Example sentences of "[v-ing] in [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each harsh look , each savage word was like a knife twisting in her heart . |
| 2 | ‘ Allow me to sit back in amazement , young Ashley , ’ I said , crossing my arms and twisting in my seat to face her . |
| 3 | She was twisting in his arms , hating the soft , insolent tone of his voice , the smug little smile on his mouth , hating , too , the fact that she felt powerless . |
| 4 | After an hour he came to a small roadside inn that stood on the crest of a shallow hill and , twisting in his saddle , he saw that the inn gave him a good view of the road right to the horizon so that he would see any French pursuit long before it represented any danger . |
| 5 | She knew without being told that Ana was walking in her sleep and she was filled with horror at the girl walking through the gate and beyond , perhaps waking late and not knowing where she was , unable to see . |
| 6 | ‘ Ana was walking in her sleep , ’ she explained wearily . |
| 7 | The beautiful lady Diana Rich , daughter of the Earl of Holland , as she was walking in her father 's garden at Kensington , to take the fresh air before dinner , about eleven o'clock , being then very well , met with her own apparition , habit and everything , as in a looking-glass . |
| 8 | Bathsheba was walking in her garden , when she noticed Gabriel Oak and Mr Boldwood deep in conversation in the road . |
| 9 | But then she saw his eyes staring emptily ahead of him , and knew he was walking in his sleep . |
| 10 | He graced his office with dignity and performed his duties with such excellence that I know I may have difficulty in walking in his footsteps . |
| 11 | Live in Jesus keep walking in his way , looking to him who is the author and perfector of our faith . |
| 12 | If the Prime Minister is walking in his garden on a summer 's morning you could push up the rickety sash — like this — and call down to him . |
| 13 | So you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God , by walking in His ways and by fearing Him . |
| 14 | AFTER 21 years service has covered his drawing board for the last time to take up the more leisurely pursuits of photography and walking in his retirement . |
| 15 | They 've come a long way since those days though — the soles of that pair were completely worn through after 400 miles walking in the Andes so that I ended up walking in my socks ! |
| 16 | I was walking in my sleep , I told you , I 'm not responsible for what happens in the night … . ’ |
| 17 | I 'm getting good at walking in my sleep . ’ |
| 18 | But anyway , one day he found himself walking in our street , which was different to how it is now , because not only was The Bar there , which as you know is gone now , but also there were different kinds of people living in that part of town then . |
| 19 | Back with her bad news for Aunt Tossie , Nicandra found an empty room and a cold bed with its sheets and blankets turned over its brass footrail and Gigi sulking in her cage . |
| 20 | ‘ I think this is what is termed ‘ sulking in your tent ’ . |
| 21 | After a few days the household would be creeping around ‘ not to disturb Dad ’ who was sulking in his room bored to death with his family , and the children would be trying to comfort a depressed and weeping Mum who had so looked forward to her handsome popular brilliant husband 's return and did n't know what she had done wrong . |
| 22 | He 's sulking in his rooms . ’ |
| 23 | He took Peter , James and John into the house where the girl was surrounded with people crying and wailing in their distress . |
| 24 | The original crucifix had been much smaller , too small in fact to contain whatever it was that he was cradling in his hand . |
| 25 | ‘ The Scots are in no mood to have foreigners , or Sassenachs as they call us , interfering in their affairs , but by all means keep yourself conversant with what is happening . |
| 26 | However , imposition of liability might result in member States becoming unwilling to allow international organisations to act independently and interfering in their day to day operation . |
| 27 | He was constantly interfering in her life , lecturing her , ordering her about . |
| 28 | The suggested Directive 's objective is to protect minority shareholders against abuses of power by regulating the way in which the controlling undertaking exercises its dominant influence over the public company by interfering in its management . |
| 29 | Motivated by a selfless desire to assist an ailing firm back on its feet , without interfering in its structure , its established systems ? |
| 30 | China criticized Kung 's appointment and accused the Vatican of interfering in its affairs . |