Example sentences of "[to-vb] [v-ing] [pron] in [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fat chance , thought Leonora , unable to resist keeping him in the dark about whether Elise was going with her . |
| 2 | Gwenellen thought neither , as if Marcus tonight was anything like Marcus last night Old Red would be far too busy to remember meeting me in the subway . |
| 3 | the no conflict rule — a conglomerate owes a duty as fiduciary to avoid putting itself in a position where its own interests conflict with that of its clients ; |
| 4 | She wondered if Mrs Gray wanted to be fair to her husband and to avoid mentioning him in a role which showed him having to report to HQ , as it were ; or whether she wanted to be fair to Canon Wheeler , about whom , her tone suggested , she might share her husband 's opinion . |
| 5 | Comedian Ernie Wise , a next-door-neighbour , said : ‘ Poor old Frank does seem to keep shooting himself in the foot . |
| 6 | He does seem to keep shooting himself in the foot . ’ |