Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had the disengagement happened in any other way , it would have been worth sending all his army , Normans included , crashing through the trees to clean them out while the fighting-power was still in them and Siward 's troops were disorganised by the sudden descent of the cavalry . |
| 2 | People were buying her drinks ; she was lifting her glass in time with the others , banging on the tables like they did . |
| 3 | Another time he painted a scene of the angel appearing to the shepherds to tell them of the Nativity . |
| 4 | He was always quick to appreciate her thoughts , Jenna noted uneasily , and the excellent company soon came threading through the tables to join them . |
| 5 | There have been few new diplomatic moves though in Baghdad today , meanwhile the families of two women shown in a video recorded in Kuwait , are pleading with the Iraqis to let them bring their newly born children home . |
| 6 | A lawyer speaking for the families said they would be appealing against the Place of Safety orders , and that the appeal would be heard the following day in Kirkwall Sheriff Court . |
| 7 | The temperature is bitterly cold , the chamber is filled with freezing fog , and drifting towards the adventurers to surround them come the soul pupae . |
| 8 | What do you think of that ? ’ and when Jess stayed quiet , she sighed , moving towards the books to touch them with loving fingers . |
| 9 | Prince Saud al-Feisal , the Foreign Minister , has been calling upon the MPs to urge them to put the future of their country before any factional ambitions . |
| 10 | Jeannie — ’ They kissed again and then he was gone , running after the uplanders to catch them at Camserney mill . |
| 11 | ‘ Before , in the Kirov , what happened was that there were eight or ten singers working for one new production each year , and another 50 sitting in the rehearsals criticizing them . |
| 12 | Hundreds of black-headed gulls were also joining in the feast of freshly hatching insects , paddling over the waves to snatch them from the surface , whilst in the Island Bay we came upon three superb black terns , dipping and turning over the water . |
| 13 | I was dialling it when I heard the door of Flat 2 open and I glanced over my shoulder to see Fenella , who had added pyjama trousers to her stripey shirt , and Lisabeth , in an ankle-length woollen dressing-gown , creeping down the stairs like they were doing a commercial for a new edition of A. A. Milne books . |
| 14 | They used to have a erm hens there you see , they used to go round the small farms buying hens , then for half a crown each , just for sitting on the eggs to hatch them . |
| 15 | ‘ She looks terrible now , but I 'm going to put packing in the cheeks to fill them up again after I 've dried her out . |
| 16 | Oxfam is working with the refugees helping them rebuild their lives . |
| 17 | It was a dour afternoon , with few men and women in the streets , which had a pinched , frozen look as if there were not enough fires burning in the houses to keep them snug . |