't be referring to the ones the sons of the kingdom that are inheriting it is it ?
3 When I was waiting at the Connons the other night before you all so efficiently arrested me , I had occasion to use the phone-box almost opposite the house .
4 Snodgrass was discussing with the Gnomes the best route to take and Caspar was making sure that they had packed the maps and Inchbad and Goll the Gorm and Arca Dubh were nodding and smiling and , of course , there was nothing sinister in their smiles — and there was certainly nothing in the least sinister in the way that Goibniu was looking at Fenella , thumbs hooked in his belt , his wide greedy mouth curving into a satisfied grin …
5 As his feet touched the bottom he was thinking of the tanks the Allies had intended to land on the rocky promontory before him ; clearly this was not possible , for now in the starlight he could see its rock face was impassable .
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