Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adj] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other MPs , however , paid warm tribute to Mr Kinnock 's achievement in bringing Labour back from the point of near-extinction . |
| 2 | They amazed us by leaping high out of the water and somersaulting two or three times before nosing beneath it again without missing a beat . |
| 3 | Firstly , State pensions are keeping well up with the cost of living . |
| 4 | We 're looking right back to the beginning of the universe . |
| 5 | ‘ Nearly dead , ’ she said , lying flat out on the bed . |
| 6 | A mental picture of fitzAlan lying senseless out in the rain sent Isabel hurrying to the door . |
| 7 | The columns of MLs led by the destroyer riding high out of the water were suddenly caught in the harsh glare of the west bank searchlight . |
| 8 | TWO anglers were winched to safety by RAF helicopter yesterday after getting cut off by the tide at Severn Beach , Avon . |
| 9 | What the hell was he doing falling out of the window naked anyway ? ’ |
| 10 | It is , however , the great lake itself that dominates the scene , with its forests of dead trees , bare trunks standing tall out of the water like the masts of a vast fleet at anchor . |
| 11 | On one final sweep with the binoculars , however , I saw a clearer patch of water to the south , with the waves breaking further inshore , some of which were rolling clear up to the low rocky cliffs . |
| 12 | The British player , standing close in on the net , chose to leave Emmons ' shot , which dropped comfortably inside the baseline . |
| 13 | He went back to the cage and concentrated on Bobo , because she seemed to be giving him more attention and was sitting close up to the bars . |
| 14 | Bodie flung himself to the window-sill , leaning hard up against the plate glass and searching to right and left of the playground . |