Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] coming [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He listened to it , trying to will her to the phone ; imagining her coming back to the flat after being out ; she might hear the phone from the street … now she would put the key in the lock … now running up the stairs … now dashing in , dripping , short of breath , to grab the receiver … now … now . |
| 2 | Have n't seen him coming out of the car . |
| 3 | Her denials were useless because he said he had returned to Kington Square early that morning and seen her coming out of the flat arm in arm with a man . |
| 4 | He could see them coming out under the hand : And close your eyes with holy dread . |
| 5 | I thought , when I heard him coming down through the bushes , it could be no one but Tutilo . |
| 6 | We had an old inspector , a Manx man , he used to laugh when he saw them coming in with the blood pouring down their heads , fighting and everything . |
| 7 | I saw you coming back from the communion rails , with your eyes down and your hands folded , as if you were n't putrid inside , but I know . |
| 8 | He was depressed — I saw him coming slowly up the lane , I heard the reluctance of his words to face the world . |
| 9 | She saw us coming out of the restaurant and … . ’ |
| 10 | When he saw us coming back from the movies every Sunday , discussing the film , he would say , ‘ I do n't believe it . |
| 11 | I got it coming back from the church as well ! |
| 12 | She remembered me coming down to the burn and tramping the bags in the the , help to wash them . |
| 13 | I said I did n't but I 'd passed her coming in to the party . ’ |
| 14 | He said : ‘ You miss it coming up to the time , but I made up my mind some time ago to call it quits . |
| 15 | Perhaps you can make another batch when we see him coming down from the moor-edge , ’ she suggested to her mother . |
| 16 | Now I see him coming back in the middle of the afternoon , with , I hope , a railway sandwich or two inside him , apparently not in the least put out at being employed as a busboy . |