Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [v-ing] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could have been the extra garlic I 'd put in the Rogan Josh which woke me at 2.06 a.m. , but it was probably the noise Billy Tuckett made falling through the bathroom skylight and killing himself . |
| 2 | DEC quit looking for an Alpha RISC second source when it became apparent foundries were n't willing to make the kind of investment needed without knowing whether the thing was really going to take off , says Electronic News . |
| 3 | WE WERE sailing from the Queensland port of Cairns to go diving on the Great Barrier Reef . |
| 4 | Mind you , Ann , I suppose that 's why Pat got thinking about a Tory er vote . |
| 5 | Dr Neil avoided looking at a bridling McAllister , particularly when Mrs Darrell went on to say , still in the same shriek , ‘ Hope she 's honest , Neil . |
| 6 | I have the greatest sympathy for hon. and learned Member for Leicester , West ( Mr. Janner ) , but there is a principle involved and it is about time that my right hon. and learned Friend stopped speaking as a lawyer and started acting as a politician . |
| 7 | In a scaly hollow a crowd of naked Perks fled squealing from the echo of their bounding feet . |
| 8 | Sergeant Stitch came marching into the bathroom , to find Egbert Rose . |
| 9 | Cranston was about to reply when Colebrooke came striding across the green . |
| 10 | Chilly as it was , it was nothing compared to the day little Rizla came kicking into a snowy world of white . |
| 11 | Rodomonte came crashing to a halt as withdrawal pains shot through his arms and legs . |
| 12 | Seconds later , when the Plymouth came screaming around the bend , Manville was safely observing it from the inside of a record store window . |
| 13 | Thus he was a supernumerary stoker on a tramp steamer ( how Thesiger hated appearing before the ambassador in Constantinople in his flannels when His Excellency cabled the boat with an invitation ) . |
| 14 | David began writing on a prescription pad . |
| 15 | But quite a lot of the day Toby spent wandering around the school , not because he was naturally idle , but because it was his first job , and the school fascinated him . |
| 16 | I go to the next off-licence along , where the guy 's nose is still okay Now Meadowbrook started making with the Shakespeare . |
| 17 | Eleanor started hinting at an affair . |
| 18 | Jeff started training for the marathon in October last year , and was running 50 miles a week when he suffered a hip injury . |
| 19 | Harry and David were the Brigade 's first horses but , soon after his arrival , David fell going down the Hill to Haversham , and was returned to Euston . |
| 20 | Corbett lay dozing on the bed , idly wondering what Maeve was doing , and thought again of Sister Agatha . |
| 21 | Feeling fraudulent , but enjoying himself immensely , Branson went looking for an island . |
| 22 | Hari remembered standing in the darkened street , watching the parade of carriages driving along Mumbles Road and into Gloucester Place . |
| 23 | She foretold the invasion and defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 ; and Samuel Pepys ' Diary grimly records that Mother Shipton gave forewarning of the Great Fire of London in 1666 . |
| 24 | ‘ Where are you ? ’ she shouted , and heard Linda come thumping down the stairs . |
| 25 | Plumfield continued talking in a nasal voice and she decided that he must be a demon to live with . |
| 26 | Donna sat looking at the box for long moments . |
| 27 | Molly stood looking at the lapping water with Ken Corduroy , expert on garden pools and pergolas , who had arrived quite unexpectedly in his Volvo estate . |
| 28 | Markby sat glowering at the gas fire which had dulled its bright flames and hissed in a soft insistent way . |
| 29 | Sarah came running from the parlour , her face colourless . |
| 30 | Will 's sister , Joan , opened the door , and then Will came running down the stairs . |