Example sentences of "and be [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 These people are going into the familiar local stores where they shop and are walking out with the American dream they could never afford on a minimum wage .
2 Current members seem satisfied that they are receiving good value for money , and are signing up for the second membership year which starts in May .
3 Every time I come here I begin to worry that I have somehow crossed into another stream and am sailing back in the opposite direction .
4 Long before they had passed the watershed and were looking over into the jaws of the mountains at the head of Loch Morar , young Angus felt he had strayed into a foreign country .
5 We climbed down to his fishing boat and were pushing off against the stonework .
6 Some of the dogs , too , had slithered down from the bank and were swimming out towards the boar .
7 People had been very cold and were sloshing about in the mud from the day before .
8 He doffed his cap as we marched past , and a few paces further on we negotiated the turn and were heading back along the road on the other side of the village green towards the saluting base .
9 And now they had left the city behind and were heading out into the open country .
10 When the greetings and exclamations were over , they told me that they had been staying on Mull for a few days , and had just arrived on Moila , and were putting up at the post office with Mrs McDougall .
11 ‘ It 's a very good thing he 's been involved in the pre-tour training at Lilleshall and is going along for the first three weeks of the Indian tour to bowl in the nets .
12 Benny reddened at the stares , but Nan had left the two admirers and was bounding up to the back row .
13 She read it idiotically at least three times , until she 'd convinced herself there was no hidden psychological message in the bare statement of fact , and then realised that someone had just come in the front door of the flat and was moving around in the hall .
14 Harry had come into the lower doorway at the right time , and was moving up between the tables to take his normal place among the young fellows of knightly family , his peers .
15 Well , at about half-seven he 'd gone into a restaurant in St Giles ‘ , Browns ; had a nice steak , with a bottle of red wine ; left at about half-nine — and was strolling down to The Randolph when he 'd met Mrs Sheila Williams , just outside the Taylorian , as she was making for the taxi-rank .
16 The Eighth Army had suffered a crushing defeat and was digging in along the Alamein line , only sixty miles to the west of the Nile .
17 She was coming along the opposite pavement on foot and was looking up at the buildings as if she were not sure of being in the right street .
18 But Tsu Ma had turned already and was wading out into the deeper water .
19 Dan Ashton had come forward , and was leaning over from the side of Smith 's desk , whispering something into his boss 's ear .
20 Morse smiled to himself , and was walking over to the door when Stratton spoke again : ‘ Can I ask you a favour ? ’
21 " I am going down , " she whispered , and before Maria Candida could stop her , had gathered her skirts and was running down to the hall .
22 The dog had lost interest and was heading back towards the kitchen .
23 And then , before they could answer , she had turned away and was heading back towards the bridge .
24 Jasper had got down on to the floor and was grubbing about under the carpet .
25 The moon , I thought briefly , had come down from the sky and was dancing about in the wood not far ahead .
26 Whoever was in the flat must have heard the muffled sound of the closing door and was going through into the bedroom to have a look out of the window .
27 She said that a tree expert had been consulted and was coming back to the council with advice on the breadth of a ‘ stand-off ’ zone to ensure no damage to the beech roots .
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