Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [noun prp] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was therefore likely to have been driving through Theale late on Sunday . |
| 2 | She was spotted driving about London late at night on her own , having apparently slipped out without her detective . |
| 3 | The shy young visitor was soon disputing with Wordsworth almost on equal terms ; and next evening , while Coleridge was providing Dorothy with superfluous explanations about the different notes of the nightingale , Hazlitt and Wordsworth ‘ got into a metaphysical argument ’ which may have inspired two of the most genial of the Lyrical Ballads — ‘ Expostulation and Reply ’ , and ‘ The Tables Turned ’ , both of them written ‘ in front of the house at Alfoxden ’ . |
| 4 | We shall probably be landing in Saigon sometime after lunch tomorrow . " |
| 5 | Caitlin was off at the BBC studios , he was appearing on Crimewatch later in the evening . |
| 6 | ‘ I was just explaining to Michael here about your notes , ’ Simmons interjected , to her relief . |
| 7 | Returning to Ottery late on 4 October , Mr Coleridge gave a ‘ long & particular account ’ of his journey , before going to bed in high spirits . |
| 8 | On returning to Genappe shortly after its capture by the fusiliers , he found them ‘ busy ’ … |
| 9 | He survived , unmarried , into the reign of Edward III , returning to Brittany shortly before his death in 1334 . |
| 10 | He then worked for eighteen months in the Southampton naval works before returning to Glasgow late in 1891 as an assistant lecturer in naval architecture and marine engineering at the university , and it was soon after this that his intensive study of the design of bird-like gliders began . |
| 11 | After returning to Bombay early in 1858 he was appointed the East India Company 's agent in Zanzibar and British consul , the previous consul having died at his post thirteen months previously . |
| 12 | I remember wandering with Donald somewhere in the East End after we 'd been to the Whitechapel and we saw a group of teddies standing round two middle-aged Indians . |
| 13 | And he hopes to retain his place in tomorrow 's Premier League meeting with Middlesbrough ahead of Bruce Grobbelaar and David James . |
| 14 | Er but , you know , I , I 'd , as I say , I think er and then if we just , if we can just pick up like the odd I mean , I 've , I 've had a long chat with Anne , we 've had a long , erm meeting with Anne yesterday about it , and she 's gon na start pushing cos you know , she 's really done the Royal upstairs , it 's |
| 15 | People living in Middlesbrough now in Cleveland and Hull part of Humberside are also backing the campaign , he said . |
| 16 | According to India Today of Dec. 31 a total of 3,560 people had been killed in Punjab between Jan. 1 and Dec. 11 , 1990 . |
| 17 | David Pegler , a former England B captain , would come under consideration as a replacement after his outstanding season with London Irish , though looking outside Ireland again for a player would fuel controversy . |
| 18 | ‘ Why are you writing to Richard instead of telephoning him ? ’ |
| 19 | She was looking at Ronni now in stupefied horror . |
| 20 | Could he not deliver just one of them , he had asked , looking at Goibniu slyly from the corners of his eyes . |
| 21 | He shook his head , forgetting the idea and looking at Sara again as the train stopped in the station . |
| 22 | The norw. international is heading for London already on wednesday . |
| 23 | He was thumbing through USA Today for the umpteenth time , looking for something he might have missed , when he heard her giggling . |
| 24 | Never mind , I 'm going into Cheltenham tomorrow to the library . |
| 25 | Well , it 's been going in Oxford now for three years and it 's for people with disability and able bodied people , and with the current production we have which is being produced by Paul Newham , the people there have er suffered with M S and are visually impaired and er you know , various disabilities like that , plus able bodied people . |
| 26 | Going to Torbay just for |
| 27 | Are you going to Guildford tomorrow in the lorry ? |
| 28 | I learned that he was going to London early on the following day , so I asked him to meet me before he went . |
| 29 | Susan shuttled to and fro between Rotterdam and London , occasionally going to Felixstowe instead of London , and making two voyages during the year between London and Stockholm . |
| 30 | ANGRY owners are planning to disrupt racing at Fontwell today by withdrawing several horses just before the start of races in protest of poor prize money . |