Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [v-ing] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That got me moving east fast , searching hard now for access to the quire . |
| 2 | In 1990 Indiana passed a law that obliged transporters to certify that their rubbish included no medical or hazardous waste , and charged them tipping fees equal to those at the landfill nearest the place that had sent the rubbish . |
| 3 | POACHERS shot at police who caught them killing pigs on a farm . |
| 4 | POACHERS shot at police who caught them killing pigs on a farm . |
| 5 | When Izzie came out , hearing voices , she found them drawing tally marks in the dust , counting up the number of different roles they could play between them . |
| 6 | There he found them playing tig round the apple trees . |
| 7 | They became constant companions and Corbett often found them playing cat's-cradle in some comer or window embrasure . |
| 8 | He did n't catch me with heroin actually , he caught me injecting coke , but I was on heroin at the time . |
| 9 | But later , I realized that it had been quite good for me and stopped me getting big-headed . |
| 10 | ‘ Six years , and then burning up this last week I 've spent in Singapore , regretting the entrenched prejudices that stopped me making love to you last time we were together . |
| 11 | The princely sum of one guinea a month was agreed on , and though it was not as much as Beth would have liked , it was a welcome increase , and one that positively staggered her disbelieving husband . |
| 12 | He cupped her face in his hands , moaning softly as he drew her resisting body towards him . |
| 13 | She described her working experience as ‘ worse than anything I had ever imagined ’ . |
| 14 | The crook was given a reference but ran out of luck when his new bosses caught him fiddling £60 million . |
| 15 | Debbie has been referred to a Young Disabled Unit and a psychiatric unit ( ‘ On the second day they found her playing cards in the alcoholics ’ ward ’ ) . |
| 16 | In August of 1157 Barbarossa invaded Poland to resolve troublesome territorial arguments ; and the following month found him holding court at Besançon , one of the imperial centres established by his predecessor Charlemagne . |
| 17 | Nineteen year old Joseph from South London said he 'd been acting in self defence , and he was cleared of murdering Bob who 'd challenging him with a hammer when he found him slashing car tyres . |
| 18 | And he was cleared of murdering Bob who 'd challenged him with a hammer when he found him slashing car tyres . |
| 19 | That afternoon , when she found him giving Huw Pritchard a boxing-lesson , she caught a glimpse of the old Connor — the man she loved , the man she had married . |
| 20 | Perdita , not in the best mood after a cold shower , found him having breakfast . |
| 21 | I said I 'd remember that if ever I found him dangling upside down by one toe from a ski-lift cable . |
| 22 | We first found him sitting bolt upright , dressed immaculately in a white safari-suit , eating gado-gado — a delicious local vegetable dish with a spicy peanut sauce — at one of the tiny mobile eateries near the market . |
| 23 | She paused for a moment , choked with emotion and dabbed her brimming eyes with a tissue . |
| 24 | I caught her looking Paul . |
| 25 | He caught her exploring fingers and lifted them to his mouth and kissed them quickly , his eyes filled with a wry mockery as he studied her flushed face . |
| 26 | As I fought for bar space to order the drinks , I looked over my shoulder and caught her making hand signals to a bunch of her friends camped on the stairs leading up to the Ladies ' toilets . |
| 27 | Only the waiter arriving with their main course stopped her telling Nathan Bryce exactly what she thought of him and his female acquaintances . |
| 28 | Her disability never stopped her attending meetings , briefings and conferences , often aided by her twin sons , Paul and Mark , and she would ask uncommonly fierce questions from her wheelchair . |
| 29 | And they stopped her doing things . |
| 30 | But he stopped her stammering mouth with a kiss . |