Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adj] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | After Iraq had hit another 2 tankers , 1 Iranian and 1 Panamanian ( making 7 out of the year 's total of 44 ) , it was Iran 's turn . |
| 32 | LANCASHIRE 'S young lions came to the rescue , winning five out of the last six games to force a draw with reigning Northern Counties champions Yorkshire in the annual friendly match between the arch rivals at Scarcroft . |
| 33 | The British player , standing close in on the net , chose to leave Emmons ' shot , which dropped comfortably inside the baseline . |
| 34 | He went back to the cage and concentrated on Bobo , because she seemed to be giving him more attention and was sitting close up to the bars . |
| 35 | On his reappearance run when ooking backward , he led until falling seven out in the race won by Seagram , who meets him on 2lb better terms now and is thus entitled to start favourite . |
| 36 | On his reappearance run when ooking backward , he led until falling seven out in the race won by Seagram , who meets him on 2lb better terms now and is thus entitled to start favourite . |
| 37 | She locked the door and started throwing each out of the window . |
| 38 | ( There is a lot to be said about the role of other persons too , but I am leaving that out for the time being . ) |
| 39 | Er er it was like a Molotov co bo cocktail , a thing like that and you put it in the , in the tube and you put a wad of cotton , gun cotton behind it closed the flap at the back onto er just a latch , like a , a door a gate latch which locked it , then fired the cap which fired the gun cotton which sent the well then we we 're trying this out on the waste ground where the , that was then , where the waterworks ' offices are now in Green Lane , well there that was , at that time , that was a glue factory that was the glue factory there ooh . |
| 40 | Bodie flung himself to the window-sill , leaning hard up against the plate glass and searching to right and left of the playground . |