Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [adv prt] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They moved on again with the river coursing slowly in the growing light beside them and the birds darting out in front of their horses ' knees . |
| 2 | Flashbulbs popped incessantly and Whitlock found himself struggling to focus on the sea of cameras , his eyes darting about in search of anything untoward . |
| 3 | Sometimes what we 're talking about is people a drunken undergraduate hanging around in college bars |
| 4 | As I entered through an archway into the cobbled farmyard the shelling had increased , most of the shells passing over in support of the attack party going in just along the road . |
| 5 | For readers looking on in envy but undertaking a sharp intake of breath as they feel as second mortgage coming on , this is far from the case . |
| 6 | we are at the moment er going through er an experiment compost an experimental site where this is going on er near Hertford and erm we are obviously interested to see how that goes before that may , or may not , be extended and the second thing is that there has been a green cone experiment going on in conjunction with Welwyn Hatfield District whereby erm householders |
| 7 | Checking her rear-view mirror , she accelerated and moved into the centre of the road , not noticing the dark-grey jeep pulling out in front of the truck . |
| 8 | It is very important to be sure that the wreckage of the whole aircraft is present in case the accident was caused by a piece breaking off in flight and falling possibly a mile or two away . |
| 9 | ‘ Any more than it 's possible for me to work up at the college with all those strapping lads running round in jockey shorts and have no reaction whatsoever . ’ |
| 10 | her skirt falling down in church |
| 11 | Leonard Coote , President has a record of service to the Association extending back in excess of 30 years when he was first elected a branch representative . |
| 12 | Like the exiled Scots sitting up in bed with his cap on in Sidney Royal Infirmary , asked by the retired sister who visited people like him who had no friends how old he was , he says ninety two . |
| 13 | There was a long pause during which a kind of stage fright seized me and perhaps him too : we remained in our positions , Richard sitting up in bed and me standing at the window , looking at each other helplessly like actors who have forgotten their lines . |
| 14 | Skip with legs crossing over In front and arms swinging in opposite direction . |
| 15 | Skip with legs crossing over in front . |
| 16 | A view of the Flight gallery looking back in time , from the HS.125 in the foreground , to the Westland/Hill Pterodactyl and Supermarine S.6B in the background . |
| 17 | Line-up continued the five at the back formation : Kelly , Wetherall , Newsome , and Dorigo with Fairclough running around in front of them . |
| 18 | copy prepared for a compositor setting out in detail all the typesetting instructions . |
| 19 | In an attempt to boost exports , the government increased incentives to companies setting up in export processing zones . |
| 20 | Equally , there would be nothing to prevent private social work companies setting up in opposition to local authority and voluntary agency workers ; private training companies are already emerging . |
| 21 | ‘ You know , with all these tragedies lining up in wait for us , we really should n't waste time . ’ |
| 22 | The recession has hit the farming community as hard as anyone — and the last thing farmers want to see is their livelihood going up in smoke . |
| 23 | The thought of her husband fumbling around in bed and urgently attempting to rouse her left her feeling suddenly depressed . |
| 24 | Army workers living in in fear of the bombers |
| 25 | So we find that there 's an intriguing chemistry going on in space that it would be very difficult for us to reproduce in the laboratory . |
| 26 | Most sociologists would wish to maintain that , while their social science does not meet the rigorous criteria of a natural science , in terms of the procedures used for verification of theoretical hypotheses there is some disciplined thinking and testing of ideas going on in sociology which does distinguish it from religious or mystical thinking . |
| 27 | Yeah he says that there were a right slanging match going off in town . |
| 28 | Meeting to-day , the Council of the Law Society joined the growing body of legal opinion speaking out in favour of incorporation of the European Convention on Human Rights [ ECHR ] into UK domestic law . |
| 29 | The answer was mixed : virtually no scope at all for 155mm artillery shells ( which sent the MOD scurrying off in search of extra supplies on the world market ) ; but plenty for 120mm tank shells . |
| 30 | Someone as important as a SenFed Emissary creeping around in secret . |