Example sentences of "[v-ing] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Baghoomian organised Basquiat 's last show in New York , and after Basquiat died of a drug overdose in the spring of 1988 , just a few months after that show closed , Baghoomian claimed a fifty percent share of all the works in Basquiat 's estate , numbering in the hundreds . |
| 2 | The crowds , eventually numbering in the thousands , evolved into a spontaneous anti-war demonstration and headed across town , disrupting traffic while shouting ‘ No blood for oil ’ and finally rallying at the United Nations building . |
| 3 | Oh , he remembered honeyed , frail evenings walking in the walled grounds of the orphanage . |
| 4 | His most recent summer holidays were spent with his two sons walking in the central Pyrenees : ‘ It was quite gruelling . ’ |
| 5 | This non-drying adhesive stays very sticky for months and can be squeezed out onto a strip of tape around benches , staging , individual pots , or even across doorways to prevent them walking in the first place . |
| 6 | I guessed he was going to see Ben Gunn , and thought the doctor was lucky to be walking in the cool shadows of the wood . |
| 7 | Thus if we are walking in the pastoral , remote country on the borders of Leicestershire and Rutland , following the Eye brook as it makes its way south through undulating fields to the Welland , we pass in a walk of nine or ten miles through a landscape modelled in five different centuries , and this in a part of England that is generally accounted somewhat dull , the monotonous product of parliamentary enclosure . |
| 8 | From time to time , walking in the crowded arcades of the Plaza Mayor , my heart would miss a beat as I fancied I saw Jordi mingling with all those similar dark heads and slender figures . |
| 9 | If they dream up a bright profit-winning idea , even if it involves walking in the dirty waters of pornography as the 0898 service does , the Government are unable or unwilling to do anything about it , even over a six-year period . |
| 10 | They reminded her of last night , and the feeling of walking in the moonless night with her own arm intertwined with Miguelito 's . |
| 11 | Walking in the surrounding area is really enjoyable . |
| 12 | On other occasions , he had been seen walking in the surrounding countryside at the dead of night , carrying sacks full of rocks . |
| 13 | Better ( > ) cold water held in the mouth ; cold air ; walking in the open air ; pressure . |
| 14 | Easily Accessible : Walking in the wild unspoilt scenery is a favourite occupation of most guests . |
| 15 | Walking and walking in the pissing rain . |
| 16 | The Consumer Concerns survey carried out by the National Consumer Council ( NCC ) in 1979–80 revealed a quarter of all respondents encountering problems walking in the previous year , over half of which were considered serious . |
| 17 | Sandra explains : ‘ We moved here because of the rural location and we love walking in the Welsh mountains . |
| 18 | She found it strange and a trifle exciting to sit at the cafe tables , and watch Wehrmacht , Luftwaffe and Nazi naval personnel walking in the leafy boulevards . |
| 19 | After walking in the relative heat for two hours , we decided that it was time for a break , and this decision was reinforced when we spotted a river which looked perfect for a quick ‘ dip ’ . |
| 20 | He came on , walking in the same direction as Rachaela , the dilute snow sparkling in his hat like sequins . |
| 21 | Instinctively I turned away , and then I realized I was walking in the opposite direction , then running , almost tripping over my own two flat feet . |
| 22 | Their independence reduced the executive 's capacity for interfering in the legal process . |
| 23 | In his speech Kozyrev had accused Western powers of interfering in the former Soviet Union , claimed the right to use military action in the area , and threatened to come to the aid of Serbia . |
| 24 | Because planning is by definition interfering in the unfettered use of land and buildings , to be justified and accepted by the general public it must produce a ‘ better ’ answer than a free market would . |
| 25 | A funeral , already described , two drunk tramps , another lecture from the Vicar on interfering in the domestic wrangles of his parishioners . |
| 26 | He refused to consider what he regarded as interfering in the judicial process and what they saw as moderating his policy of harassing the Free Church . |
| 27 | Their guests were assembling in the open-air piazza below . |
| 28 | The alarm that such a prospect generated in England was real and intense : in March 1336 Philip VI ordered the French fleet which had been assembling in the Mediterranean for a crusade to transfer to the mouth of the Seine , and Edward felt convinced that Philip was planning a large-scale invasion of England . |
| 29 | He was entranced by all that he thought it meant , the warm curve of young lips , the gentle gleam of understanding in the steady eyes . |
| 30 | Fielding and fogging In the above example Anne hears what Bill says , but does n't allow herself to get deflected from her purpose . |