Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [art] main [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Touching down on the main wheels first , the Ercoupe twitched into line ; they even tried it with the rudder pedals locked , flying on elevator and aileron only , but found the feeling ‘ rather disconcerting ’ !
2 Fenella remembered the houses on Renascia and how they had nearly always had sculleries and washing houses jutting out from the main rooms .
3 There were still several boys , waiting for their lifts home , and a number of cars were pulling out of the main gates .
4 You can compensate for using more time working a really special border and so on by speeding up on the main sections .
5 Their running was impeded by the mass of men coming out of the main doors and scattering in all directions , and heads down , they made their way between them to the back of the Naafi and into the rest room , which was empty ; and they were just in the process of taking off their wet top coats when the supervisor came in , saying , ‘ Oh , I 'm in luck ; I was about to send to the hut for help .
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