Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [v-ing] [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Forgive my asking , ’ she added , ‘ But are n't you wearing rather impractical gear for grubbing around in the earth or whatever it is you do ? ’ |
| 2 | Back at base , Stirling had every intention of staying out in the desert and carrying on his raiding operations . |
| 3 | Unlike many groups , The Wedding Present largely avoided the dubious pleasure of growing up in the public eye . |
| 4 | ‘ Poor Laura — you never were any good at getting up in the morning , were you ? ’ he mocked softly , taking the clattering cup and saucer from her shaking hands , before leaning forward to brush a stray tendril of hair from her brow . |
| 5 | It is sad to have to make a living by grubbing around in the dirt of a national calamity . ’ |
| 6 | You talk about getting work you talk about getting work and all that sort of thing erm we 've offered John , at one point , that if he did a bit of clearing up in the churchyard erm that he would be given a small amount of money . |
| 7 | There was no question of easing off in the second half . |
| 8 | We banged off the last roll of film recording our epic journey of discovery before setting off in the direction of Charles de Gaulle Airport . |
| 9 | No , I would say that if an independent assessor has been dispatched to this is a good point worth bringing through in the event of erm a disagreement between ourselves and a policy holder , the policy holder has a number of aspects that they can they can approach . |
| 10 | And Jackson , who caused upset when he held his nose after touching down in the Ivory Coast , plans to perform extra dates in Africa . |
| 11 | And the singer , who caused upset when he held his nose after touching down in the Ivory Coast , plans to perform extra dates in Africa ‘ to make amends ’ . |
| 12 | But psychologically what happens is , eventually they say well , what 's the point of getting up in the morning , so they lie in till ten o'clock . |
| 13 | In present times the system is in danger of dying out in the Point district , as so many of the men and women have regular employment in town . |
| 14 | He resolved that the occurrence could be sorted out in daylight and that there was no point in groping about in the dark . |
| 15 | ‘ Gary showed great courage in coming back in the second half even though the injury was very painful . ’ |
| 16 | This is no night for hanging about in the air . ’ |
| 17 | T was not the best night for standing around in the cold wind and rain ( OK so it 's undercover , but the wind do n't half blow through there ) watching telly ( and paying a fiver for the priviledge of doing so ) |
| 18 | It may seem tame stuff after helping out in the privatising of British Airways . |
| 19 | The showdown followed three earlier occasions when Government whips took the issue to the brink before backing down in the face of certain defeat by the combined ranks of the Opposition and Conservative rebels . |
| 20 | Arguably he was known to Londoners less for his medical expertise than for his incredible eccentricity , which was exaggerated by a long beard , a predilection for extraordinary costume and his habit of riding about in the streets and Hyde Park on a white pony , which he sometimes painted all purple or , when the mood took him , purple with black spots . |
| 21 | On the one hand , the protection of fundamental rights is an established source of law for the ECJ , so that this decision should perhaps not be taken to exclude the interpretation that the Directive places the decision on opting out in the hands of the workers themselves . |
| 22 | However , environment organisations condemned the Government for backing down in the face of an organised lobby from vested interests . |
| 23 | The thought of drifting along in the sunbeams , under the willow of the brook with only the frogs and water-rats to keep her company , filled her with glee . |
| 24 | Greta Scacchi , 31 , star of White Mischief and Heat and Dust says , ‘ I hate the thought of standing out in the crowd . |
| 25 | This unit removes calcium and magnesium from the water , preventing limescale from building up in the machine and on your tableware . |
| 26 | He then grabbed all her feathers and threw them in the gutter before storming off in the direction of the Black Bull . |
| 27 | To complete this bitter emotional brew there is anxiety : that feeling of dread or agitation on waking up in the mornings ; stammering and blushing ; fear of making another fool of yourself , or of your last mistake being uncovered . |
| 28 | A job gives structure and a reason for getting up in the morning : it gives human contact with colleagues , it gives ‘ busyness ’ . |
| 29 | You can thus save money compared with an overdraft — and save the effort of shopping around in the Money Market for credit which is anyway less flexible . |
| 30 | ‘ I think it 's a matter of stumbling around in the dark until we find a clue , ’ Loretta said gratefully . |