Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] in the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But both had to give way to Larne AC 's flying doctor Peter Howie who produced his best ever run by storming through in the closing stages to grab the runner up spot . |
| 2 | ‘ There are thousands , maybe tens of thousands , who are dying out in the rural areas , or as they make their way to the towns to get help . |
| 3 | Evening distractions were few , although we did hear Sinead O'Connor blasting out in the early hours in one village , and we spent one evening joining in with some traditional dancing — the original Twist ! |
| 4 | Both processes are going on in the two locales , sometimes with a single agency carrying out both simultaneously . |
| 5 | She could imagine what was going on in the lugubrious depths of Baikal . |
| 6 | Two minor ‘ quakes shook Yokohama during our conference — as if there were not enough earth-moving activity going on in the plenary sessions ! |
| 7 | Since her infancy Mann , a professional photographer , has documented her three children growing up in the idyllic woodlands of their dream home in south western Virginia . |
| 8 | In the 19th century , biologists , growing up in the halcyon days of the Industrial Revolution , saw all life as a struggle to survive . |
| 9 | China 's vice-like grip was broken in the women 's singles with title favourite Deng Yaping going out in the early stages but the oriental domination was maintained by the World No 3 Hyum Jung Hwa from Korea who defeated the World No 12 Chen Jing from Taiwan 21–16 21–15 21–14 . |
| 10 | The trains time her life , crashing through fitful dreams at night , slackening off in the early hours . |
| 11 | It means getting up in the early hours to be ready to board a coach at around 6.30am that will transport them to the South Coast , then bring them back again , arriving home at around midnight . |
| 12 | Mahdi Mohammed loyalists were holding out in the northern fringes of the capital . |
| 13 | ‘ Itsi ’ won his cap eighteen years ago , coming on in the dying seconds of an 8–1 victory over Hong Kong . |
| 14 | ‘ When we split up I was really pissed off that we had n't achieved a lot of things we could have done , and that mood was coming through in the last records because it was depressing . |
| 15 | I would have no difficulty whatever in going on any hustings and waxing eloquent about foul sewage coming up in the wrong places . |
| 16 | Some 18 companies originally bid for contract , with Compagnie des Machines Bull SA , IBM , ICL Plc , IQSoft and VTSoft losing out in the later stages . |
| 17 | Some 18 companies originally bid for contract , with Compagnie des Machines Bull SA , IBM , ICL Plc , IQSoft and VTSoft losing out in the later stages . |
| 18 | While most people still visit in groups , opportunities for independent travel are increasing , and more and better hotels are springing up in the major cities . |
| 19 | The main objectives of policy are , first , to enable the demand to be met in the right places , while preventing sites from springing up in the wrong places ; and , second , to allow caravan sites , where permitted , to be established on a permanent or long-term basis , in order to facilitate the provision of proper services and equipment and to allow the occupants reasonable security of tenure . |
| 20 | Amounts of toxic gases in our cities have already reached unacceptable levels and this is showing up in the big increases in respiratory illnesses . |
| 21 | Zvi Lipsky , the Burial Society Treasurer , had spent the whole afternoon trying to rid his mind of the annoyance of Arnold Wine 's advertisement in that morning 's Cork Examiner and now there was Wine himself , as bold as brass , sitting up in the front seats if you please , instead of at the back where he should be . |
| 22 | Making out in the green shades . |
| 23 | There was to be no paddling around in the shallow waters for this man , Ruth thought . |
| 24 | The carrack was brought to anchor in the Bay of Cascais two evenings later , and after an uncomfortable night rolling about in the confused waters of that harbour , Sara rose early and went on deck to find that a thick mist had descended . |
| 25 | The magnificent engine was strong and skilful still , but the suppleness and the sap were drying up in the long sinews , the head was already a death's-head . |
| 26 | We stayed all day , suffering short drenching showers of rain and drying out in the hot spells in between . |