Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] in a [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other behavioural strategies included eating slowly in a room away from the kitchen , preparing all food thoroughly before starting to eat , rather than eating standing up during cooking . |
| 2 | I want you — take me , ’ she whispered , twisting now in a way not designed to keep him away . |
| 3 | The horses are walking round in a ring then . |
| 4 | The sky now suddenly seemed clear except for a CR 42 going down in a spin ahead of me . |
| 5 | I worry about my daughter , she 's growing up in a world where things are inevitably going ’ Asked whether he may just possibly have got it all wrong , Hopkins pauses melodramatically . |
| 6 | We 're going out in a minute anyway . |
| 7 | If relearning to walk safely takes several months , going out in a wheelchair alone can prevent the patient from feeling too housebound and frustratingly dependent on other people for his mobility . |
| 8 | Most players have a battered specimen lying around in a cupboard somewhere ; a few sensible types even use one as their main instrument , and as a result will probably retain their hearing well into the next century . |
| 9 | Oh Christ , there he was going round in a circle again . |
| 10 | One example of this is on page 156 when Scout and Jem have discovered that Atticus is sitting outside the county Jail on one of his office chairs and as they cross the square to get nearer to him , four dusty cars come in from the Meridian highway , moving slowly in a line eventually stopping outside the Jail . |
| 11 | Canvassing on his behalf appears to have indicated , however , that many MPs would remain loyal to the Prime Minister in a first ballot , switching only in a second when , of course , there might be additional candidates . |
| 12 | Initial attempts at moving together in a team often cause frustration and irritation . |
| 13 | Attempting to leave , he was surprised by a Spanish guarda-costa , but escaped capture by making off in a sloop previously taken by the Spaniard which he and his gang seized under cover of night . |
| 14 | Erm sorry I gave them all away I 'm afraid mhm yeah so er I 'm tempted to start rolling again in a moment so would you like to make an announcement yeah ? |
| 15 | She would have preferred the noise and distraction of the public restaurant to sitting quietly in a room alone with Robert , but it was impossible to refuse . |