Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [v-ing] [prep] the " 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 | In a scaly hollow a crowd of naked Perks fled squealing from the echo of their bounding feet . |
| 3 | Sergeant Stitch came marching into the bathroom , to find Egbert Rose . |
| 4 | Cranston was about to reply when Colebrooke came striding across the green . |
| 5 | Seconds later , when the Plymouth came screaming around the bend , Manville was safely observing it from the inside of a record store window . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I go to the next off-licence along , where the guy 's nose is still okay Now Meadowbrook started making with the Shakespeare . |
| 9 | Jeff started training for the marathon in October last year , and was running 50 miles a week when he suffered a hip injury . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Corbett lay dozing on the bed , idly wondering what Maeve was doing , and thought again of Sister Agatha . |
| 12 | Hari remembered standing in the darkened street , watching the parade of carriages driving along Mumbles Road and into Gloucester Place . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Donna sat looking at the box for long moments . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Markby sat glowering at the gas fire which had dulled its bright flames and hissed in a soft insistent way . |
| 17 | Sarah came running from the parlour , her face colourless . |
| 18 | Will 's sister , Joan , opened the door , and then Will came running down the stairs . |
| 19 | The court heard that PC Whitehouse had been questioning the driver of another red Ford car when the Sierra came speeding round the corner . |
| 20 | Charley came running round the corner . |
| 21 | Joseph had just stepped out of his room and was pulling the door closed when Patrick came panting up the stairs . |
| 22 | El-ahrairah and Rabscuttle came away in perplexity and that day , when Prince Rainbow came walking through the marshes , he said , " Well , well , Prince with the Thousand Enemies , where are the lettuces ? " |
| 23 | As Ryker came careering into the kitchen , Julie threw back the cellar hatch and came hurtling forth like a maddened trap-door spider , brandishing the hammer . |
| 24 | Maggie came hurrying down the stairs , followed by two little boys of about four and three . |
| 25 | Long before Doone came knocking on the door , Perkin could have decided , in case the girl 's body were ever found , to say he did n't remember her . |
| 26 | Mr Ross finished speaking on the phone , then looked carefully at my mother and me . |
| 27 | Mrs Frost began working for the education authority in 1943 , carrying out secretarial work in the area office . |
| 28 | The stunning view of Dumyat makes a splendid backdrop to the garden , reminding us of the times Sir Monty spent hillwalking on the many occasions he visited Stirling . |
| 29 | Mum and Dad were all tight and not saying much and Annie just chatted away to me in the back and Simon kept licking at the suitcase like it was a bone or summat . |
| 30 | Brenda liked living in the country for some things , but not for others . |