Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [vb pp] [v-ing] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often the species involved are quite ( or even very ) unusual , and I am sent scurrying off to flick through books and scientific papers , increasing my own knowledge in the process . |
| 2 | I was kept hangin' about , while they took the poor sod away . |
| 3 | Food was short and for two days I was kept running round trying to buy up supplies , with the result that I had to retire to bed with blistered feet . |
| 4 | I just wanted a reason for having been out , in case I was caught coming back . ’ |
| 5 | Often , after the starter has told you to strip off , you are kept hanging around , mostly for television , and under those circumstances your hamstrings become very vulnerable . |
| 6 | I , I get the feeling that because they do n't really know especially if you 're caught pissing around in quad , yeah , and er it 's by a teacher that you do n't know , a ma or a master or something they do n't pay much attention to it because you 're a girl and they do n't know you and I get that feeling anyway , I feel slightly like we c could actually get away with more . |
| 7 | ‘ You were seen walking up St Giles ’ towards North Oxford , just after lunch yesterday . |
| 8 | We were left hanging out to dry ! ’ |
| 9 | I saw him when we got picked up off the I mean it was half a lifeboat we were left sitting on . |
| 10 | No further nourishment need be provided until they are seen swimming about once again in the spring . |
| 11 | They are shown moving up the figure and their RNR increases . |
| 12 | The remainder of my time with him was spent picking up tips on desert survival . |
| 13 | Neighbours who will do this service for you should use the back door , where there 's less chance of them being seen going in and out . |
| 14 | It 's called going down to the pub . |
| 15 | IT 'S SET MOTORING BACK 30 YEARS . |
| 16 | He is pictured showing off his Lonsdale Belt |
| 17 | When filming a combat he pans round two adversaries so that , as each in turn assumes the aggressive role , he is observed moving in from the right . |
| 18 | Fed up now with being a domestic skivvy , he is seen typing out the goodbye letter before leaving for Marrakech , where he plans to write a novel based on their sex life . |
| 19 | As long-haired ‘ Hap ’ , one of a pair of beatnik lovers , wearing a polo-neck sweater and a raincoat , Dustin 's 45-second moment comes when he is seen breaking up with his girlfriend ( Mariclare Costello ) before she wanders off to be almost grabbed by the preying Wallach . |
| 20 | In the opening sequence he is seen hanging on to the top of a jeep as it careers down the rock of Gibraltar . |
| 21 | Several times , he is seen rummaging about in the garbage bag , possibly trying to conceal something . |
| 22 | He is shown taking off his armour for the pathetic reason that he is not ‘ master of his heart ’ . |
| 23 | But no American politician , especially a wealthy one , is going to last two minutes if he 's caught looking down his nose at folk the way the French do . |
| 24 | He confesses this is why he 's started leaping out in uncharacteristic new directions which discomfit the regulars , playing with bright colours and polka dots when the world expects sludge and subtle stripes ad nauseam . |
| 25 | Only this time , it was found rolling around in a dustbin . |
| 26 | If he was shot sitting down there would probably have been blood on the back of his chair … |
| 27 | Circumstantial evidence may include that the defendant was the only person with the car keys ; he was seen getting out of the vehicle ; he was seen going towards or getting in the vehicle and/or he said he was going to drive the vehicle . |
| 28 | He decided to go home and pick it up , and in fact he was seen going up St Giles ' on his bicycle towards North Oxford . |
| 29 | Mr Grainger claims his 13-year-old son James was punched in the chest when he was caught larking about . |
| 30 | Mr Grainger claims his 13-year-old son James was punched in the chest when he was caught larking about in lessons . |