Example sentences of "[v-ing] and [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | He could hear her barking and looked down over the steep side of the embankment to the bottom of the trees . |
| 32 | He passed under the rock where Ellwood was sitting and went down to the narrow spit where he always stood to fish . |
| 33 | The authorities also drafted regulations to circumscribe public activity in Tiananmen Square itself , which included the prohibition of any memorial activity and of " joking and playing , sitting and lying down on the ground " . |
| 34 | ‘ I 'm glad for you , ’ Jenna snapped , standing and looking down at the angry face . |
| 35 | Even as he did so six glistening , shiny black figures came over the railing , rolling and flopping on to the deck , like excited seals . |
| 36 | He stopped talking and looked out of the window . |
| 37 | ‘ That should give Mait pause for thought , ’ he muttered , straightening and stepping back into the cemetery to retrieve his umbrella . |
| 38 | Then , by watching and joining in with the children 's play , the balance of new and old can be altered as their interests change , without having everything in the water at once . |
| 39 | Then she convinced him he was to say no more about leaving and get back to the story he had been working on when the row blew up . |
| 40 | And then when it finishes you 've got all the guys coming out shouting and screaming and running about through the flats , the music never bothered me , it was just the you know the guys coming out after that bothered you . |
| 41 | He pushed away from the wall against which he was leaning and staggered out onto the sidewalk again . |
| 42 | Hours of bending and stretching and twisting down on the prom in singlets and shorts while the wind whipped over us from the wintry sea . |
| 43 | Join in on this evening out and you 'll find yourself laughing , cringing , smiling and crying along with the characters . |