Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [adv prt] in [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah that 's a nice er , slot , were you looking to go out in the garden ? |
| 2 | It was an act familiar to anyone , that is almost everyone , who has suffered from those self-inflicted illnesses that inspire only a feeling of wanting to curl up in a ball and be alone . |
| 3 | In my view our fellow Members , who lived with us cheek by jowl , were fully aware of my strengths and weaknesses and were unlikely to be impressed by pictures of me on their TV screens dressed in a striped apron and pretending to wash up in the kitchen , as had happened during the Tory leadership election . |
| 4 | FOR a thriller to really thrill there should be moments when you are gripping the edge of your seat wondering if the star is indeed going to go down in a hail of bullets — one more dead hero . |
| 5 | Before the meeting , you know at the moment John Major is in Moscow , erm before that meeting there 'll have been much work done by the officials on briefing papers , on trying to identify the potential issues that are going to come up in the meeting , there 'll have been a lot of background work that would be similar er to patterns of relationships between various departments erm in any process of decision making . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm terribly afraid it 's going to come down in the marshland . |
| 7 | The Ancient Britons had gone home tired of having to lurk in the bushes waiting to burst out in a rabble . |
| 8 | I do n't think there 's a remote possibility that it 's going to hang about in a kind of semi-derelict state er , because erm somebody 's invested in infrastructure , altered its character but there are no takers for erm for the the development which follows from that . |
| 9 | Are you going to finish off in the kid 's room ? |
| 10 | ‘ Are you levelling ? ’ he asked , ‘ 'cos if you ai n't that kid is still going to end up in a body-bag . ’ |
| 11 | Duncan hoped that the drink was n't going to end up in the cockpit . |
| 12 | But they 're , they 're the gov they 're going to end up in the government . |
| 13 | There was no immediate sign of an answer , but after Creggan had given up any hope of a reply and was looking at the path lights beginning to come on in the Park outside the Zoo there was a subtle shift of talons in Slorne 's cage , a gentle shift of wings , the swiftest of meek glances , and Creggan , too late to catch the look full on , yet sensed that in her mute way Slorne was saying ‘ Yes , oh yes , you were right to predict her return ’ This knowledge that another eagle there believed his prediction had been right gave Creggan comfort in those first weeks in the Cages . |
| 14 | But he always leaves it as if he is n't expecting to come back in the morning . " |
| 15 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is a tragedy if law and order is beginning to break down in the north of Somalia , in what is , after all , the old British Somaliland and is now known to local people as Somaliland ? |
| 16 | There are signs that latent defects insurance , such as that recommended in the BUILD report , is beginning to take off in the insurance market . |
| 17 | I hate having to sit down in the toilet all the time . |
| 18 | Street lights were starting to come on in the distance , crimson slivers slowly brightening to orange . |
| 19 | I recall having to stand out in the cold at Cotherstone Chapel when one gentleman belonging to a family which had been in the dale for several generations was laid to rest . |
| 20 | ‘ If we could be sure he 's having to hide out in the open , it might even be a good idea . ’ |
| 21 | She very much doubted Madeleine would be prepared to give up the good time she was having to settle down in the country on Harry 's salary . |
| 22 | His first revolt against the culture of women 's subordination was " against my mother having to get up in the morning , like they all did , to cut the bread for the lads . |
| 23 | It 's the children crying to be fed , and having to get up in the morning and pawn whatever you 've got left to buy four rolls for breakfast or a kilo of sugar . |
| 24 | As Kierkegaard remarked , the method which doubts in order to philosophize is little more suited to its purpose than the notion of teaching a soldier to stand up straight by learning to lie down in a heap . |
| 25 | ‘ Huh , ’ said Angalo , nonchalantly trying to swivel around in the chair in case any tentacled things with teeth were trying to creep up on him . |
| 26 | She was trying to stand up in the pool but could n't because of the costume . |
| 27 | Ken Kessler is an ordinary person trying to get by in the information age . |
| 28 | Ken Kessler is an ordinary person trying to get by in the information age . |
| 29 | That 's right , and I think that 's very important with a side , and of course John Durning now , finished his suspension , so he 'll be raring to get back in the side . |