Example sentences of "[v-ing] in [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The going will be a bit tough , not because I shall use sophisticated techniques ( I shall not ) , but because I can not avoid producing in fairly quick succession a sequence of ideas which will be new to many of my readers . |
| 2 | Outside the evening is drawing in already . |
| 3 | The nights were drawing in fast . |
| 4 | The Saturday afternoon was drawing in now and Carrie looked out through the partly drawn curtains at the dark , rolling clouds . |
| 5 | as if she had just been in actual combat she dropped down on to the couch and sat gasping , drawing in long , shuddering breaths . |
| 6 | Although the ancestor 's body is a dot , like a bacterium in the primeval slime , hidden inside it is the potential for branching in exactly the pattern of the central tree of Figure 3 : it is just that its Gene 9 tells it to branch zero times ! |
| 7 | Second , they have to work harder than in the past to find out how they are faring in quite basic parts of the curriculum . |
| 8 | A number of Ulster riders will be competing in today 's opening round of the Supercup series at Oulton Park . |
| 9 | Jessica and James Kernan are hoping to keep up with international successes and will be competing in tomorrow 's Grand Prix . |
| 10 | It is puzzling why this happens year after year and the only feasible reason I can come up with is — there seems to be far too many players competing in too many leagues in and around the Belfast area . |
| 11 | The international regatta on Sunday afternoon is an ingenious test of rowing skill and versatility , where a maximum of nine oarsmen must be deployed among six events , with no individual competing in more than three races . |
| 12 | But the protester shrugged him off and Speedie — already on an assault charge following a skirmish with a supporter last season — was close to wading in again . |
| 13 | Instead of liking the look of the water , wading in carefully and finding it was wonderful , she 'd tumbled in at the deep end . |
| 14 | The EC Commission bought up any agricultural surpluses within the Community , stepping in once prices reached a certain ‘ intervention ’ level . |
| 15 | It has always been common for students of literature to imitate their teachers ' styles , including in seemingly incidental respects . |
| 16 | Held , allowing the application , that the provision in article 5(1) of the 1968 Convention conferring special jurisdiction in respect of ‘ matters relating to a contract ’ required the existence of either a contractual relationship between the parties giving rise to actual contractual obligations , or a consensual relationship closely akin to a contract and with comparable obligations ; and that , since the transactions between the plaintiffs and defendants had been void ab initio , no contracts existed within the meaning of article 5(1) ; that the jurisdiction under article 5(3) was restricted to claims based on tort , delict or quasi-delict and did not extend to claims for restitution ; that article 6(1) was not applicable since under the terms of the order of Steyn J. the restitution claims would not be heard and determined together and , in any event , any irreconcilable judgments would be subject to a final decision of the House of Lords , binding in both England and Scotland ; and that , accordingly , there were no grounds for invoking the special jurisdiction to allow the defendants to be sued in England ( post , pp. 836F , 837B–D , 838E , 840B–D , 842H — 843B , G , G–H ) . |
| 17 | So far as the issues of English law are concerned , it is , as Mr. Beazley fairly recognised , almost inevitable that these cases , in view of the very difficult legal problems and of the very large sums of money at stake , will , unless settled , proceed in the end , as did the Hazell case , to the highest court ; thus even if there was a prospect of irreconcilable decisions at first instance or on intermediate appeal , which I do not think is likely , the final arbiters in the House of Lords will be able to give one single decision which will be binding in both England and Scotland , and with no possibility of irreconcilability . |
| 18 | More than 100 people have already been caught speeding in just 2 days . |
| 19 | I thought you would n't mind eating in tonight ? ’ |
| 20 | Just when his eyes were adjusting to the gloom , the novice ahead of him threw open a door , and Gabriel emerged into pale but blinding sunlight flaring in low through the window of the gallery . |
| 21 | Whilst this is a fast and relatively painless process , the files will require handling in exactly the same way as if they had been transferred across a simple serial link . |
| 22 | 5 I think owl 's eyes are adapted for seeing in very low light . |
| 23 | Ventilator gargoyles started to hiss , sucking in instead of breathing out . |
| 24 | But the undeniable fact was that we were trawling in previously loyal BBC viewers who simply preferred the way we presented the news . |
| 25 | The Foreign Office earned plaudits for roping in so many ministers ( a total bag of 80 ) , while Mr Ridley 's visit to China in January was responsible for the important participation of the Chinese . |
| 26 | All econometric models are vast simplifications of reality , entailing several layers of approximation , and the economic theory available may in any case be very limited , or controversial , or capable of quantifying in only a rough-and-ready fashion . |
| 27 | ‘ Do n't you think , ’ he said , ‘ you 're reacting in just the way she wants ? ’ |
| 28 | Cardiff spun around in shock , seeing all of the others reacting in exactly the same way , as the hideous , agonised cacophony echoed and reverberated around them . |
| 29 | Hodge was frequently criticised by contemporaries for his inability to grasp the finer points of the problems confronting him and for reacting in too blunt a manner . |
| 30 | Kennedy put up a variety of items for auction , the whole collection bringing in over eighty-eight thousand pounds . |