Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first option involved simply eliminating through traffic , principally through the use of one-way systems . |
| 2 | Nearly everyone came down according to plan , but Sgt Paul Flood surprised everyone by missing the drop zone and coming down behind the crowd . |
| 3 | Then , right after he and Mr. Mendez left , a mustered-out soldier from Thomas came in looking for passage to Bisbee . |
| 4 | George came in looking like death . |
| 5 | ‘ The story goes , ’ I told him , as we drove up to Llanberis after meeting at Bangor station , ‘ that you were in the Radziel and a woman came in collecting for charity . |
| 6 | She came in bubbling with excitement ; all evening she had brimmed with some secret mirth . |
| 7 | At 4 pm the following afternoon he awoke and came downstairs asking for breakfast ! |
| 8 | Many mothers with parenting difficulties had a long history of emotional problems themselves , and seemed generally lacking in sensitivity to their children 's anxieties and needs rather than deficient in specific child management techniques . |
| 9 | Clarissa came off sparkling with pleasure after one of her very successful numbers . |
| 10 | I woke up screaming with terror and distress , and told my mother of the dream . |
| 11 | ‘ I completely messed up going to altitude ’ |
| 12 | Well I heard , I , I wondered about that , and erm I think they must have contact because erm one of them who came back bearing in mind there must be a , a , a , about a three month gap , had had a proposal from one of the persons |
| 13 | Cranston asked directions from a one-eyed beggarman and came back beaming from ear to ear . |
| 14 | They were having an intense and appropriately heated discussion on the problems of cold-spots ( as evinced by the fact that their first attempts came out looking like braille roundels ) , and on the unfortunate instability of three poppadoms balanced together — caused not so much by the jerk they received when the turntable started up as by their movements while they cooked and swelled — but eventually my flatmates settled on the concept of standing the things up individually on the glass turntable , and so instigated what they termed a ‘ brainstorming session ’ in an attempt to find a suitable support mechanism . |
| 15 | The 1.6 per cent increase in CO2 is set against an increase of only 1 per cent in gross domestic product over the year , indicating that the economy became more polluting per unit of wealth created . |
| 16 | He got up and began slowly pacing in front of her . |
| 17 | Ianthe remembered as she walked along looking for number 28 that her dressmaker had lived very near here , but somehow , after she had made one or two mourning dresses for her after her mother had died , Ianthe had lost touch with her . |
| 18 | ‘ Fuck off , ’ said Sarah , and walked away laughing with Mouse . |
| 19 | I returned home floating on air and went on preaching . |
| 20 | When I left Nellie I hung about waiting for Dad 's protection but he did n't appear . |
| 21 | Our pulses were quickened soon enough by a seductive menu and a wine list laid out according to grape and price by someone who has sipped well from major world producers and made some rare finds on the way . |
| 22 | Uncle Albert picked up the oars , turned the boat round , and started furiously rowing up river . |
| 23 | The ethnic and religious composition of the force varied greatly according to rank . |
| 24 | Franca said , ‘ Yes , yes , ’ and ran into the other room and started frantically looking for pen and paper . |
| 25 | British No 2 Chris Wilkinson , conqueror of Ivanisevic at Queen 's last week , also has a chance to make progress after drawing another Argentine , Daniel Orsanic , the late replacement for French Open champion Sergi Bruguera who pulled out complaining of exhaustion . |
| 26 | The recall part of the experiment started approximately 50 minutes after the first and 10 minutes after the last of the junctions had been driven through ( the exact times varied considerably depending on driving style and traffic conditions ) . |
| 27 | Once , a dog squealed and went on squealing in pain , and a flying plank , grazing her shoulder , reminded her of what a high wind could do . |
| 28 | But he went on thinking of Angel 's religious logic , as explained by Tess . |
| 29 | Sometimes the thread was misery , sometimes the black joy of an earth , blasted and left for dead , that went on labouring in darkness to renew itself . |
| 30 | She went on begging for forgiveness . |