Example sentences of "[noun] in [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Joe Nichols in the New York Times wrote that ‘ Lester Piggott rode with the competence that has stamped him as one of the world 's great riders , and brought his mount home in time ’ , the Washington Post thought that ‘ there could be fault-finding with Piggott 's tactics in tucking in on the rail and not asking his mount for more of the effort he had in reserve ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ the whole object of the section is to assimilate the practice in winding up to the practice in bankruptcy , which was established in order to enable assignees , who are now called trustees , in bankruptcy to find out facts before they brought an action , so as to avoid incurring the expense of some hundreds of pounds in bringing an unsuccessful action , when they might , by examining a witness or two , have discovered at a trifling expense that an action could not succeed . |
| 3 | Will the Prime Minister confirm that because of his action in opting out of the social charter , Great Britain will be the only country in Europe that will deny its people the legal right to paid holidays ? |
| 4 | If we had more courage at Goodison in facing up to the truth unpalatable though it may be things might begin to improve . |
| 5 | Charles Hancy relates his experiences in travelling about on the hay business : |
| 6 | I naturally felt very good about it and proud of myself for the discipline I had shown during the winter in getting down to the work necessary to achieve the successes I had obtained . |
| 7 | The following year Graham Greene , having struggled to write a script from Galsworthy 's Twenty-One Days — about a murderer who killed himself and an innocent man who was hanged for the suicide 's crime — within BBFC rules that forbade the representation of either suicide or a failure of British justice , joined with J. B. Priestley , Bernard Shaw and H. G. Wells in speaking out against the censorship system . |
| 8 | There may be more security in hanging on to the old and acquiring something new as well . |
| 9 | She accepts that she then was confused , she did n't know what to do erm she did n't think there was any point in getting out of the car which is what sh she should of done , she should of tried to make some enquiries about the child er , but she er , she looked around shrugged her shoulders and and then carried on her journey because she did n't think there was anything else she could do about it . |
| 10 | There was n't much point in calling in at the shop , so I came straight here . ’ |
| 11 | He resolved that the occurrence could be sorted out in daylight and that there was no point in groping about in the dark . |
| 12 | No point in turning up at the school if young Nick was n't going to be there . |
| 13 | Dalglish , preparing for today 's clash at Coventry , said : ‘ There 's no point in going on about the League table while we are still in August . |
| 14 | ‘ There was no point in going back to the hotel . |
| 15 | HEAVEN is my witness that I do not want to be unfair to British Telecom , so I must , with frank and honest gaze , report that I have had several letters saying that I am up the pole in carrying on about the method of charging recently mentioned in this column . |
| 16 | ‘ Gary showed great courage in coming back in the second half even though the injury was very painful . ’ |
| 17 | Hopefully Mansell will put the most famous name in racing back at the top of Formula One Grand Prix racing . |
| 18 | Finally , in the week that our nation , while stifling under the weight of depression , looked to the Chancellor and his Budget for hope in crawling out of the pit of fiscal horror and penury , it was reported that : |
| 19 | The greatest areas of concern for tax-payers were about the Revenue 's staff 's apparent lack of authority to deal with certain problems , difficulty in getting through to the right person on the telephone , and about the time it took to resolve problems and answer queries . |
| 20 | He had great difficulty in getting through to the club . |
| 21 | So swifts , if they land , find great difficulty in getting back into the air and when the time comes for them to make a nest , they are unable to gather leaves , sticks or mud in the way that other birds can . |
| 22 | Anyone who has difficulty in getting down to the floor and up is safer exercising on a firm mattress . |
| 23 | There was something about cutter work — glamour , adventure , battling the elements , or just plain escapism — call it what you will , but once you had experienced it you had great difficulty in settling down to the more prosaic existence ashore . |
| 24 | The most important thing to remember about juggling is that , if you throw the ball well , the catch will look after itself , except for those one in ten people who have great difficulty in holding on to the ball . |
| 25 | As for Willie Aitchison , who was felled by a ball on the knee on Wednesday , this game old caddie was having no difficulty in going along with the hospital 's recommendations . |
| 26 | But Mr Davies , who leaves behind a lower paid £85,000 at the commission , conceded he would have little difficulty in signing up for the business priorities agreed by the CBI 's governing council for the incoming government . |
| 27 | It involves one of the few regulators that have shown some teeth in standing up to the powers that have been conferred by the Government on privatised British Gas . |
| 28 | Black & Decker , the tool manufacturer , followed this course in expanding out of the USA . |
| 29 | And , casting an eye towards the world championships in August , Backley insisted that if the injury hung around he would have no hesitation in pulling out of the year 's big event in Stuttgart to prevent further damage . |
| 30 | While working on the two biker films and his one sentence in The St Valentine 's Day Massacre , undemanding as they were , Nicholson was also writing another film script for Corman who was once again ahead of the field in latching on to the latest craze sweeping through the world : the children of the post-war baby boom were coming out to play and nothing could stop them now . |