Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [v-ing] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The train could now be heard coming up the bank . |
| 2 | As the dust began to subside , shafts of late afternoon light could be seen raking down the village streets . |
| 3 | Susanna Rance finds out why serious-minded La Paz dwellers can be seen walking down the streets intently fondling toy cars , play-money and doll 's house pieces . |
| 4 | The show purports to be a potted history of the average actor 's life not one of the starspangled knights who represent the tip of the thespian iceberg , but the common-or-garden variety likely to be found filling out the bill in a panto or carrying a spear in the background of a TV costume drama . |
| 5 | Your spine runs down the centre of the body , so the corresponding foot reflex will be found running down the inside edge of both feet . |
| 6 | The drafters of the 1533 act can readily be imagined looking up the statute of Richard II which referred to ‘ varlets called yeomen ’ in the service of lords — the Canon 's Yeoman no less . |
| 7 | The dealing manager would be hovering breathing down the dealers ' necks like Big Brother , nodding approvingly if they sounded convincing , or else shouting : " You need to be more fucking aggressive " ( so the client could hear him in the background ) . |
| 8 | Salmond called on Sept. 27 for a referendum to be held setting out the choices for Scotland as full independence within the European Communities , limited self-government or continuing with the constitutional status quo . |