Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun pl] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I can not bear the darkness and have to keep on relighting the candle , fumbling for the matches in the total darkness . |
| 2 | The memory of lightning flaring between the cracks in the boards and me pushing home the four-inch nails with numb fingers arrived simultaneous with the patter of descending footsteps … |
| 3 | They were driving through the suburbs in the valley far below the ancient hill settlement forming the historic core of the city . |
| 4 | Bingham hit out after Charlton had written-off Northern Ireland 's chances of qualifying for the finals in the United States in two years . |
| 5 | Now the Australians are bidding for the Olympics in the year 2000 , the plan being to hoist the Olympic rings at the SCG . |
| 6 | She sat down on the grass and stayed for a while , talking and laughing with the children in the quiet , sunny garden . |
| 7 | An alternative is to build a second tree consisting of the words in the compounds , i.e. a ‘ compound tree ’ . |
| 8 | The room had fallen deathly silent except for Cranston 's abrupt questions , the equally abrupt answers and the snapping and crackling of the logs in the fire . |
| 9 | They 're the ones supposed to be looking after the kids in the day-time , they should bloody well make sure there are n't any funny characters hanging around outside |
| 10 | I shoved the lot inside the still warm rabbit and left it sort of sitting , squatting looking towards the holes in the bank . |
| 11 | Yeah it was , it , well what happened is , was , that he on Sun on the Sunday gone swimming with the boys in the morning |
| 12 | But its evolution , combined with trends in housing and urban administration referred to earlier , gives an indication of the political constraints acting upon the cities in the 1980s . |
| 13 | As the room slowly slipped into darkness , the lowering skies bringing on an early evening , Patrick sat by the window , staring out onto the streets below , listening to the noises in the bathroom as Jane gently hummed to herself . |
| 14 | He lay there , listening to the noises in the street , quite tranquilly ; not caring much how the time went , but watching it and watching everything about him with observing eyes ( 2 ) . |
| 15 | Like lying in bed in the morning when they call you to get up and you lie there , listening to the noises in the street below , wondering whether you 'll ever get up and join them . |
| 16 | He fiddled for a moment or two , listening to the tumblers in the lock . |
| 17 | They also tend to ‘ use up ’ remedies quickly which may need repeating several times an hour at first but always according to the changes in the symptom picture . |
| 18 | and wondering how we can do a job for two thousand four hundred and fifty , when according to the experts in the field it was gon na cost fourteen and a half thousand pounds . |
| 19 | You never know what the Dead are going to play — they do n't themselves — and according to the experts in the audience , tonight was below par . |
| 20 | You never know what the Dead are going to play — they do n't themselves — and according to the experts in the audience , tonight was below par . |
| 21 | The colour ( wavelength ) and intensity of CL may also vary according to the sites in the crystal lattice where activator ion substitutions occur . |
| 22 | Follow the method for attaching the extension rails according to the instructions in the manual on page 26 . |
| 23 | According to the applicants in the main proceedings , paragraph 13 of the judgment in the Pesca Valentia case [ 1988 ] E.C.R. 83 , 107 constitute a fair description of the effect of Regulation ( E.E.C. ) No. 101/76 but no argument for the proposition that member states might define the conditions for registration without reference to basic principles of Community law . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , the first investigation left the verdict open , according to the files in the Registry , and put a question mark against him . |
| 25 | As a consequence there will be a force qv X B acting on the charges in the wire ; the mobile charges will be displaced until the arising electric field produces an equal and opposite force . |
| 26 | One moment he was shouting at the boys in the dorm to keep quiet , the next thing he was in the bathroom retching , then out on the landing , heaving and crying out . |
| 27 | Looking at the passages in the Queen 's Speech that refer to matters abroad , I reflect upon remarks made to me when I was a very young person , eager to enter politics , by the father of my right hon. Friend the Member for Brighton , Pavilion ( Mr. Amery ) . |
| 28 | Looking at the elements in the rational and political models of resource decision making , a list of six key factors of indications of behaviour emerges for both approaches . |
| 29 | On Thursday we drew the whole thing together ending up with team practice and looking at the videos in the evening . |
| 30 | He stayed looking at the holes in the ceiling for a while . |