Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're standing hunched up with the dull awareness of the hard graft . |
| 2 | The locals are getting wound up about the game . |
| 3 | A few feet away two medics were lying stretched out on the floor of the barn , one lying face down , his arms by his sides , he appeared to be dead . |
| 4 | ‘ My mother especially is becoming worn out with the constant caring and the sleepless nights . ’ |
| 5 | The other lamb 's getting tangled up in the other parts of that Russian vine 's gone over . |
| 6 | Our Jan 's getting fought over at the moment . |
| 7 | Far more important was the fact that this baby girl , born two weeks after the defeat of a Scottish army by the English at Solway Moss , and at a time when her remarkable father James V was lying burnt out at the age of thirty in his glorious hunting-lodge at Falkland , was to be within a week of her birth queen of the Scots . |
| 8 | Karen was lying stretched out on the sofa facing me , staring up at the ceiling . |
| 9 | Carrington was directed to a nearby farmhouse where ‘ a tall , dark German airman had been arrested at the sharp end of a pitchfork ’ to find only another crowd of excited neighbours and a labourer called Davie Maclean who was getting fed up with the whole affair . |
| 10 | No , I think she was getting chatted up by the bloke who owned the place , really ! |
| 11 | I was getting caught up in the rat race and thin round the edges spiritually , when the Lord stepped in and reminded me of a promise He made before we left Kent . |
| 12 | He was sitting propped up against the side of the snack kiosk , head on his chest , eye shut . |
| 13 | He was sitting propped up against the end of the bed with his back to the wall , still fully dressed . |
| 14 | Cooper was not in court to hear the judgement , but the effect on McMahon was explosive : ‘ One moment I was sitting bent over in the dock in utter despair , the next I was on my feet with arms outstretched , screaming at the judges . |
| 15 | The fire had been lit in the bedroom , and Senga was sitting curled up in the rocking chair beside the fire quietly reading aloud from the latest issue of the " Girls Own Paper . " |
| 16 | She was sitting curled up in the armchair like Mrs. Mounce , nursing a final cup of cold Nescafé . |
| 17 | When he came back Breeze was sitting curled up by the fire in the quaint but attractive parlour , her eyes fixed thoughtfully on the dancing flames . |