Example sentences of "[v-ing] it [adv] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two small boys ran from the damp gloom of a back close , closely pursued by a third , who raced after them , swinging something over his head , then hurling it high in the air . |
| 2 | A second very late gene , p10 , which is responsible for the synthesis of a non-structural protein , has been successfully utilized to express foreign proteins either by replacing the resident p10 gene ( 5 , 6 ) or by duplicating the p10 promoter and inserting it elsewhere in the AcNPV genome , eg , in proximity to the ph gene site ( 4 ) . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's for unfreezing car locks , ’ said Robyn , hastily stowing it away in the glove compartment . |
| 4 | What about having it outside in the shade ? |
| 5 | ‘ We shall be viewing it later in the week , by kind consent of the owner , ’ Sir Thomas continued , ignoring this contribution . |
| 6 | And that 's not really opera , it 's theatre , musical theatre , and we 're experimenting quite considerably with the theatre in that case and doing it almost in the round . |
| 7 | I saw you doing it yesterday in the kitchen . ’ |
| 8 | This has the value of removing prophecy from the realm of the mysterious and placing it firmly in the practical . |
| 9 | Remembering her host 's clever trick of the night before , she had made a sandwich of the remaining ham and wrapped it carefully in one of her pocket handkerchiefs , placing it securely in the pocket of her pelisse . |
| 10 | Indeed , some plants were even named thereby , for example , the ‘ day 's eye ’ ( daisy ) , so-called in allusion to its revealing its yellow disc in the morning and concealing it again in the evening . |
| 11 | Jenkins said , deftly taking the coaster from Laidlaw 's hand and discarding it unobtrusively in the bin under the counter . |