Example sentences of "[v-ing] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doctor Robert Dexter sat forward quickly , sucking in a deep breath as he regained his senses . |
| 2 | ‘ We have to go , ’ she said , sucking in a deep breath , folding the note again . |
| 3 | Sucking in a deep lungful of smoke , he looked back at the fiercely blazing funeral pyre for the first time . |
| 4 | Sucking in a shaky breath , aware she was taking the greatest gamble of her life , she returned to face him . |
| 5 | And above all , why should Isambard come down here in person to visit him after supper , splendid and ceremonious in his brown and gold brocade , attended by servants bringing in a gilded chair for him , and a page carrying wine ? |
| 6 | For many months opinion polls had showed high popular support for Markovic and his government , overwhelmingly a reflection of their success in rescuing the economy by wiping out Yugoslavia 's hyper-inflation and bringing in a convertible dinar [ see p. 37194 ; p. 37541 ] . |
| 7 | He says he would shuffle the formation , using a more traditional midfield , and bringing in a wide man such as Barnes , Paul Merson or John Salako . |
| 8 | Mountbatten offered the British government two courses ; either there should be negotiations between Dutch and Indonesians with a view to bringing in a general ceasefire ( plan X ) or else punitive action against ‘ Known or suspected terrorists ’ ( plan Y ) . |
| 9 | The prime reason for bringing in a new constitution in 1937 was the return to dominance of the republican grouping , the side which had lost the civil war , and which had retained the intention of establishing a republic . |
| 10 | Statistics show that bringing in a new manager tends not to be a pancea . |
| 11 | These ‘ Masters ’ were said to be the hidden wise men who were spread around the world with the aim of bringing in a New World Order . |
| 12 | There was the time , too , when he kept a Wellington side very much under wraps before a Ranfurly Shield challenge against Auckland , and then took the hugh gamble of removing his best five-eighths , Steve Pokere , from fly-half to centre , and bringing in a new youngster — a gamble which failed quite spectacularly . |
| 13 | It did something about corruption , by bringing in a new civil-service law which makes officials more accountable for their actions while at the same time making them freer of party patronage . |
| 14 | Yet the Cabinet reshuffle has once again set the boat rocking by bringing in a new Secretary of State for the Environment — the third change in the DoE hot seat in the last 18 months . |
| 15 | The popular budget and mid-priced range from EB seems not to be with us any more , alas , but the importers are bringing in a good looking range from Gravity which they hope will take over from where EB left off — prices from about £45 to £55 . |
| 16 | The festival is good for the economy , bringing in a million pounds to the area . |
| 17 | I can remember several years ago bringing in a seventeen year old baby sitter to sit with Susannah , and I heard thirty bob . |
| 18 | A couple of big years followed but then owner Al Davis started bringing in a whole series of running backs handed star billing . |
| 19 | A couple of big years followed but then owner Al Davis started bringing in a whole series of running backs handed star billing . |
| 20 | This might be a display for others to see , a school open day when work is displayed to outside visitors , going on a site visit , bringing in a special visitor to view what has been produced , taking part in a play or pageant , or recreating something like a Victorian school day , or some other event , or compiling a class book to hold the results of their work . |
| 21 | From a tentative experiment , bringing in a few girl trainees , mostly from charitable institutions , the employment in Edinburgh of women compositors had by Edwardian times become an institution . |
| 22 | So a conductor 's duty were n't very very nice then , probably three piece duties , which were spread duties but you know people thought they were bringing in a wonderful thing to be one man operated but it was before the war that we had one man operated buses . |
| 23 | There was also renewed discussion , however , about bringing in a foreign coach , preferably from New Zealand , to work alongside Gradin to prepare the team for matches against Spain in Buenos Aires at the end of September and the Pumas tour to Spain , France and Romania starting mid-October . |
| 24 | Conventional and gradualist as its recommendations tended to be , the Royal Commission can take credit for laying the foundations of the practice of bringing in a senior officer from another force to investigate complaints against the police . |
| 25 | Ongoing promotion of Institute membership is bringing in a steady stream of enquiries from potential members . |
| 26 | er If it 's an emergency case — if you were bringing in a sick relative who you were wishing to have admitted to our accident and emergency department , you can park your car right outside the front door and bring your relative in . |
| 27 | After this period you will have to apply again by filling in a new claim form AG 1 and sending it to the Agency Benefits Unit ( see address on page 22 ) . |
| 28 | Everyone had to wait their turn or be punished by filling in a long complicated questionnaire two hundred and sixteen times . |
| 29 | There had to be more to it than simply filling in a few spaces with a ballpoint ; greater symbolic weight was required . |
| 30 | Part of the reporting and accountability process is filling in a monthly time sheet which reinforces the emphasis on tasks . |