Example sentences of "[v-ing] [indef pn] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are a mother-to-be or planning on becoming one in the near future join Harpers & Queen On Location on Wednesday 11 April for our Maternity Workshops at Harrods , Knightsbridge , SW1 . |
| 2 | She knows she could have gone much further but would not dream of stabbing anyone in the back to get on , even if they deserved it . |
| 3 | The hypothesis that can explain bat navigation is a good candidate for explaining anything in the world of life , and if Paley 's explanation for any one of his examples was wrong we ca n't make it right by multiplying up examples . |
| 4 | And er I never remember er my parents painting anything in the house at all . |
| 5 | ‘ That 's all I could do , without alerting everyone in the neighbourhood . |
| 6 | Looking someone in the eye while saying : ‘ Please would you do this ’ extends the transaction enough for you to gauge the person 's reaction and therefore mood . |
| 7 | He is turned away from me , oblivious of my existence , addressing someone in the shadows of humour — ‘ conceal more than they reveal ’ — which perhaps sorts with the reluctance and the sigh . |
| 8 | And I said , If somebody 's serving somebody in the shop and perhaps they you know two of three of them perhaps together , I said , but do n't talk in the shop I said , go through to the back if you want to chat . |
| 9 | Avoid fitting one in the kitchen , as fumes from cooking are often enough to activate the alarm . |
| 10 | I 'm wanting one in the kitchen . |
| 11 | This was followed by an intense artillery bombardment lasting about two hours , forcing everyone in the orchard to keep well below ground . |
| 12 | Supposing the majority of th supposing everyone in the population did that . |
| 13 | ( In this particular area of using dictionaries in catalogue systems , the only precedent of which I am aware is of a university paying something in the region of $40–50,000 . ) |
| 14 | The highest selling lots in the sale were lots 77 , a pair of flambeaux by J. Besnier which made FFr1.3 million ( £153,700 ; $232,000 ) and 47 , a pot-a-l'oille by Joubert which sold for FFr1.2 million ( £141,800 ; $214,100 ) . |
| 15 | A large carthorse stood drowsily eating something in the grass . |
| 16 | But I think we 're seeing something in the Forest side we have n't see for what twelve fourteen years are we . |
| 17 | Yet anyone who has been using one in the last few months will know , the accuracy of the sets in winter can be very poor . |
| 18 | I do n't remember seeing one in the harbour either . ’ |
| 19 | Michael Landy 's ‘ Closing Down Sale ’ at Karsten Schubert ( to 30 May ) is his most important exhibition since ‘ Market ’ was installed at Building One in the autumn of 1990 . |
| 20 | We came up with the idea of attaching nose rings to all our players and getting someone in the kop to give a hefty tug when necessary . |
| 21 | , but then , when you come to the lunatic fringe then supervisor 's will cut an awful lot of corners to prevent them busting up the office or punching somebody in the nose , a real , I do n't mean people who are just stroppy , I mean the real lunatic . |
| 22 | I walked in there and I can se he had a he had a er some copies and and er he was getting one in the bloody phone ! |
| 23 | If her personality tends to be an obsessive one — if she is excessively devoted to tidiness and perfect order in every part of her life and home , a great maker of ‘ lists ’ for everything and a habitual ‘ double-checker ’ in all her activities — you may find that although she is grieving deeply , she may throw herself with remarkable zeal into the business of ‘ tidying up ’ her husband 's financial affairs and concentrating even more strongly on getting everything in the house cleaned and polished ; for this is the method used by most people who are inclined to be obsessional , to control their anxiety . |
| 24 | ( 2 ) The offences referred to in sub-section ( 1 ) above are offences of stealing anything in the building or part of a building in question , of inflicting on any person therein any grievous bodily harm or raping any woman therein , and of doing unlawful damage to the building or anything therein . |
| 25 | Not to be outdone by the bright lights and razzle dazzle of their closest competitor , but having nothing in the size league of the 53f5 , Jeanneau unveiled ( literally ) their new Jeanneau one-design which has an overall length of 34ft 9in ( 10.6m ) and a displacement of about 7,716lb ( 3.500kg ) . |
| 26 | The appeal runs until the end of this year and is asking everyone in the country to take part in a sponsored swim . |
| 27 | The wine and the excitement of having someone in the house to talk to . |
| 28 | ‘ And this is where she 's really going to feel the benefit of having someone in the family who knows about insurance . ’ |
| 29 | I think there 's still too much ‘ You do that , you do this ’ in the big record companies , but that 's bollocks too , because without the artists knowing what they 're doing nobody in the record company would have a job . ’ |
| 30 | This has the positive advantage of giving them a broad-based appeal across a diversified range of industries and functions and always having somebody in the team who can potentially suit the chemistry of a particular client . |