Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [v-ing] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | She marks the seasons ’ changes by the need to utter particular blessings , prepare ritual foods , explain the reasons for so doing in simple language to an infant audience . |
| 2 | Wilson , of 8th Signals , Catterick Garrison , had just bought it after deliberately going in search of the drug because he wanted to try it , the court martial was told . |
| 3 | It felt fragile at first , but it was as if I had finally come up for air after nearly drowning in a pool of lies . |
| 4 | I think it 's also worth just bearing in mind that we 're talking about only one percent of the erm of the farmed land i in this county , we 're not talking about banning hunting in in er in Leicestershire , we 're talking about what we 're saying on one percent there are tens of thousand of fields in in this county nothing can change overnight , even if this er motion goes through because the tenants will still have the rights to decide , it 's only when you actually start getting to new tenancy agreements that you will be in a position if you wish , to start to change things and therefore I suppose at the end of erm , at the end of five years you might have a hundred or two hundred fields on which this ban will apply but you will still have tens of thousand of fields on which the , the hunt will still be , the hunts in this county will still be free to , erm , to operate . |
| 5 | In 1625 , after a considerable search , he found what he wanted in the depopulated — indeed almost uninhabited — village of Little Gidding in Huntingdonshire , about three miles from the Great North Road . |
| 6 | and that the learning situation itself needs to be examined for its possible contribution to children 's learning difficulties , instead of merely looking in the child for causes . |
| 7 | The heroes of both these plays arrive upon the scene in a dramatic manner — adventurously entering through a window instead of prosaically walking in the door . |
| 8 | TI blames itself for telling the newsletter that that would be the ‘ average price for 1993 ’ because it forgot to factor in the industry practice of constantly repricing in the face of better yields . |
| 9 | This session is the cause of much joshing in the Right Said Fred camp , him saying how he 'd make sure he had a hot shower first and primed himself for action if he did it again , his partners enjoying wiggling their little fingers at any opportunity and ribbing him for his perceived shortcomings . |
| 10 | Online searching : an introduction in 1980 and the textbook by Cochrane and Meadow Basics of online searching in 1981 . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , when you 've explored a level and flicked the right switches , there can be a lot of just sticking in one place , bubbling up the countless number of grubs required to feed the sprogs . |
| 12 | He then telephoned Ken Berry , to begin the task of urgently calling in money from abroad . |
| 13 | He admitted three charges of illegally camping in a lay-by and two charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice by giving a false name to police . |
| 14 | They could n't understand the practice of mainly worshipping in silence and without a minister , or without the trappings of church rituals . |
| 15 | Even then she had found it difficult to get up in the morning , had begged and pleaded to be allowed to lie in a little longer , had gone back to sleep more often than not , the forerunner , Cecilia supposed , of her present practice of often lying in bed till noon . |
| 16 | But instead of simply struggling in embarrassment they can turn to their advisers and ask for help : " What do I say now ? " , |
| 17 | A final difficulty associated with attempts to formulate a sentencing tariff arises from the coexistence of other sentencing aims alongside that of simply punishing in proportion to the offender 's ‘ just deserts ’ . |
| 18 | Although individuals may be aware of sometimes talking in " a mixture " this is very rarely commented on . |
| 19 | Otherwise every scrum would have ended with the scrum-halves and both sets of forwards wallowing in the mire with little chance of the ball every seeing daylight . |
| 20 | There is the choice of either staying in one of the Halls of Residence where there are full Catering and Bar facilities available or in one of the many University Self-Catering Flats . |
| 21 | Holiday memories of dinner for two complete with bottle of wine for the princely sum of a fiver are , alas , no guide to the cost of actually living in a country — especially if the holiday in question took place five years ago or more . |
| 22 | As the days dragged on the strain of continually living in front-line positions began to show in the faces of some of the Commandos . |
| 23 | For the chick , it must have been like suddenly landing in the Sahara . |
| 24 | ‘ There is a doctor near here specialising in candida sufferers who sends his patients to eat here , ’ said Rex . |
| 25 | Over the years the number of grade Vs has quadrupled , with much over-crowding in the top end . |
| 26 | So , so , you know , for a lot of , I would n't say a lot , but there is a , a group in the population that are basically concerned with just surviving in agriculture , and would n't even consider , even if they are , say have got a high IQ or something , they just physically ca n't migrate because of the cost . |
| 27 | It is best treated with relaxation therapy and with just lying in bed , resting , even if sleep does not come . |
| 28 | Pension funds have used property unit trusts as a cheap method of diversifying into the property market , without the problems associated with actually dealing in the properties themselves . |
| 29 | The world 's great religions are even more notorious for simultaneously looking in different directions . |
| 30 | The investment represents a personal victory for the city 's Principal Arts Officer , Elizabeth Goodall , who has led a long campaign to educate local politicians of the cultural and economic rewards to be reaped from properly investing in the visual arts infrastructure . |