Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [pers pn] [vb past] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Prester was believed to have written to the Byzantine Emperor Manuel Comnenus , enumerating the wonders of his kingdom , and affirming that he ruled over the three Indies and over seventy kings , and that twenty bishops , twelve archbishops and a patriarch acknowledged his authority . |
| 2 | As the hon. Member for Livingston can promise his hon. Friends nothing about money , he could not prevent that from happening if he returned to the old system . |
| 3 | The shops were opening and I browsed for a while in one that sold books as well as newspapers and magazines , but I failed to find the American edition of Rodriguez 's book . |
| 4 | He was still praying when he got in the water . |
| 5 | I began to wonder what was happening when we stood for a long time at Birmingham New Street . |
| 6 | ‘ A lot of people fell around the place laughing when they heard about the middle-aged poet bit , ’ he says . |
| 7 | As always , his knack of disarming was successful , and she was even laughing as they went into the foyer of the Tudor Queen where Sam and Anna awaited them . |
| 8 | She could hear her three- year-old son Rufus laughing as he played on the swings nearby . |
| 9 | ‘ I knew something was happening as I got to the hospital steps . |
| 10 | Seagram 's victory in the 1991 Grand National was an extraordinary coincidence occurring as it did in the final year of the company 's sponsorship of the race . |
| 11 | ‘ Who was driving when it went past the pub ? ’ |
| 12 | I could n't help noticing as I walked up the path . |
| 13 | There has been wide disagreement among historians concerning the chronology of population recovery , some suggesting that it started before the end of the fourteenth century , others favouring dates around 1430 and others again preferring the early sixteenth century ( 59 ; 75 , p.15 ; 99 , p.269 ) . |
| 14 | Some of his little ways had indeed been quite surprising in the past , seeing that they ranged from the quartering of badgers , rescued from a baiting , in her coal-shed to the introduction of separate limbs and even of whole orphans for dissection when they were in good supply towards the end of winter ; but she had grown used to them little by little . |
| 15 | Validation of the suffering individual , treating him or her with kindness , professional respect and dignity , being open and honest , separating the awareness of the disease from the understanding of the suffering human being , following the distorted reasoning and disturbed actions and accepting that they appeared to the sufferer to be most appropriate at the time they were committed . |
| 16 | I was so sure I was drowning that I forgot about the race and screamed out , " Father ! |
| 17 | Younger first time buyers would find such a scheme an unnecessary burden since , presuming that they retired at the standard age , they would have to continue paying their mortgage for 30 or 40 years before the pension plan matured to pay it off . |
| 18 | She glanced at it uneasily , remembering that it ran past the witch 's cottage . |
| 19 | She had to find her own way to the bathroom and was pleased with herself for so quickly remembering that it lay at the end of the passage . |
| 20 | They needed no second bidding but rode as fast as they could , not pausing until they thundered through the half-open gate of Godstowe Priory , putting the porter into such serious agitation he appeared almost sober for once . |
| 21 | This is precisely what Robson , Jennings , and Willis were advocating since they argued for the rationalization of our haphazard arrangements for tribunals with an appellate jurisdiction vested in an administrative appeal tribunal which would be separate from the High Court . |
| 22 | Turning from him , she pulled her blanket up to her shoulders and tried to recline her seat , frowning as she hunted for the button . |
| 23 | Fran glanced back at the heap of cuttings , frowning as she sorted through the pile . |
| 24 | Penry stood at the foot of the stairs , frowning as she plugged in the transistor to listen to Radio Four while she ate . |
| 25 | His eyes were glinting as he thought about the revenge he could have on the Islington people . |
| 26 | A car was coming up the track at high speed , creaking and groaning as it went over the bumps . |
| 27 | Jean-Claude hurried me along , his expression sweetening when we crossed into the Arab streets . |
| 28 | She settled the old lady on a stretcher near the door , so that she could see the sunlit complex , and the happy holidaymakers laughing and shouting as they played in the pool , their conversations a mixture of Spanish and English . |
| 29 | He was still shouting as they walked past the barbed wire and the concrete blocks down to the waterline . |
| 30 | Death he did not fear , pride he did not possess ; he had no position or property , living as he did in a tub . |