Example sentences of "[pron] [v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know nothing about radio — but I do n't need to , I realize , because , even while I watch , the waves are softly withdrawing from the wavebands , as from a beach at low tide on a calm summer 's afternoon , leaving me gazing through the darkness of my son 's bedroom at three shirts , two of them size 35 long , one of them size 32 medium . |
| 2 | If you choose one of these kinds of carpets they should be laid on the paper to stop them sticking to the floor . |
| 3 | Mothers are all right , I suppose , you 'd miss them fussing about the place , but ould fellows are like that hind tits of a cow – no good for use or ornament . |
| 4 | Earlier in the day , the police task force moved on bands of New Age travellers , trying to stop them gathering for a festival this weekend . |
| 5 | I could hear them fumbling with the ladder at the window . |
| 6 | This evening I visited Scouse 's latrine , the mosquitoes and all the flies were having a fieldday ; there were clouds of them hanging over the latrine in the still evening air . |
| 7 | This does n't apply , however , if you 're only offering them a small amount of food to keep them hanging around the sett for a little longer than usual . |
| 8 | A pattern is forming — a str–tegy , her strategy — her acting , me reacting like a frog 's hind leg ! |
| 9 | I had no intention of trying to explain the whereabouts of Sunil 's goods to Sunil or his henchmen until I 'd made contact with Zaria , and if she did n't come across soon there was a good chance she 'd find me hanging from a Christmas tree by the neck . |
| 10 | It is believed the platform of the hoist toppled over the first floor balcony sending them crashing to the ground floor . |
| 11 | But they put their foot down when it came to maths and they caught me grappling with the colour scheme of a kestrel . |
| 12 | There 's no point in me appearing with a pig-tail and diamanté donkey jacket . |
| 13 | Anyway , I 've always had this real fear of me appearing in the Mail On Sunday with my eyes shut and looking pissed , with some caption underneath saying ‘ Whose beer is it anyway ? ’ or ‘ Have I got booze for you ’ . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ One of them was so desperate to stop me overtaking at the ford he lost his footing and fell backwards into the water . ’ |
| 15 | I think that 's what I think , but I 'm not sure that if I 'd been born here I 'd be pleased to see me walking down the lane . |
| 16 | He 's already had two anyway through recognising people that have been through his hands in the cell block , an following 'em and finding them climbing through a window . |
| 17 | The sounds of what was going on in the box were being relayed out into the laboratory where Gedanken was , but nothing happening in the laboratory was getting through to the beetles in the box . |
| 18 | I held it while a hand moved over me checking for the hardware . |
| 19 | Dr Livesey came out of the house in time to see me climbing into the stockade , and my friends welcomed me happily . |
| 20 | You could hear them wailing above the noise of the aircraft . ’ |
| 21 | Long-focus shots of me groping in the dark , or will it be more close-ups of my stupidity ? ’ |
| 22 | I left right , right , I ran off I jumped out the car because I heard them driving round the corner |
| 23 | He has also earned the respect of the players who know that Nigel can hold the key to them returning to the side quickly . |
| 24 | The major watched them walking down the corridor , holding hands . |
| 25 | Dad opened the front door and he said there was a troop of them walking up the path ! |
| 26 | That had seemed natural to Stephen , the way things should be : his father working and then emerging from his work , all three of them walking on the beach , or walking to Badstoneleigh to go to the Pavilion , or having tea on Stephen 's birthday in the Spinning Wheel , or going to see Somerset play . |
| 27 | I had heard rumours that Jack the Ripper was about in the night , but that did n't stop me launching into the fog . |
| 28 | All I can hear is the sound of large , heavy objects falling over … the telephone being dropped … someone crashing into a bicycle . |
| 29 | Adapt this by inserting bride 's or groom 's name ; e.g. ‘ When Steven/Annabelle was a young reporter he/she heard a shout from someone drowning in a river … ’ |
| 30 | There did not seem to be a living soul left among the houses , except for someone banging on the door of the lock-up . |