Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv prt] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're having a whole day next term to sort out testing for the eleven year olds . |
| 2 | As he spoke I could hear the rush of shells passing over heading in the direction of the German positions . |
| 3 | She had gone paddling in the beck with him while his nanny and her Uncle Edgar took off giggling into the woods . |
| 4 | Sorting went on day and night for a fortnight , and indeed beyond , for books kept on coming till the last moment of the sale . |
| 5 | Wanted to know if I could remember whether Mr Meredith went off riding on the day Anna was attacked . ’ |
| 6 | In a letter to the residents association , the company says : ‘ Following the problem , our inspectors carried out flushing of the water mains , which helped to alleviate the problem . |
| 7 | At 8am a convoy of vans and unmarked police cars swept out heading for the addresses . |
| 8 | The ultimate criterion for the presence of pollution in law , in contrast with other more familiar forms of offence , is a test carried out according to the supposedly ‘ objective ’ precepts of natural scientific ( predominantly chemical ) analysis . |
| 9 | Gray grew up singing in the gospel choir at the local church . |
| 10 | He climbed back into bed , laying the cello on the right-hand pillow , which was more practical since the telephone was on the left-hand side , and read some music while the child went on going through the numbers in the telephone directory . |
| 11 | For a minute more , the boy went on gazing at the Harewoman . |
| 12 | Betty Allsop , who had overheard the exchange , let out a hoot of laughter , while Maggie went on rubbing at the counter , but Rona 's reply was , ‘ That 'll be the day , even with a fellow like Billings . ’ |
| 13 | When the coup in Yugoslavia in spring 1941 interfered with Hitler 's plans for an attack on the Soviet Union ( Britain 's last potential Continental ally ) and a deterioration in mood set in owing to the threatening extension of the war to the Balkans , SD soundings of opinion again registered ‘ with what childlike trust the most ordinary people in particular look up to the Führer and our leadership of state ’ , convinced that ‘ the Führer has taken it into account and will deal properly with it ’ . ’ |
| 14 | In a pointed reference to criticism of his refusal to rule out voting with the Government in the future , he said : ‘ Jim of all people should know that there are occasions when Labour as well as the Tories can act against the Scottish interest and therefore must be opposed . ’ |
| 15 | On each occasion the fish ends up lying on the tank floor breathing heavily until it dies . |
| 16 | Although he expects margins to keep on falling during the coming year , he does believe the rate of decline will slow . |
| 17 | Still , although he expects margins to keep on falling during the coming year , he does believe the rate of decline will slow . |
| 18 | They say that you can easily spot the tourists in the Big Apple — they are the people walking around gazing at the sky , at the tops of the skyscrapers . |
| 19 | well you might have heard stories about elderly people going out shopping in the middle of the night . |
| 20 | Health promotion officers have been encouraging people to give up smoking with the help of a scene from the classic movie Casablanca . |
| 21 | Most people end up relying upon the colourful packets , tins and jars of commercial baby foods , which at least promise lots of vitamins and no longer have added salt , sugar , colours or artificial flavours . |
| 22 | Dyson went on staring at the raindrops , saying nothing . |
| 23 | ‘ There is nothing worse than players hanging around waiting for the next instruction . |
| 24 | For them , it must be almost a relief to walk around listening to the cocks crowing or the cows mooing — it must help to keep them sane . |
| 25 | He was silent after this , but Belinda went on thinking about the subject for some minutes more . |
| 26 | If Dreadnought went on sinking at the present rate , in ten minutes the hole would n't be above the waterline , but below . |
| 27 | Fists went on hammering on the door . |
| 28 | The professionals sat around waiting for the gentlemen to return before the match was called off . |
| 29 | All seven expect unemployment to go on rising throughout the year . |
| 30 | Fortunately , in the last week John Major came out fighting on the past reforms and his vision of a free , low tax , property-owning Britain . |