Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [adv] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A disobedience means a refusal , run-out or circling immediately in front of the obstacle . |
| 2 | If this happens , a pilot may mistake pitching or sinking rapidly in turbulence as an indication that the aircraft has stalled . |
| 3 | The hands are clawed , deformed , seemingly clutching madly or reaching out in desperation . |
| 4 | Some mosaics from each of the two main sequences have to be considered as approximately contemporary : these sequences , although developing partly in parallel , do seem to overlap , stylistically , at Chedworth . |
| 5 | Although scoring well in competition is very gratifying , improving personal performance is the goal which spurs Andrew Kuttner to higher achievements . |
| 6 | STAYING awake proved harder than staying out in front for American superstars Fred Couples and Davis Love at golf 's World Cup in Madrid yesterday . |
| 7 | This frontal assault on goal , he explained to the Examiner , was held to be a ‘ more deadly , if less spectacular , method ’ than the ‘ senseless policy of running along the lines and centring just in front of the goalmouth , where the odds are nine to one on the defenders ’ . |
| 8 | Apparently it has been similar to the crew of a huge tanker somewhere on the high seas sailing hither and tither no doubt , for four long years after setting out , and returning just in time for the recent elections . |
| 9 | This can only lead to children growing up without knowing the difference between right and wrong — and ending up in court themselves . |
| 10 | Being with a prostitute is different from meeting a girl at a party and ending up in bed together , although there 's no difference in the mechanics of the sex . |
| 11 | While the brothers stood erect on the medal platform , it was Herbert who showed the full range of emotion , weeping uncontrollably during ‘ God Save the Queen ’ and leaping about in triumph after the anthem . |
| 12 | It 's all very well this constant dancing and dressing up in Patrol uniform — Field Officers clanking about with highly hazardous spurs , silver cross belts liable to scratch tender bosoms … . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Those pitiless Goblin scum , ’ sobbed Gambo as a Wolf Rider bound towards him brandishing a spear and grinning broadly in anticipation of an easy kill . |
| 14 | we go on hoping and fighting and imagining , despite whatever goes wrong with anybody but the Tory Party is diverting itself with internal feuds and in focusing attention on whether Mr Major will remain Prime Minister or not and this is presumably so that they may ignore the real issues of how to the get the country onto some shared basis of consensus , trust and pragmatic politics which would give our society a chance of facing up to questions of economics , politics , pollution and living together in community in the sort of world we 've actually got . |
| 15 | Consequently , there was a constant danger of those Moorish princes owing allegiance to El Cid calling upon him for aid , or simply reneging on their agreements and going over in force to the Almoravid leader . |
| 16 | I like Ian McKewan , Martin Amis , and going back in time Victor Pritchett , Elizabeth Bowen . |
| 17 | A most extraordinary thing , because there was the records of a group running right through from sixteen fifty erm to , to the present day , and lying there in apple boxes . |
| 18 | She made a little moan , her head refusing to obey her and tilting back in pleasure at the touch of his hands . |
| 19 | ‘ All that sitting behind desks and riding around in tube trains … it 's not good for you . |
| 20 | Dzos stood patiently in line waiting to be unloaded , and moving forward in turn without orders . |
| 21 | Between the study and the library was the small spiral staircase which led directly to the Emperor 's apartments , a staircase she was to climb on 3 September 1870 , clutching in her hand the telegram announcing the capitulation at Sedan and crying out in grief at the horror of it . |
| 22 | Yeah , but I , I think the reason I feel a bit bitter about it is living round here , you see all the dirties and the scruffies , you get annoyed , absolute no order , they 've crawled into the system right up to and doing openly in front of you |
| 23 | I attended my father 's prep school where I was one of the worst-behaved pupils , constantly talking after lights-out and fooling around in class . |
| 24 | We 'll we have to stop now for a full ninety five seconds , but stay tuned cos coming up in part two … |
| 25 | This article explains how you can rapidly increase your finds rate by putting yourself on the saddle of an imaginary bicycle and travelling back in time to the turn-of-the-century . |
| 26 | Disruption was minimal with the backing plant up and running again in time for the factory re-opening . |
| 27 | Sandy coloured and varying greatly in shade according to the dominant colour of its normal habitat ; has some dark but no white feathers in tail . |
| 28 | Vitor enquired , overhearing and swinging round in surprise . |
| 29 | This is provided it is agreed to by a majority in number representing three-fourths in value of the members , or class of members , present and voting either in person or by proxy at the court-convened meeting to approve it and provided the scheme is sanctioned by the court . |
| 30 | ‘ Ah , well , if it comes to that , ’ Merrill smiled , trying to dispel an atmosphere of gathering intimacy that seemed to be waiting in the wings , ‘ I 've never imagined you actually sharpening chisels and tramping about in sawdust . ’ |