Example sentences of "[v-ing] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My game is about tackling in midfield and how the opposition react is up to them . |
| 2 | The dog leapt up at him , twisting in mid-air , its jaws snapping shut inches from his calves . |
| 3 | The blow struck only partly home , because Satan was already twisting in mid-air , trying for another bite as he dropped away . |
| 4 | Through the leaping smoke and flames , the woman could be seen like a mirage , her bare arms raised heavenward , her burning flesh writhing and twisting in agony , her screams reaching a higher pitch than Sara could have imagined possible from any human being . |
| 5 | She glanced sideways to see the hard mouth twisting in amusement , at her expense . |
| 6 | Resisting the urge to rout the pair of them by denying in Italian as fluent as theirs that she was any such thing , Luce kept her face impassive until the other woman had disappeared the way she 'd come . |
| 7 | On the far side of the river a dog appeared — a collie , leaping in excitement . |
| 8 | It was leaping in stillness to receive the Light . |
| 9 | Because you were yo yo yo you were walking in darkness . |
| 10 | For I 'm walking in faith and victory . |
| 11 | The actual retraining of walking in physiotherapy may require that one has imposed on one a new sequence of movements , a sequence quite different from that of the false folk theory , and one that the patient might not be able to construct without the expert help of the physiotherapist . |
| 12 | The 16 year-old victim was walking in West Thurrock , Essex . |
| 13 | No that thing waterproof walking in lake , wahey |
| 14 | If ever this ended , I thought , I would n't go walking in woodland for a very long time . |
| 15 | Martin had organised to spend five days hill walking in North Wales . |
| 16 | Reindeer in the snow , walking in winter wonderlands , the old magic works for me every time and I ca n't wait to begin knitting those special presents for extra-special people . |
| 17 | Hashing , which takes its name from a Malaysian eating house where the hobby originated before World War II , involves running or walking in pursuit of ‘ hares ’ — volunteers who act as the quarry . |
| 18 | In 45-minute classes infants grapple with walking in time to music , marching , pony-trotting ; facial expressions and gestures are tested , too . |
| 19 | Walking in time , through time is , is erm , being in proceeding . |
| 20 | Cameron and Menzies found themselves moving out of the door in a file of soldiers whose feet were already walking in step . |
| 21 | Masha and I found further cause for depression as , walking in search of a tube station , we came to a major intersection , a roundabout of relentless , screeching vehicles , three and four abreast : for in the centre , on the small concrete island , we saw a man lying on his side . |
| 22 | Many people enter a meditative state without even realising it — perhaps while listening to music , jogging , walking in nature , gardening or sitting quietly . |
| 23 | The earliest horseless carriages were regarded as socially dangerous and the first legislation to control them required that each should be accompanied by three persons — a driver , a passenger in case the driver was taken ill , and a third person walking in front carrying a red flag . |
| 24 | Norman , an aggressive nine year old , exploded at a boy walking in front of him who had thoughtlessly trodden on a painting which had fallen onto the floor . |
| 25 | He turned the truck in the direction he had pointed , Myeloski once again walking in front of the two headlights that lit his path for him . |
| 26 | And then , quite suddenly , I recognised the people who were walking in front of us through the gardens . |
| 27 | That , too , had been expressing its displeasure with rhythmic twitching of its powerful tail , its burning eyes fixed balefully on the visitors walking in front of its enclosure . |
| 28 | Then it does n't matter so much what you say that stops it walking in front of the bus , it 's actually how you say it . |
| 29 | That could be the carrot to dangle before the leading dissident in his party , Mr Chandra Shekhar , sulking in isolation after his weekend defeat in the leadership tussle . |
| 30 | Although it was after three in the morning , Sophie could hear the low , penetrating drub-drub-drub of a bass-line and a siren somewhere wailing in counterpoint . |