Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv prt] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had gone paddling in the beck with him while his nanny and her Uncle Edgar took off giggling into the woods . |
| 2 | Wanted to know if I could remember whether Mr Meredith went off riding on the day Anna was attacked . ’ |
| 3 | Gray grew up singing in the gospel choir at the local church . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | Dyson went on staring at the raindrops , saying nothing . |
| 6 | He was silent after this , but Belinda went on thinking about the subject for some minutes more . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | João went off hunting in the Alentejo with his friends for the last three days before the wedding , so Sara had little opportunity to get to know him better . |
| 9 | Jack and Richard Hannon keep on banging in the winners while others are rushing about like headless chickens in the belief that the sky is falling down . |
| 10 | Kelly carried on looking over the books but his heart was n't in it . |