Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [v-ing] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Swindon are bouncing up the table into third now . |
| 2 | Other old shipmates like Phil Andrews , Eddie Clarke and Ron Giles were still crewing but others like Des Ferret , Vic Roberts and Bob Wellock were disappearing up the promotion ladder . |
| 3 | Lever is playing down the move . |
| 4 | Fairfax is driving down the same track in the opposite direction . |
| 5 | NEC IS starting up the world 's first production line for 16 megabit chips in its Sagamihara factory , reports Ken Takahashi of Newsbytes . |
| 6 | Milton Keynes is picking up the pieces and pleased that at least no one lost a life . |
| 7 | They had granted her permission to move tents once she 'd heard that an unconscious soldier named Trumper was lying down the line . |
| 8 | Working at the top end of the market as he did , Roche was taking on the most difficult assignments , but they were also the most remunerative and had the greatest publicity value . |
| 9 | She was having to repeat herself , and even then Lucy was picking up the wrong costume or completely mistaking what had been said . |
| 10 | David was walking up the garden path , half an hour earlier than expected . |
| 11 | As Hennessy was opening up the grey lockers at the end of the room , Donaldson spelt Bobo again . |
| 12 | Folkestone was a pocket borough of the Rothschilds , Southend was falling under the control of the Guinness family , Plymouth was learning to love the Astors , and Samuel Roberts was building up the influence in Sheffield that was to provide a seat for his family until 1966 . |
| 13 | The club sacked chief executive Terry Cassidy and the Bank of Scotland is taking over the Celtic ground as a security to cover their £5 m overdraft . |
| 14 | Bourne was scooping up the soup of the day with precise , efficient movements — never a drop spilled , never a slurp . |
| 15 | Sebastian was looking out the window at the racehorses in the Curragh . |
| 16 | PAUL McGRATH is lining up the ultimate act of revenge against former boss Alex Ferguson — by snatching the title away from the Manchester United manager . |
| 17 | As Carrie was pouring out the tea , Mr Carver came back into the room , followed by his wife , and he said to Mick , ‘ Stay out of that scullery from now on . |
| 18 | At last week 's Orbit trade show in Switzerland , Pinnacle was showing off the first in what will be a family of Mbus PDS-3 systems that 'll house Hypersparc and be followed by PDS-10 , Sparcstation 10-compatibles next year . |
| 19 | She looked the place over while Josie was paying off the cab . |
| 20 | Jazz FM , Kiss FM and LBC are taking on the might of London station Capital Radio by selling their airtime in one package . |
| 21 | The context in Mark 3:20–30 makes it abundantly clear that by his cures and exorcisms Jesus is driving out the demons . |
| 22 | Someone 's got to have hope and want to change something — because the UK 's going down the pan . |
| 23 | I had wept back in the office after Mr Charles had told me the Scharnhorst was steaming up the channel unchallenged . |
| 24 | Inspector Miskin was walking down the aisle . |
| 25 | The season came down to Montreal and Brabham was trying out the new version of the famous Cotsworth engine instead of its disastrous Alfa Romeos . |
| 26 | ‘ The Klans are toning down the rhetoric to make themselves more palatable to Americans . |
| 27 | Rugby League has always bred fine sportsmen and Garry Schofield is carrying on the tradition . |
| 28 | Cathy Gunn is going down the catwalk in cashmere and has selected Dawson International . |
| 29 | Quinn was racing down the three flights of stairs to the lobby-level . |
| 30 | Lord Deverill was standing down the far end of the room , staring out of a window across the estate . |