Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Dawn found me stretched out on the bench below the War Memorial in Glencoe Village soaking up the first warm rays of sun and waiting for the shop to open . |
2 | He was responsible for drawing up the first comprehensive anti-drugs strategy , unveiled in September 1989 , which involved increased spending , heavier penalties for casual users and incentives to drug-producing countries to clamp down on narcotics production . |
3 | Past Bracken Hill beyond Out Brough I looked down at Bainbridge snoozing in the sun before dropping down the last half-mile to the green and the Post Office for something to still the dust . |
4 | The marauders had simply backed the wagon into a relatively open grove , and tipped the stack of wood headlong , raking out the last slim cordwood and dragging the cart away from under them . |
5 | Robinson ran a school for retarded Christian children and had clashed with local villagers , who accused him of setting up the first Israeli settlement in Lebanon . |