Example sentences of "[v-ing] [indef pn] [prep] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the west side , Ingleborough is a shadowy giant revealing none of the many wonders that attract its legions of pilgrims ; and to the east , green slopes rise with little incident to dark moors forming a distant skyline . |
| 2 | Still , Will had driven from his Stockport home for the twin purposes of getting some exercise and talking about his book , and neither he nor I fancied a day in sad cafe ambience doing nothing but the latter . |
| 3 | Barbara Coleman was saying something about the former beauty of the garden and its decline , but wondering aloud whether it was fair to say decline because what was happening was that the garden was returning to nature , and further wondering whether it was really and truly nature because some of the plants were not native to the region and did not entirely belong there , and then wondering whether that was not a strange remark to come from one who had made Provence her home for so long that she felt quite a part of the landscape . |
| 4 | But someone was saying something at the same time as Lord Boddy , making him falter and finally stop in midstride . |
| 5 | It is my contention that a similar process is occurring for at least a significant part of the people of Tyneside today , although it is not affecting everyone in the same way and involves a complex process of what may be more apparent than real social differentiation . |
| 6 | Visible now only in the panoramic view , the young woman appeared to be throwing something towards the few remaining Counsellors . |
| 7 | Fritzy , bleerk with Ministry , breaks his hand hitting someone in the same brawl . |