Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] in [art] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result most contracting in the first year was in the form of unsophisticated block contracts . |
| 2 | The cantata ends with Dido still speaking in the first person . |
| 3 | Our expectation is that unemployment will continue to rise through 1993 , probably peaking in the third quarter . |
| 4 | Honey had been the only sweetener ; sugar had been as expensive as cinnamon or cloves and it could be taxed as a luxury in the firm belief that this would not make life harder for the working classes who were not thought to be consumers of sugar , though this was clearly changing in the eighteenth century . |
| 5 | This force may be expressed in a person , ‘ old man ’ , ‘ old woman ’ or other names being given to the mythical figure supposedly dwelling in the last sheaf of wheat . |
| 6 | Nell finished tightly tucking in the last strand of hair , and pulled on a black woollen balaclava before snuggling down into her sleeping bag , turning her face to the fuselage wall . |
| 7 | The deception , trick or ruse that forms the one essential element in the interaction of the fabliau characters is most frequently an impromptu action , very commonly occurring in the first instance as an example of a native cunning attributed to women , an ingenuity in lying and deceit that women have . |
| 8 | Was he actually fighting in the First World War or ? |