Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] [noun prp] [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I proceeded towards the doors , I realized M. Dupont was following me . |
| 2 | In the ground-floor corridor I found Dr Jones was running with me . |
| 3 | The three strangers claimed , inter alia , that they believed Mrs. Morgan was consenting . |
| 4 | However , well-informed sources ruled out both British Aerospace and STC as buyers , saying they believed Hoare Govett was acting on behalf of normal investment clients or Middle Eastern investors with an interest in Ferranti 's future . |
| 5 | I noticed Nick Faldo was pulling a trolley and it made me curious . |
| 6 | Seconds later , however , Quinn smartly allowed Ray Houghton 's skimming cross-field pass through and the unmarked McGrath stooped to conquer with a header for his seventh goal in 60 international appearances . |
| 7 | Michael Fallon claimed Alan Milburn was taking jobs away from Darlington because he is a business development officer for North Tyneside district Tory Foreign Minister Douglas Hurd visited the North-East saying Labour 's minimum wage plans would lead to job losses . |
| 8 | The story that sparked the storm claimed Princess Anne was defying attempts to hasten her marriage to Commander Tim . |
| 9 | As British women and children continue to fly out of the Gulf , the Oxford based charity Oxfam is trying to increase awareness of other foreign nationals they 've left behind . |
| 10 | Mr Smith claimed John Major was using ‘ slippery manoeuvres ’ to get the legislation through intact . |
| 11 | I discovered Negley Farson 's Going Fishing , and one magic afternoon I unearthed a copy of Izaak Walton 's Compleat Angler , which he wrote in 1676 . |
| 12 | One July day in 1943 at Blaconsthorpe , Norfolk , a born-deaf farm labourer named Kenneth Andrews was walking home from work accompanied by his wife , and carrying his young baby when he saw a R.A.F. Typhoon fighter plane crash in flames . |
| 13 | We walked past a tanker where a huge man named Andy Matthews was pumping vinyl acetate into a 10,000-gallon vat , wreathed in its sweet , sickly smell : ‘ I 've been here two years , ’ he said . |
| 14 | It seemed a certain ANC lawyer down in Durban named Griffiths Mxenge was giving trouble . |
| 15 | Several of the closed files on the BF seem to refer to their activity in Italy through their links with the International Centre of Fascist Studies , and the Foreign Office was aware that a British resident called Captain Strina was attempting to form a legion of the organization amongst expatriates in that country . |
| 16 | Although the family was now impoverished and the estate sold Lord Dungannon was bringing up his considerable family in a modest villa in Bayswater — the boy had still gone to his father 's school . |
| 17 | But when he turned round he saw Dean Simpson was holding a stanley knife . |
| 18 | Everyone knew Gary Lineker was saying farewell to international football and a new dawn was beckoning . |
| 19 | ‘ Next thing I knew Mr. Household was rushing past me out of the door . |
| 20 | In 1955 London theatre saw Samuel Beckett 's Waiting for Godot , a play composed first in French and later in English by a detribalised Irishman living in Paris , and theatrical minimalism was suddenly the rage . |
| 21 | The Court of Appeal reached their decision with regret because as they clearly saw Mr. Tully is seeking to exploit the privilege against self-incrimination in order to frustrate the plaintiffs ' claims . |
| 22 | Niki still thought Ron Dennis was giving Prost the better service . |
| 23 | I thought Jack Nicklaus was going to choke . |
| 24 | The Communist attack was led by Thakin Chit , formerly of Do-Bama , who taunted Aung San 's following as the ‘ Dominion Status AFPFL ’ . |
| 25 | I also thought Mark Beeney was acting within in his rights in picking up Wetherall 's bodged interception . |
| 26 | Kiku saw thai Jehan was staring at her , and she glared at him . |
| 27 | The next thing she knew James Halden was carrying her out through the yard in strong , muscular arms . |
| 28 | The fact that , though they had been pared , no fewer than 13 charges still awaited Mr Nadir is discouraging . |
| 29 | The ballad-type songs of the day sung by such as Tony Bennett , Rosemary Clooney , Doris Day , Debbie Reynolds and Frank Sinatra , plus the great classical music she had heard from her youth , facilitated Masha Cohen 's overcoming of her personal nightmares , and had become — along with the very important Yiddish music — the natural background to Leonard 's life , too . |
| 30 | ‘ The paper said Richard Arnold was going to Florida for the launch of the communications satellite . |