Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [adv prt] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their long mobile noses are used for rooting around in search of small animals . |
| 2 | No , I would say that if an independent assessor has been dispatched to this is a good point worth bringing through in the event of erm a disagreement between ourselves and a policy holder , the policy holder has a number of aspects that they can they can approach . |
| 3 | This is no night for hanging about in the air . ’ |
| 4 | The room will be furnished with tatami ( mats ) for walking over in bare feet or socks/tights and seating is on zabuton ( large cushions ) . |
| 5 | People interested in agricultural improvement in the nineteenth century — in improving farming methods , in increasing the potential yield of land and in methods of improving the manner of storage of its produce — saw the formal lease as a mechanism for spelling out in advance precisely who was responsible for what , and for enshrining in legal terms how the land was to be utilised . |
| 6 | The immediate remedy is usually to petition for winding up in the public interest , so that a provisional liquidator ( the Official Receiver ) can be appointed , halting the company 's activities . |
| 7 | It may seem tame stuff after helping out in the privatising of British Airways . |
| 8 | And Jackson , who caused upset when he held his nose after touching down in the Ivory Coast , plans to perform extra dates in Africa . |
| 9 | And the singer , who caused upset when he held his nose after touching down in the Ivory Coast , plans to perform extra dates in Africa ‘ to make amends ’ . |
| 10 | After touching down in Manchester , Laura 's family wept as she dashed to her two-year-old brother and pushed a teddy into his arms . |
| 11 | After stripping off in a Levi 's ad and Thelma & Louise , Brad Pitt has been hailed as the new James Dean , a sex symbol for the Nineties . |
| 12 | MORE than 12 years after teaming up in Heriot-Watt University 's volleyball team , two Royal Bank staff are once again in the thick of the action . |
| 13 | Offiah , back in action against Widnes last Friday after missing two matches with hamstring trouble , was carried off early in the second half after pulling up in agony . |
| 14 | She had just enough money left after selling up in Mexico to buy a small finca in Ibiza , where she settled in to survive on a war widow 's pension and the proceeds from her annual harvest of almonds . |
| 15 | According to this morning 's Irish Times , Dave O'Leary did n't get to play in the reserves and may have to undergo surgery on this achilles after breaking down in training yesterday . |
| 16 | I got back to Durham today after staying on in Leeds to watch the Villa match ! |
| 17 | Their only appeal to Clara lay in their austerity , which sometimes reached a point where it bordered on the dangerously extreme ; there was one sad tale , for instance , of a little girl who cared for her cruel stepmother with unfailing devotion , and who died of pneumonia after running out in her nightgown to look for her stepmother 's cat . |
| 18 | Earlier , another Valli international , Geoff Turnbull , had hoisted the Tynesiders into a 34second lead on the second leg after taking over in fifth position . |
| 19 | Most of the airfields were bomber units , with the exception of Debden in Essex , a Mustang base , where they were talked down by the American Ground Controllers after exercising around in fog for some time . |
| 20 | Shortly after arriving back in London , Branson received a telephone call : if he could raise his offer to 300,000 dollars , Neckar Island was his . |
| 21 | There are lots of mountains I still want to climb , ’ Ms Stephens said , just hours after arriving back in Britain . |
| 22 | Jonesy was still struggling to get out of the grave , and this he managed only with his father 's help , after falling back in once . |
| 23 | Both the sheep and the cows , after drying off in early June , went to the high mountain meadows during the summer , allowing the more accessible grass around the farm to be conserved either as hay or silage . |
| 24 | After casting about in vain for several minutes to pick up their quarry 's lost line , their frustration had abated into impatience and Satan had led the pack off in the direction of the tree-line to the westward . |
| 25 | Obediently Hank got a plate , took two slices of bread from the breadbox , and , after rummaging about in the refrigerator , found some luncheon meat , a glass of milk and a cardboard cup of ice cream . |
| 26 | Mr Adnan Khashoggi , a Saudi arms dealer , is being tried with her , accused of helping out in the property deals . |
| 27 | By the mid-1970s our collective view was that , with a few notable exceptions , Soviet technology was on a distinctly inferior plane to that found in the major Western industrial countries and , moreover , had shown no signs of catching up in the previous 15–20 years . |
| 28 | Inside , the oak beams ( some of which are 1000 years old ) , wood panelling and inglenook fireplaces , give one the impression of stepping back in time — although today , with central heating and electric blankets , guests will not experience the full flavour of Tudor life ! |
| 29 | Eighteen years away from a stage , eighteen years and she 'd forgotten until now that terrifying gut-wrenching dread of stepping out in front of several hundred people and making a total fool of yourself . |
| 30 | There was no question of easing off in the second half . |