Example sentences of "[am/are] [v-ing] [prep] the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inevitably , I am elaborating after the event in intellectual terms . |
| 2 | ‘ Secondly , there is no doubt that Rentokil has pioneered , and is pioneering , new services that are contributing towards the environment in which we all live and work . |
| 3 | At the moment , consultants are looking into the matter in detail , and their report will be put before the Broadcasting Committee for its consideration . |
| 4 | But they are the exceptions and it has to be stressed we are looking at the patient in a wider context . |
| 5 | ‘ They 're living round the corner in the council yard . |
| 6 | You 're going to the meeting in New York , of course ? |
| 7 | Tonight we 're heading for the finish in George Town . |
| 8 | ‘ Not when we 're drifting through the stratosphere in vaporized orbit . ’ |
| 9 | He 's visiting local businesses like this one which makes garden equipment to hear how they 're coping with the drop in orders . |
| 10 | If you 're travelling outside the area in which the flotilla is sailing it may take time to reach you , so our flotilla guarantee does not apply . |
| 11 | You 're floating towards the school in the morning , this morning ? |
| 12 | GOD KNOWS what they 're putting in the water in Seattle these days , but it 's got to be something pretty potent . |
| 13 | GOD KNOWS what they 're putting in the water in Seattle these days , but it 's got to be something pretty potent . |
| 14 | You 're talking about the commission in particular ? |
| 15 | She 's probably heating up the mince pies so we can have them hot when we 're sitting on the floor in front of the Christmas tree trying to guess what the wrapped up prezzies are . |
| 16 | I do n't like it when they 're sitting on the floor in front of the counter with their legs like that and they 're sitting there and you 're looking at the video and you think , well , I ca n't get that because that was made in nineteen-eighty-six and they might think I 'm a bit weedy , so I better get something that was made recently . |
| 17 | ‘ We 're leaving for the airport in half an hour so you 'd better get packed . |
| 18 | Relatives of British holidaymakers who 're fleeing from the hurricane in the United States are tonight waiting anxiously for news . |
| 19 | The stile is stopped up and , and res erm children particularly are clambering over the bridge in order to use the footpath , which actually does end at the stile , which has been stopped up , erm through the nature reserve . |
| 20 | For a start , the yachts are going round the world in the opposite direction , against the prevailing winds and currents , heading first for Rio de Janeiro , then Hobart and finally Mauritius , before returning to Southampton in April or May 1993 . |
| 21 | Meanwhile , redundant miners who lost their jobs when the state-owned mines were closed are moving into the forest in increasing numbers to set up farms . |
| 22 | Incidentally , Dubhe and Alkaid are moving across the sky in a direction opposite to that of the remaining five stars , so that over a sufficiently long period the Plough will lose its familiar shape . |
| 23 | IT 'S countdown time to Croke Park and Derry footballers are champing at the bit in their bid to make sure that ‘ Sam ’ remains in Ulster for yet another year . |
| 24 | ‘ There 's a great ship near the island , and men are coming to the shore in a boat ! ’ |
| 25 | The Japanese are coming to the rescue in other areas , too . |
| 26 | The super bikes , with engines more powerful than 100 brake horsepower , are coming off the road in the interests of accident prevention . |
| 27 | What we are saying by the way in which we share what we are saying by our commitment to justice and peace . |
| 28 | As Noel Blanc , who has a collection of 20 classic cars , explains : ‘ When I 'm driving down the street in my hot-rod , people are waving at me and giving me the thumbs up . |
| 29 | I 'm going to the theatre in the evening . |
| 30 | She said Monday night I , er I do n't know whether we 've done the right thing by booking this holiday she said , I 'm thinking about the travelling in the air , it 'll be in travelling for eleven hours so she said I do n't know how I 'll be , I said it 's no use looking at it like that Alice now |