Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pron] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could have been hours or minutes later that Isabel found herself staring into a dark pit . |
| 2 | Isabel found herself staring at Matilda 's kindly face , completely at a loss . |
| 3 | Isabel stopped her pacing about the room and looked at de Raimes in surprise . |
| 4 | Leaning away slightly as Ibn Fayoud enveloped her in his gowns and aftershave , Kelly found herself looking at a smiling Annie . |
| 5 | Beryl caught him looking at a painting hanging above the mantelpiece , a portrait of a middle-aged woman of exceptional beauty . |
| 6 | Nessie found herself reacting as if to the parish priest or the headmaster of the school . |
| 7 | Corbett met him coming up the stairs . |
| 8 | Rex found himself crashing to the ground . |
| 9 | Lucy found herself mouthing like a mill worker to make herself understood over the noise , which was louder than any machinery . |
| 10 | His cheerful smile belied his words and Hari found herself responding to his warmth . |
| 11 | Hari heard him beating at the bushes with his truncheon and then he opened the door to the workshop . |
| 12 | But Pat remembers him saying to various children : ‘ Why do n't you lay down at the bottom of the swimming pool for half an hour ? ’ |
| 13 | Lucy watched them going down the lane . |
| 14 | An SAR helicopter of the Army Air Corps and an RAF Nimrod began a search , and at 0015 on Friday 9 March William Luckin slipped her mooring with Second Coxswain/Mechanic John O'Donnell in command . |
| 15 | The Partito Popolare continues its sniping with parliamentary questions about her plans : ‘ Whatever Corral may have in mind , ’ says the parliamentarian Miguel Angel Cortés , ‘ is one of the best kept secrets in the kngdom ’ . |
| 16 | Rebecca had him panting after her . |
| 17 | Richard believes his playing at matches inspires the team and he said : ‘ I did it for a laugh at the first home game but now it 's taken off . |
| 18 | It seems we got a irregularity here — Mr Stein knows he goin' to be workin' here long-term but he apply for short-term only . ’ |
| 19 | After an hour the ship emerged from the jungle , and the Shermans found themselves gazing across an open alluvial plain dotted with isolated clumps of palm . |
| 20 | Ronni found herself glancing beyond his broad shoulders to the half-shuttered , sumptuously furnished room beyond , with its rug-strewn floor , picture-covered walls and vast , deeply unsettling canopied bed . |
| 21 | Ruth found herself crouching on the floor , almost fainting ; wondering how she could ever have thought before that Fincara was casting spells . |
| 22 | Benny found herself standing in a smooth-floored entryway that opened on to the docks about ten feet further on . |
| 23 | Even with regard to this episode Margaret showed a sisterly loyalty : I am told that when she and Ivy found themselves staying at the same hotel as Cecilia Ady , Eleanor Jourdain 's chief opponent , ‘ there was a marked coldness ’ . |
| 24 | His English was perfect and Munro found himself warming to him . |
| 25 | As they drew alongside , on the road they had travelled on their way to Tara , Fenella found herself staring into its depths and remembering the ancient Forest Court at its heart … |
| 26 | His hand came out imperiously and Maggie found herself fumbling in her bag like a thoroughly green reporter , anxiously trying to get it into his hand before he snapped his fingers , because she was sure inside that he would do that next . |
| 27 | Romany mimed them going about the boat , looking here and looking there . |
| 28 | One letter in January finds him apologising to Theo for composing his previous letter in ‘ a moment of spleen ’ . |
| 29 | In the first premonition , Mr Reynolds saw himself standing on the footplate of No 43106 leaving Bridgnorth , smoke-box first , with some covered wagons heading for Bewdley . |
| 30 | Alexander saw her coming towards him . |