Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , in her mind , she had visions of the Brownings rattling along in high good humour with all manner of beautiful vistas to right and left as they trotted to Arezzo and she could hear the conversation and Pen 's excited laughter . |
| 2 | Peterborough are jogging along in midtable while United are slipping down … |
| 3 | And when the walls came tumbling down in Eastern Europe at the end of 1989 to reveal cowering and bitter populations , overflowing prisons and mental hospitals , ruthless armies of secret police and state informers , corrupt politicians and equality in misery only , they might have wondered how their parents could have given even a second thought to the self-evidently corrupt , ruthless and authoritarian appeal of the ideal of ‘ World Communism ’ . |
| 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 | Suddenly , somewhere off to the rear , came an yell of alarm and the roar of a shotgun going off , followed by three more blasting off in quick succession . |
| 6 | Disappointment was also the reaction of Sealink British Ferries , whose parent company Sea Containers is currently fighting a $1.036 billion bid from Temple Holdings which would involve the UK ferry business ending up in Swedish hands if it succeeds . |
| 7 | Jane says : ‘ By helping homeowners give dignified care we prevented people ending up in large psychiatric hospitals and residential homes . ’ |
| 8 | In most of these countries there 's now a price tag on these toys cum- objets d'art and they are even ending up in rarefied art galleries . |
| 9 | This proved extremely successful and after several open days farmers began signing up in increasing numbers . |
| 10 | ‘ A sepulchre of windy shams ’ says Hewlett , squaring up in excellent form to the classical urbanity of San Biagio . |
| 11 | If the bank mortgage form does not set out the precise amount of the home loan and the terms under which it is to be repaid , then it is important to ensure that the client receives a letter from the bank manager spelling out in precise terms the nature of the loan , the interest rate applicable to it and the regularity of the instalment payments . |
| 12 | He confesses this is why he 's started leaping out in uncharacteristic new directions which discomfit the regulars , playing with bright colours and polka dots when the world expects sludge and subtle stripes ad nauseam . |
| 13 | A gang walking around in public brandishing bicycle chains could have been convicted . |
| 14 | Before we reached the BUPA hospital in Paddington , I felt I knew every temperature change Salome had gone through in the past five days , what her grandmother — phoning twice daily from Jamaica — thought about life , the universe and young people driving around in fast cars , and how difficult Frank had found going to the launderette . |
| 15 | We 're happiest driving around in beat-up old cars . ’ |
| 16 | He lay on the ground thrashing around in great pain , strange choked gurgling sounds escaping from his throat . |
| 17 | All of them , known and unknown , thrashing around in uncontrolled sexual activity like midnight at a Roman orgy . ’ |
| 18 | Some are rowing about in spindly black rowing-boats in the graceful standing posture that is the classic Venetian stance , while others are darting around in speedboats . |
| 19 | Back in the spacecraft she found herself weightless , coasting along in empty space . |
| 20 | Now he 's taken to dressing up in young people 's clothes . |
| 21 | He was the first guy I ever saw in military clothes before the main craze for the mods dressing up in military uniforms went on . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Tom used to go white and silent at first , and then end up shouting back in sheer self-defence . ’ |
| 24 | The picking out in black paint of the window surrounds and pediment was also instigated by the Georgian rector , and is very much in the Welsh tradition . |
| 25 | The economy introduced by the suffix notation may be illustrated by writing out in full as follows Now the direction of dS in the coordinate axes ( 1 , 2 , 3 ) is given by the direction cosines . |
| 26 | This position is of course and the differential dXi is given by as may be verified by writing out in full the expression in square brackets . |
| 27 | The seascape , dominated for most of the year by grey sky , grey sea , brown sand , was splashed with bright colours today : a white motor-boat whining past dragging a water-skier in a brilliant orange wet suit ; a wind-surfer 's sail bellying out in blue and red stripes , silver heart-shaped helium balloons joggling above the slow-moving crowds ; women in egg-yolk yellow , lime green , shocking pink … . |
| 28 | DAVID and best man Chris Cowdrey , bouncing back in fine form from the rip-roarer on Alderney ( right ) |
| 29 | Though the Doctor was first out , looking around in calm appraisal , Clairvius Dubois almost knocked him down in his surprisingly sprightly enthusiasm to see what Mait 's home was actually like . |
| 30 | Neither did the men gliding by in long jellabas and pointed hoods . |