Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] the [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the whole weight of the whole er the gear that actually sent the crusher going and made it so the jaws the swing jaw swing and all that , was er hanging on the cap you see . |
| 2 | In the side panel of the door he found a street map of Oxford , together with a copy of Railway Magazine ; and opening out the map he traced the line of the River Cherwell , moving his right index-finger slowly northwards from the site marked Bathing Pool , up along the edge of the University Parks , then past Norham Gardens and Park Town , out under the Marston Ferry Road ; and then , veering north-westerly , up past the bottom of Lonsdale Road … |
| 3 | She saw them at the same moment and hesitated , then she turned and began walking back the way she had come . |
| 4 | Bizat , suspecting that-as the Victorians had discovered — exhibition clientele was going to be a mainstay of the Palace 's economy , started checking out the market he was aiming at . |
| 5 | He folded it open at a page of stocks and shares , and as he was looking down the lists he gave the man two dollars . |
| 6 | Remember — your list of questions should leave plenty of room for writing down the answers you get ( do not forget to take a pen ! ) . |
| 7 | The small , folded sheets on which he was writing down the things he knew about himself . |
| 8 | I mean as I said when I was filling in the questionnaire I was thinking well this , really this is my preference and you know I 'd much rather be in a job that allowed me some flexibility . |
| 9 | Now for another session of free sailing — filling in the places you missed first time . |
| 10 | Do you want me to apologise for picking up the gauntlet you threw down ? ’ |
| 11 | Then began scuttering backwards and forwards like a small , frightened mouse , picking up the things they had dropped , clothes in the bedroom , toothpaste tube in the bathroom . |
| 12 | Er , you look she falls , er , two or three rush to her , the stall holder fetches a chair , they 're all round her his son 's picking up the bit she slipped on . |
| 13 | Picking up the shot he crouched low at the back of the throwing circle — he was obviously going to put every last gram of effort into preserving his reputation . |
| 14 | Picking up the glass he put it to her mouth . |
| 15 | The task of filling up the blanks I 'd rather leave to you . |
| 16 | Although the majority of modern word processing packages have a built-in Thesaurus , their content is limited and you will often find yourself looking up the word you require in a book . |
| 17 | They were no better at picking out the faces they had seen before than the untreated subjects . |
| 18 | ‘ One piece of advice was to think back on the big innings I have played and think about the positive parts of those innings — picking out the pieces I really enjoyed . |
| 19 | Charlie parted with a halfpenny in exchange for the Daily Chronicle , then sat on the pavement and started to read , picking out the words he recognised . |
| 20 | Not looking back the way they had come , because she could not bear to watch Joe . |
| 21 | We walked out and staggered back to our beds , pushing out the dummies we had left there as decoys , using rolled up overcoats and our pyjamas . |
| 22 | Much of its stealth comes from a design that minimises the chance of radar waves bouncing back the way they came . |
| 23 | Yeah , but men do n't , but wo wo women at home looking out the window they do do n't they ? |
| 24 | Yeah , that 's , yeah it takes you there and you come off there , you have to keep on looking out the window you ca n't miss the stop anyway . |
| 25 | Smoothing out the paper he stood staring at it , reading it over and over again , all the while drumming his fingers agitatedly on the grams phone top . |
| 26 | Before I left the Lock and I was on nights the sirens went one night and this was before they stopped going down the shelter we went down the air raid shelter that is , now , is the cellar to the club at Bloxwich Lock 's club ! |
| 27 | Then he give up , he got , you know , older and we bought the pony off him and she was used to rounds , you see , and she was used to pulling , after you 'd started going down the Fen she knew all the places . |
| 28 | She shuddered then gritted her teeth , forcing down the pain she felt . |
| 29 | At this stage the author uses the light box to see through the paper , and by turning over the paper it is possible to drawn in with pencil on the reverse , a rough copper track layout which will link up the components in accordance with the circuit diagram . |
| 30 | She went to the full-length mirror beside her dressing-table , pulling off the headband she had worn in the bath and releasing the glossy brown hair that tumbled almost to her shoulders . |