Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's important to achieve a non-confrontation setting — with refreshments available , seating arranged in a circular pattern so as to avoid grouping staff and governors in a defensive posture behind a line of tables , or even worse , sheltering on the school stage . |
| 2 | The broad Firth of Clyde runs north from the island , with Goat Fell on the east shore appearing to fall in a sheer drop into the sea , making ideal conditions for commando training . |
| 3 | Any failure to develop and promote a range of options — or the production of services ill-suited to real needs — deepens the likelihood of casework becoming trapped in a rut of ‘ patch and mend ’ activities . |
| 4 | On the other hand , the low prospective profitability could be due to the enterprise becoming trapped in a clearly sub-optimal line of production , i.e. one in which consumers were simply not willing to pay a price for the commodity sufficient to cover its costs of production ( including the opportunity cost of investment funds expressed in the rate of interest charged by the national investment bank ) . |
| 5 | Three people were released by Billingham firemen after becoming trapped in a lift at Dawson House , Billingham . |
| 6 | There was a compact flowered sofa in one corner , and she sat on it , trying to find something absorbing to do in a hotel room that was deprived of any literature apart from the hotel menu and some self-congratulatory stuff about the hotel itself . |
| 7 | Continuity was assured by the performance becoming enshrined in a religious ritual which could never be broken for fear of offending the gods . |
| 8 | SOUTH Africa 's State President , Mr FW de Klerk , yesterday suffered the first serious blow to his reputation as the great reformer by appearing to acquiesce in a cover-up of political murders carried out by state agencies , including the police . |
| 9 | A ‘ credit ’ he may have been , but Owens was expelled from the American Athletics Union for refusing to compete in a Swedish tour and was eventually reduced to freak show racing against horses and motorcycles . |
| 10 | Living to live in a world of time beyond me ; let me |
| 11 | Jim Lewis was in his office studying an X-ray film , as Lindsey made her way to Reception , pausing to drop in a report . |
| 12 | ‘ We therefore expect widespread interest from a variety of types of companies looking to relocate in a town with the high quality of life Southport has to offer particularly to the golf enthusiast . ’ |
| 13 | The ISS approach deals with low expectations more indirectly by seeking to improve in a more general and holistic way the practice of all teachers , including the head . |
| 14 | It reflects , in particular , the difficulties for any Socialist ( or Labour ) Party seeking to govern in a world of unregulated capital flow . |
| 15 | He was n't going to sit in a bog to eat his Sunday dinner , was he ? |
| 16 | It is quite insane to imagine that you are going to sit in a restaurant adding up calories and grams of fibre . |
| 17 | She 's going a-raving in a red red and white checked dress with a big floppy hat with pigtails and this little glove puppet penguin called Mr Flipper |
| 18 | Once they 've , you 've got their clothing off they can probably stand in a shower , but remember to take their boots off or whatever or shoes of because if you do n't they 're going to stand in a , in a dilute solution of whatever it is that 's being absorbed by the skin . |
| 19 | She needed it for the letter she was going to write in a minute to Nora . |
| 20 | I 'm going to scream in a minute ! |
| 21 | Finally they found a cheap bottle of sherry , which had been won in a church bazaar , lying forgotten in a drawer . |
| 22 | ‘ And just when are you going to appear in a Dutch uniform ? ’ |
| 23 | their gossamer and rose leaves , are turning to dust in a drawer ; |
| 24 | ‘ You just have to hope they are going to behave in a fairly civilised way , ’ she said then . |
| 25 | Obviously I do n't want a wife of Peter 's around the place if she 's not going to behave in a civil manner to me . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ We 're not going to engage in a trade war , ’ he said . |
| 27 | We are going to Hebden Bridge , they are going to partake in a spot of rather more radical rambling . ’ |
| 28 | The dearth of new commercial building projects means the stockpile — equivalent to 14 weeks sales for Ibstock — is not going to shrink in a hurry . |
| 29 | She had no clear idea where she would go , and what she was going to do in a strange city with no money . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm going to put in a few of those brutal German proverbs that do n't mean anything . |