Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [v-ing] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Time and again , they came upon heaps of white shard-like bones or tripped cursing over a trailing white , skeletal arm or leg protruding from its thin veil of soil . |
| 2 | ‘ Bounced out as soon as she heard me call you and came scrabbling up the slope . |
| 3 | As they reached the corner of Woodbine Close , Dudley Ford emerged from his front door and came striding down the garden path with Sinbad snuffling at his heels . |
| 4 | Juliette bent down and began picking up the smashed pieces of china . |
| 5 | The yellow dog barked excitedly and shook himself ; he shoved his nose into his dish and began gulping down the food in huge , hungry bites . |
| 6 | An even bigger shock was in store when the organisers set to and began breaking out a peg for everyone . |
| 7 | She knelt quickly and began scooping up the shards . |
| 8 | He gave her a quick nod of approval and she went down to the end of the shop and began filling in the certificates , taking her information from the records Mr Miller had already made . |
| 9 | A little boy came out of the woods opposite and began skiing down the slope towards the road . |
| 10 | I helped myself , and when I had finished , I went up on deck and began sorting out the rigging . |
| 11 | He put the card down and began serving out the oeufs soubise from the dish in front of him . |
| 12 | The young woman put the tray down on the table beside the bed and began gathering up the books and papers off the bedspread . |
| 13 | She reached across the desk , grabbed the instrument and began tapping out a number with the angry , impatient air of someone who has been kept waiting for an unacceptably long time . |
| 14 | Ianthe turned away , slightly embarrassed , and began wrapping up the purchase . |
| 15 | Chola and Mina set out for the fields to continue the millet harvest , and Kalchu fetched the flat wooden spade and began beating down the mud to repair the leaking roof . |
| 16 | She saw them at the same moment and hesitated , then she turned and began walking back the way she had come . |
| 17 | Simon did n't answer , just turned in his swivel chair and began lacing up the front of Kim 's basque while still giving me my instructions . |
| 18 | True to her word , Nelly Tilling called frequently at Albert Piggott 's house , and enjoyed cleaning up the place and cooking her old friend a meal . |
| 19 | The impressive Victorian building has recently been refurbished and restored bringing back the old fashioned courtesy , charm and service of a bygone era . |
| 20 | Chrissie shouted to him , oi , where are your Beatle boots then ? and started bashing out the rhythm to ‘ Glad All Over ’ on the table . |
| 21 | I felt like I 'd been kicked by a camel but I still needed food , so I polished off the eclair , belched with all the decorum I could , and started eyeing up a Danish pastry . |
| 22 | Clouds rose in thin columns up the mountain sides , grey upon grey , and started smudging out the valley . |
| 23 | I left my blanket roll by the door and went around behind the counter and started making out a passenger list and tickets . |
| 24 | The breakthrough came 6 weeks after the police dismantled the garage and started ripping up the garden at what used to be the home of Joan 's husband , David Main . |
| 25 | It was after six when she got home and started clearing up the detritus of lunch . |
| 26 | She had not walked a hundred metres before she tripped over a loose stone and went crashing over a steep overhang . |
| 27 | He put Middy down , found the torch , and went walking up the field path . |
| 28 | She shrugged and stared unspeaking down the loch , and wished again that he would go away . |
| 29 | Then , bracing herself , she strode to the top of the staircase and stood gazing down the wide , sweeping curve of it to the imposing hallway and the big front door . |
| 30 | Harry did not look up , but continued paying out the flex until he rounded the corner of the deck-house and could see Richard without bothering to turn his head . |