Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [v-ing] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twice , when Meredith ordered ‘ Two steps stage left ’ and Geoffrey moved to the right , Meredith came bounding down the centre aisle shouting ‘ Left , left , ducky ’ and leapt onto the apron to seize him by the shoulders and shove him into place . |
| 2 | Afterwards Travis began sorting out the things they were to take with them . |
| 3 | While he ran thorough hands and eyes over his shattered body , Kathleen started cleaning up the chest area ready for the heart monitor after checking the IV line that was running in Haemacel and taking blood for cross-matching , dodging round the radiographer who had brought the portable in and was taking X-rays . |
| 4 | He and Mrs Taylor came tearing down the yard to see what was up . |
| 5 | What 's Karen got hanging on the washing line erm are we up are we up for erm the Bare Naked Ladies there I think we are . |
| 6 | Nor had it been mentioned in Parliament since the previous April , when Hall proposed setting up the Select Committee and holding an international competition . |
| 7 | We were just watching 4 What It 's Worth about all those people who go on holiday to the sunny Mediterranean , having booked a sea view , and come back with gastroenteritis from living over the dustbins and now want their money back , when Elinor came running up the garden path closely followed by Nigel . |
| 8 | Kalchu came rushing up the notched-pole ladder . |
| 9 | After struggling with her composure for a moment , Paige began gathering up the odd assortment of utensils they had used . |
| 10 | William Tanner finished tidying up the small warehouse stock and sat down to await the van which was due . |
| 11 | Connon came trotting up the pavement towards her . |
| 12 | Mr Miller finished writing down the details and said ruefully , ‘ I was going to give you coffee and then a tour round the rest of my animals , but there 's no time left . ’ |
| 13 | TELEVISION personality Jonathan Dimbleby marked taking over the presidency of the Council for the Protection of Rural England by launching a £500,000 appeal to fund ‘ the battle to protect the English countryside . ’ |
| 14 | With one tentative finger , Maya started tapping out the opening of her story . |
| 15 | At 12.45pm , a profusely apologetic Mrs Yeltsin arrived in a black Daimler car as Mrs Major came scurrying up the hotel steps to meet her . |
| 16 | Sheldukher considered turning up the voltage on the Cell again . |
| 17 | Aitken began mapping out the song that was to be one of the biggest hits of the 1980s . |
| 18 | He was still grinning when he left the centre and as Rachel began clearing up the soiled dressings she strained her ears to hear what was being said in the office . |
| 19 | As Judith finished cleaning out the hen for the next day 's dinner , she made room on the kitchen table for her mother to prepare the Friday-night traditional meal of gefilte fish . |