Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I 'm sitting looking out at the darkness and the sea . |
| 3 | They had taken refuge from the insects and the dew when sanity returned , and were lying gazing up at the stars . |
| 4 | The Prince and McPhee had walked on to the top of the bank and were standing looking down at the river . |
| 5 | I stared at him because he sounded so cold , but he was sitting looking down at the glass which he held on his knees and I could n't see his face . |
| 6 | Marcus was standing looking down at the woman . |
| 7 | He was standing staring out of the window and his mother looked at him reproachfully . |