Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] a [noun] [v-ing] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 At the emergency meeting Hamish Deans read out a statement saying they denied the charges , which related to payments amounting to £838 on club credit cards .
2 By lunchtime the department was manic and the pace relentless but it still did not stop the old man who brought back a kettle complaining it did not work .
3 Stock was changing hands for as little as 14½p before the company put out a statement saying it knew of no reason , ‘ other than the general economic climate ’ , for the fall .
4 He smuggled out a message saying he 'd discovered who in London had betrayed him and that he was going underground to escape .
5 Steve held up a hand interrupting her .
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