Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To stir up mischief , no doubt , and to eye Jean Bruce , the blacksmith 's daughter — they had been seen strolling about in the gloaming more than once , laughing quietly together and holding hands . |
| 2 | Even from the more recent past a younger Pete Dossett or Jason Lunn would have been seen working out on the Farnborough ramp . |
| 3 | Around eight o'clock the sound of distant brass bands can again be heard wafting in through the bedroom windows . |
| 4 | Lucy crawled out of bed around lunchtime , found her way up to the shower while Josie could be heard moving around in the kitchen , and could n't resist leaving aside her own hard soap and supermarket shampoo in order to freeload a few squirts and squeezes of the gels , mousses and lotions that stood on the tiled windowsill . |
| 5 | Despite all the hype , hate and hysteria that has gone before , something magical and mysterious can still be heard shuffling around in the dark , and this celebration is the spotlight that picks it out . |
| 6 | I have to use sleeping tablets to help me sleep at night because I 'm dreading getting up in the morning in case anything 's happened further . |
| 7 | The women were to be seen hanging around in the yard talking quietly or trying to wash to get a few more rags to the pawnshop . |
| 8 | She moved purposefully away to the group who lay in the darkness under the cypress trees , or sat on the walls and steps of the garden , and began to activate them so that a light dress , or white pair of jeans could be seen jigging about in the night that had suddenly fallen . |
| 9 | Yet around the time that Servan-Schreiber was receiving his first royalty cheques , oriental faces could be seen popping up behind the walls at the Isle of Man TT races . |
| 10 | The only reliable way to see them was to pass in front of the building and turn left into the road to the cemetery : from that side some of them could be seen craning out of the windows and waving . |
| 11 | Nothing would do more to boost Daniele 's status than to be seen showing off on the Corso while his father 's life still hung in the balance . |
| 12 | There , suspended just above the domes and minarets of the old city , a perfect silver crescent could be seen shining out over the rooftops . |
| 13 | ‘ In April , hundreds of runners can be found digging around at the back of the wardrobe , trying to find that old pair of track spikes . |
| 14 | I hope you will do your duty ’ , and then collapsed in tears to be led weeping back to the palace and to her new role as Regent . |
| 15 | High , curved , hand-carved doors led from the reception area to the conference room and residents ' sitting-room , where afternoon tea would be served looking down across the gardens to the accompaniment of a grand piano . |
| 16 | I 'm sitting looking out at the darkness and the sea . |
| 17 | Fine views can be had looking down on the north side of the island to Porto da Cruz and the Penha d'Aguia ( the enormous flat-topped rock ) which stands between Faial and Porto da Cruz . |
| 18 | In the early morning planes were heard passing over in the mist and the rain . |
| 19 | ‘ I am not going to lose my credibility on this train by being caught coming out of the help 's bedroom . ’ |
| 20 | However quickly he may have acted , the actual taking of the handbag must have taken more time than seems to have been available — since Eddie Stratton and Shirley Brown were seen walking out of The Randolph almost immediately , if the evidence of at least two of you here is to be believed , the evidence of Mr Brown and Mrs Roscoe . |
| 21 | After being seen whizzing out of the doors of a rink , he had to skate at speed along a footpath of the common , round a spiral pedestrian walkway , on to a road , grab the back of a passing bus , let go , cut across a main road between cars coming in both directions , go across another road — between the wheels of a moving articulated lorry — and end up in a babywear shop , somersaulting into a cot . |
| 22 | They had taken refuge from the insects and the dew when sanity returned , and were lying gazing up at the stars . |
| 23 | Hours were spent paddling around in the dark on the Suez Canal until they believed they had mastered handling of the inflatables . |
| 24 | To make sure he asked Mr Litmus if he had seen or heard of a scientist being found coming out of the corridors . |
| 25 | The Prince and McPhee had walked on to the top of the bank and were standing looking down at the river . |
| 26 | Another criterion that works well is to continue delegating up to the point where subordinates either actually object , or begin to fail to deliver successful results . |
| 27 | In the opening sequence he is seen hanging on to the top of a jeep as it careers down the rock of Gibraltar . |
| 28 | Several times , he is seen rummaging about in the garbage bag , possibly trying to conceal something . |
| 29 | It 's called going down to the pub . |
| 30 | When filming a combat he pans round two adversaries so that , as each in turn assumes the aggressive role , he is observed moving in from the right . |