Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] 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 | Despite vowing to die in defence of Evangalista , in the early hours of Oct. 6 Noble surrendered unconditionally . |
| 6 | An intensive conditioner will work much better if you cover hair with a polythene bag after applying to seal in body heat . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Perhaps pretending to fall in love was merely a smart career move allowing you to diversify into pasturing . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | B ( secondary pupil ) on bench outside Office refusing to work in class and otherwise being totally uncommunicative . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | So clean in its leaves and stem , as so beautiful in its flower ; loving to stand in water , which it drinks up so fast . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 ) . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Many pregnant mums enjoy swimming to keep in shape , but have trouble finding anything stylish to wear in the pool . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Well , I 've heard of old lags wanting to die in jail , so I suppose it figures . |
| 21 | Anyone wanting to get in touch with the Graingers can write to them at the above address . |
| 22 | Then the man was checking , and was remembering to speak in English . |
| 23 | ‘ The big companies were not going to invest in equipment for maintaining these engines , ’ argues Mendoros . |
| 24 | I think that the question is how much are we going to sacrifice in order to satisfy the developers ' erm er desire to have virtual guarantees that the site will be available as and when they want it . |
| 25 | ‘ All he had to do was follow them back to the agency , come in as though wanting to book a holiday , and there was gullible little Hilary all ready and waiting to fall in love . |
| 26 | She sternly reminded herself that she was n't going to fall in love with the wrong man again just because she was sexually attracted to him , and she was never going to get married again . |
| 27 | By the time I 've finished , your husband 's going to fall in love with you all over again . ’ |
| 28 | From things he said in his sleep , I know he thought I was going to fall in love with somebody else . |
| 29 | The good thing about friends is that you can choose them with consummate care and I never chose mad ones or nasty ones or boring ones , whereas you ca n't choose who you 're going to fall in love with . |
| 30 | But poor little Belinda here thinks he 's going to fall in love with her ! ’ |