Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [v-ing] in [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wilson , of 8th Signals , Catterick Garrison , had just bought it after deliberately going in search of the drug because he wanted to try it , the court martial was told . |
| 2 | He then telephoned Ken Berry , to begin the task of urgently calling in money from abroad . |
| 3 | Even then she had found it difficult to get up in the morning , had begged and pleaded to be allowed to lie in a little longer , had gone back to sleep more often than not , the forerunner , Cecilia supposed , of her present practice of often lying in bed till noon . |
| 4 | A final difficulty associated with attempts to formulate a sentencing tariff arises from the coexistence of other sentencing aims alongside that of simply punishing in proportion to the offender 's ‘ just deserts ’ . |
| 5 | The difficulty was that he could not enjoy this camaraderie without also falling in love with one of the boys , and by doing so he once again cast himself in an outsider position . |