Example sentences of "in [noun] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 This is a blue-blood organisation , very keen on people with style , contacts and a good record in industry usually working for prestige , high-quality organisations .
2 But the increasing size and cost of such undertakings as railways , metallurgical and other expensive activities requiring heavy initial outlays , made this more difficult , especially in countries newly entering upon industrialisation and lacking large accumulations of private investment capital .
3 Inhabits , lower levels than Ptarmigan , tundra , arctic prairies with birch and willow scrub , and heather moors and bogs ; in winter sometimes descending to farmland .
4 He spent his first summer from Cambridge in leisurely visits to his family , staying first with his brother Edward in Salisbury then travelling to Ottery for one of the few lengthy returns he had made since childhood .
5 For example : Sentence Graphics 1 John gets up Stick figure in bed then standing by bed 2 John gets dressed Clothes appear on stick figure 3 John eats breakfast food on breakfast table disappears 4 John gets the bus to Stick figure leaves house , school waits at bus stop , is collected by bus 5 He plays football in the Stick boys play football yard Example 4 : parts of speech .
6 I wo n't write a word more now , but go to my work , cool down , go out , and in the evening post this letter with proofs of my regret , though not recantation , and also proofs of some joy or success I may have this afternoon in fields now rejoicing in sunshine after rain , — to delight my own sweet little one , too tolerant , too childishly submissive , not by nature , which would be weak , but by love for me , which is strength .
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