Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [subord] they [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wind was easterly so they would be returning over our heads onto the main runway , and as the aircraft started to come back they seemed to be only a few feet above us , touching down after they crossed the far hedge . |
| 2 | Wayne was driving now as they left the last of the houses behind , following the lake shore for a while until the wooded hillside of the Step rose up and screened it from their sight . |
| 3 | Moi children who had heard the noise of their approach came running helter-skelter to surround them and began shouting excitedly when they saw the dead deer . |
| 4 | People lied about their intentions up to the moment of voting and went on lying even as they left the polling stations , saying they had voted for Labour when they had voted Tory , ’ he says . |
| 5 | They both cried out as they reached and went beyond that white-hot explosion , holding tight as they crested the wave and slowly drifted back to reality . |
| 6 | There are certain bars where artists and writers are always to be seen , talking animatedly as they set the world to rights . |
| 7 | Many golfers give themselves no chance of playing well because they ruin the swing with a poor takeaway . |
| 8 | They were all crossing together when they saw the skid , the boy on the motorbike , out of control and ploughing towards the sedate black Morris Minor . |