Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] in [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not wanting to jump in at the deep end , I hired the school the day before and went with Karen , a friend who wanted to give her experienced but spooky horse an indoor schooling session . |
| 2 | ‘ They 're going to come in at the far end . ’ |
| 3 | Nor was she going to give in to the warm and leaping sensations being generated in her by the slow , rhythmic stroking of his fingers . |
| 4 | In truth , Cabernet is beginning to creep in by the back door . |
| 5 | As Sharapour fell back it seemed for a moment as if he would get in the way of Mill Reef on the rails , but Lewis was alert to the perils of getting boxed in up the short Longchamp straight and pulled Mill Reef out to begin his challenge . |
| 6 | Twelve other works by Matisse were offered — all trying to cash in on the much-hyped exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art — but only ‘ La plage rouge ’ , an estate picture at Sotheby 's soared , selling to a European collector at $1.25 million . |
| 7 | There may also be some junior males trying to muscle in on the dominant male 's kingdom . |