Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [art] [noun pl] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A local builder obliged by knocking down the remains in exchange for the materials he could salvage , and the place had been known as the Half House by local people ever since . |
| 2 | Here 's an end to worrying about totting up the calories in food and wondering whether you are eating the right thing . |
| 3 | ‘ Independently of climbing over rocks and fallen stumps of trees , the sportsman has to creep and crawl beneath and among the branches with the utmost caution , taking care only to advance when the bird 's attention is occupied in singing , or in scratching up the leaves in search of food ; to watch its actions it is necessary to remain perfectly motionless , not venturing to move even in the slightest degree , or it vanishes from sight as if by magic … |
| 4 | In addition such clauses also normally give the seller the options of trying to alter the goods so that they are no longer infringing , buying the third party claimant out by obtaining a licence from him , or , in the last resort , taking back the goods in return for a refund of their purchase price ; all of these at the seller 's expense . |
| 5 | Just behind on 88 points was Ole-Christian Furuseth , the Norwegian runner-up to Pirmin Zurbriggen last season , either spectacularly in a race or spectacularly out ; next on 78 the resurgent Marc Girardelli , barrelling down the slaloms in quest of his fourth title ; fourth on 76 points the downhill form man , Switzerland 's Franz Heinzer . |
| 6 | ‘ Some burglars have hidden stolen property in the hedge of the house they have broken into , ’ said Detective Inspector Jon Shatford , who led the 150 officers carrying out the raids in Operation Bumblebee . |
| 7 | By the time he died there were no animals left in the yard , nor land to call his own , for it had been sold to the building men , who were throwing up The Courts in order to house the rabble from starving Ireland and those flooding in from all the villages from miles around , all in the hope of being set on and blankets and shawls , everything that would go to cover a human being . |
| 8 | Gweder was speaking again , his voice harsh , spitting out the words in challenge . |
| 9 | As each component was later to be assembled into the complete working mechanism , care was taken in laying out the details in order to reduce the manipulation that is necessary at a later stage . |