Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] the [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this new position he could see a picture of a woman hanging on the wall opposite . |
| 2 | ‘ We walked into this shop in Denmark Street , ’ relates Niall Linehan , ‘ with the intention of buying a spare guitar , and I 'd had my eye on this Gibson Les Paul hanging on the wall there . |
| 3 | Sedan chair ( linked to three — a tree ) : A blossom tree with sedan chairs hanging on the branches instead of flowers ; |
| 4 | Small stones , sticking to the rim , became dislodged and at one point were tumbling down the curve as quickly as the wheel was rising , giving the appearance of effervescence . |
| 5 | Susanna Rance finds out why serious-minded La Paz dwellers can be seen walking down the streets intently fondling toy cars , play-money and doll 's house pieces . |
| 6 | Mother and daughter were walking down the room together . |
| 7 | Sivell seems to have the old and young balanced quite well and he will have to stop himself from dusting down the mantlepiece once more . |
| 8 | In alarm she glanced back at Samson and saw him hit out wildly , lose his balance and crash back , knocking down the men behind like a row of ninepins . |
| 9 | we get on the train at , most of them get on at Elstree luckily so what we do is we open the doors and they 're always crowding up the bit where the door is and they say excuse me may I get on please ? |
| 10 | As for the Multiple sclerosis sufferers at Didcot ; they believe there 's enough evidence to give credibility to their treatment , so they 're keeping up the pressure both inside and outside the chamber . |
| 11 | She had long ago stopped resenting their original professional clashes , and these days their disagreements tended to be over minor details , with her ending up the victor as often as he did . |
| 12 | insy winsy spider climbing up the spout again |
| 13 | Yes , very good , we 're climbing up the league now , week by week . |
| 14 | Medusa raised her arms : ‘ We are , ’ she said , spelling out the words slowly : ‘ We are bringing you the real magic , this time . ’ |
| 15 | The collective " she " is presented in this list as if a natural immutable category , ruling out the possibility either of individual traits or of conditions explaining any of the points on the list which might be subject to change . |
| 16 | ‘ did proceed across ( or along ) the carriageway ’ This point means that the pedestrian tried or succeeded in walking across the carriageway i.e. from footpath to footpath or along the carriageway in the same direction as the traffic flow . |
| 17 | You could hear him shouting down the telephone halfway down the road . |
| 18 | Finding herself back in the Imaginary Universes Laboratory , Gedanken lost no time in looking down the microscope again . |
| 19 | Word is coming in that rival hamlets are already filling in the forms as fast as they can put pen to paper . |
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| 21 | Er , now thinking of the experience of recording your conversations using the personal stereo and filling in the booklet how do you find this in general ? |
| 22 | The typical interviewee profile of the ‘ recreational user ’ is that of ‘ dabbling ’ at weekends , usually sharing a ‘ bag ’ with a friend , then gradually filling in the days in between until they are all taken up by heroin use . |
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| 24 | In no time at all they were coasting down the slope out of the car park . |
| 25 | ‘ Writing off the Crumwallises already ? ’ |
| 26 | What you 'll find , you 'll find in here that it 'll just be picking up the budgies mainly . |
| 27 | ‘ What are you doing ? ’ she asked , her heart picking up the pace again . |
| 28 | Dumb Why do you like picking up the telephone so much ? |
| 29 | ‘ The hospital say he ca n't be moved for two months yet , ’ said Annunziata , picking up the tray again , ‘ but then il dottore will arrange everything . |
| 30 | ‘ You can guard each other , ’ he said , picking up the loaf again . |