Example sentences of "[subord] [noun prp] [verb] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within three months of the suggestion , the house — despite the recession and a deflated housing market — was sold and Nigel , his girlfriend , two Nikon cameras , four lenses ( a 21,35.55 and zoom ) , a tripod , ‘ that was as essential on the trip as a passport ’ , and 30 rolls of Kodachrome film ( although Nigel prefers working in black and white , from the commercial angle colour film was better ) were flying to India ; the first port of call . |
| 2 | four lenses ( a 20,35,55 and zoom ) , a tripod , ‘ that was as essential on the trip as a passport , ’ and 30 rolls of Kodachrome film ( although Nigel prefers working in black and white , from the commercial angle colour film was better ) were flying to India ; the first port of call . |
| 3 | That 's it ; except Nina stopped looking for any knight a long time ago . ’ |
| 4 | Kirstein wanted to see the ballet in preparation before confirming the commission , so John began working on it with dancers of Sadler 's Wells Theatre Ballet , including Miller as the heroine . |
| 5 | If Dennis came looking for her , she might hear him in time , or she might not . |
| 6 | Sun , he says , ‘ sat on its remote procedure call laurels too long and did n't advance its Open Network Computing technology until OSF started talking about DCE . ’ |
| 7 | What on earth would people think if Miriam started talking of a gentleman 's natural functions in front of the wedding guests when she and Fleury got married ; in some ways the prospect of such a solecism seemed more terrible to Louise than the possibility of one or both of them not surviving the siege . |
| 8 | If Wishart began talking about painting , he attended for five minutes , then deflected the conversation with ‘ Do tell me about last night 's sailor . ’ |
| 9 | She did not have long to brood because Harbury began talking to her about the MacQuillan case . |
| 10 | It took a long time because Louise kept interrupting with questions that Constance could n't answer and which seemed irrelevant beside the tremendous fact that Ludovico was waiting for her and she longed to run to him . |
| 11 | Jackie sank back in his chair to autograph copies of the book , while Sunnie began circulating among the guests , including Terry Waite , A. N. Wilson and Brent Sadler from CNN . |
| 12 | For the first time since Endill began bumping into him he continued to speak . |
| 13 | Long before Doone came knocking on the door , Perkin could have decided , in case the girl 's body were ever found , to say he did n't remember her . |
| 14 | She scuttled over to the far side of the room and had managed to read quite a lot of the letter before Julius came charging after her , taking the paper back from her with such force that it almost ripped in half . |
| 15 | Joseph had just stepped out of his room and was pulling the door closed when Patrick came panting up the stairs . |
| 16 | When Pino starts talking about his ideal woman we know we 're more likely in a fantasy land than a green ginger one . ’ |
| 17 | All these emotions vanished when Richard came bounding towards him with scarlet cheeks and shining eyes , looking happier than the detective had ever seen him . |
| 18 | When Kylie went shopping for more additions to her by now Imelda Marcos scale wardrobe in one of London 's stores , the result was inevitable . |
| 19 | They ordered dinner , then conversation turned to the play , and for once Marianne lost centre stage as Josh began talking about his own work and the hopes he had for it . |
| 20 | Cranston was about to reply when Colebrooke came striding across the green . |
| 21 | When IBM began discounting in earnest , it apparently achieved the immediate goals it had sought . |
| 22 | It was getting dark when Simon went looking for Gazzer . |
| 23 | As Ryker came careering into the kitchen , Julie threw back the cellar hatch and came hurtling forth like a maddened trap-door spider , brandishing the hammer . |
| 24 | We were just wondering what to do next when Elinor came running in waving a letter . |
| 25 | For the same motive Ackroyd is reluctant to broach the unfathomed topic of Dickens and sex ( once memorably described by John Carey as ‘ not a promising subject ’ ) : when Dickens went trawling through the prostitutional regions of Paris with Wilkie Collins , Ackroyd says that ‘ it is unlikely that Dickens himself ever took part in anything more than close observation ’ . |
| 26 | A small opportunity arose when Lizzie came knocking at the door for the ceremonial delivery of two silver-bound shoulder sprays , one , a gardenia , the other an orchid , and a card which said : From Robert . |
| 27 | After dinner Leonora returned to her knitting , glad of its soothing monotony , when Penry began musing about her background . |
| 28 | It 's no good depending as Owen said waiting for people to fit lights themselves , they wo n't because they do n't think accidents can happen to them . |
| 29 | When CNP started trading in 1981 , it was initially planned to set up 12 downstream units using CNP 's cracked products , but in the event only one , EPSI , was created . |
| 30 | When Boris began sleeping with her , villagers who wondered what would happen if the husband found out were told by wiser villagers : ‘ If you 'd lived in a big town you 'd know that the husband knows . ’ |