Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This … this man , this total stranger was actually daring to sit in judgement ! |
| 2 | She sat very still , letting his words flow over her , not daring to comment in case she said something stupid and broke his mood . |
| 3 | In a game of increasing thunder , he 's a welcome fork of lightning , sometimes appearing to thrive in spite of team-mates rather than because of them . |
| 4 | Appearing to agree in part with Mr de Klerk 's assessment of the meeting , the churchmen said they saw their role as ‘ facilitators to get negotiation going ’ . |
| 5 | Another thing , while all this is goin' on , what about the danger of passin' traffic gettin' caught in crossfire ? ’ |
| 6 | One can understand a steam locomotive appearing wreathed in smoke and surplus steam to fascinate the unsuspecting person and seemingly so solid that one could reach out and touch it , but a Deltic ? |
| 7 | Despite vowing to die in defence of Evangalista , in the early hours of Oct. 6 Noble surrendered unconditionally . |
| 8 | His advice was that for the committee to continue trading knowing in advance that we would be running at a loss would leave members open to a charge of wrongful trading . |
| 9 | An intensive conditioner will work much better if you cover hair with a polythene bag after applying to seal in body heat . |
| 10 | Within an hour or so of reaching the pond and becoming clasped in amplexus , females start to lay their eggs . |
| 11 | We spent two years there , becoming steeped in blood . |
| 12 | Papers have already been proposed relating to research in psychology , pharmacology , biology , mathematics , philosophy , electrical and electronic engineering and to industrial applications in vision and speech recognition . |
| 13 | It did however reflect a sense of Britain 's central role in a world-wide economy and permitted individuals to believe they could contribute to a good cause without relying upon government or becoming enmeshed in politics . |
| 14 | Prison Department divisions were widely criticized by governors for appearing to operate in isolation , each pursuing their own areas of interest without regard to the priorities of other divisions and establishment needs . |
| 15 | Perhaps pretending to fall in love was merely a smart career move allowing you to diversify into pasturing . |
| 16 | With more confidence , more people would be looking to invest in capital goods like office furniture , which could only help Project and its 450 Haverhill workforce , he said . |
| 17 | The union called on teachers in certain schools to take action by refusing to supervise in lunch periods , or to attend meetings outside school hours . |
| 18 | B ( secondary pupil ) on bench outside Office refusing to work in class and otherwise being totally uncommunicative . |
| 19 | A woman wanting to work in construction will find it difficult to enter ‘ a man 's world ’ , and most employers will be taken aback to find a man attending for interview as a secretary or child-minder . |
| 20 | So clean in its leaves and stem , as so beautiful in its flower ; loving to stand in water , which it drinks up so fast . |
| 21 | Thus , in the Health Service , nurses , doctors and technicians are tending to increase in number at the expense of more strictly manual jobs in hospital cleaning , cooking and domestic work . |
| 22 | This centrist , Buddhist , " clean government party " had recently abandoned its strategy of seeking to participate in government through an alliance with the largest opposition force , the Japan Socialist Party ( JSP ) . |
| 23 | This consequence of existing policy is particularly important in periods of high merger activity when there is a bandwagon effect with more and more firms seeking to engage in takeover activity . |
| 24 | Many pregnant mums enjoy swimming to keep in shape , but have trouble finding anything stylish to wear in the pool . |
| 25 | The Joint Working Party on Flexible Training has been meeting to consider in detail the arrangements for part time training at senior registrar level and the need for a formal scheme for other grades . |
| 26 | Well , I 've heard of old lags wanting to die in jail , so I suppose it figures . |
| 27 | Anyone wanting to get in touch with the Graingers can write to them at the above address . |
| 28 | It is more the return of the materiality of the body to the field of the visible , as that has been remade in the dominant regimes of looking created in cinema and recreated in television . |
| 29 | Then the man was checking , and was remembering to speak in English . |
| 30 | ‘ The big companies were not going to invest in equipment for maintaining these engines , ’ argues Mendoros . |