Example sentences of "[noun prp] [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Returning to England she was able to put her principles of movement teaching into practice with Molly accompanying her on the piano . |
| 2 | This may turn out to be possibly the most innovative airshow scenario staged anywhere this year — detailed down to Flyco flagging them off the ‘ deck ’ . |
| 3 | The Immigration and Nationality Department of the Home Office has asked through the Scottish Education Department that we write to all governing bodies in Scotland reminding them of the difficulties created by urgent requests for naturalisation shortly before international sporting events . |
| 4 | We bowed and left , Catesby showing us to the door . |
| 5 | Dorothea 's distress at her distance from that other nation is thus in advance of her time , but the absence of scenes in Middlemarch showing her within the houses of the poor is quite appropriate to the period in which it is set . |
| 6 | She had the sensation that if she looked over her shoulder she would find Rohan Saint Yves watching her from the shadows … |
| 7 | As a symbol of his undying affinity to Barnet , Fry promised to watch this Saturday 's match at Halifax from the terraces — despite Flashman banning him from the club . |
| 8 | Fry promised to watch this Saturday 's match at Halifax from the terraces — despite Flashman banning him from the club . |
| 9 | A letter was sent to the parish officers of Kempston informing them of the gross impropriety of their conduct respecting the patient and the institution . |
| 10 | With Roy holding her by the arms she walked up his body until , reaching his shoulders , she flipped over and landed on her feet , screeching with laughter . |
| 11 | She did mind , though , and , as they were met at the emergency entrance with a wheeled stretcher-bed for Faye and a paged message for Tom summoning him to the renal unit to attend urgently to another patient , her concern for Faye 's condition battled for priority in her thoughts with painful images of Marise Wyspianski glowing in the magic aura of Tom 's kiss , and of Tom himself , at the wheel of the Mercedes just moments ago , staring so grimly into the Christmas Eve traffic . |
| 12 | When Benny and Eve came out of Healy 's Hotel , they saw Sean Walsh watching them from the doorway of Hogan 's across the street . |
| 13 | Yelena Prokina skilfully using Mussorgsky 's rapid melodic fragments to suggest her terror as she is about to succumb to rape , Andrey Khovansky pursuing her with the exaggeration of the weak man who is over-asserting himself . |
| 14 | When we stopped , he told me that he saw Jesus leading him down the path away from St Luke 's and out into the street . |
| 15 | For one wild moment she thought it was Adam fighting her for the cup ; but it was a more powerful arm that pinned her . |
| 16 | The plan is foiled but Magwitch escapes the gallows by dying in hospital , with Pip tending him to the last . |
| 17 | Now he was wrestling with the bit about ‘ God leading thee into the w-w-wilderness for forty years to humble thee and to p-p-prove thee . ’ |
| 18 | He turned and saw Emily watching him from the bottom of the stairs with his leather coat wrapped around her . |
| 19 | I remember Chung telling me of the performance she had given with Tennstedt some years ago , a special experience for her , and this subsequent occasion resulted in a collaboration comparably searching and intense . |
| 20 | Frank Packman tries his running skills at full-back in place of Hunter with Ben Ward succeeding him on the right . |
| 21 | Oh , and talking of Leo : James is a bit sensitive about Peter helping him with the book . ’ |
| 22 | Microsoft Corp says it plans to lead a campaign against growing software piracy in Japan 's personal computer industry , opening it with a letter to 50 hardware manufacturers and 290 software vendors in Japan alerting them to the problem — the Japanese are generally law-abiding , but Microsoft suspects many are unaware they are doing anything wrong copying software . |
| 23 | Could it have been Sitting Bull warning me about the distortion of Indian history in Hollywood films ? |
| 24 | On February 17 1988 a formal specific regulation 7 notice was served on PC Cherry telling him of the allegations . |
| 25 | However , it was not sent out for review until mid-September , Jones receiving it on the 20th . |
| 26 | He lost interest after that , his plan overshadowed by the oil tanker Manhattan making it across the top of America . |
| 27 | Now a group of fourteen Tory MPs have written to John Major warning him of the consequences of further substantial cuts . |
| 28 | A cry escaped her as her face became scratched by the sharp ends of broken fern fronds , and the next instant she felt Silas lifting her from the damp ground . |
| 29 | She was heart-stoppingly aware of Niall watching her from the doorway , a glimmer of something she could n't fathom in his blue eyes . |
| 30 | Cos Nick , I remember Nick phoning us up the other day actually . |