Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [prep] a [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | They challenged a man who was seen acting suspiciously at a horses ' rest home near their RAF base . |
| 2 | One woman writing anonymously to a women 's magazine told of her distress at a particularly dehumanizing gynaecological examination . |
| 3 | No one in the shop seems surprised at two men slipping away from a police raid . |
| 4 | each cluster is careering forward like a bolas . |
| 5 | In Herefordshire , education , health , social services and voluntary groups are working together on a Lifestyles Project which enables students leaving college to have a life of their own within the community . |
| 6 | When we see sin unmasked now and again , and reigning even for a minutes unrestrained , we get a faint idea of its extreme hatefulness and loathsomeness . |