Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] in the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having heard all the horror stories about being nicked for speeding in the US , I was pleasantly surprised to find that most of the traffic was travelling at about 70mph , so I set the cruise control at around that speed and tried not to look conspicuous . |
| 2 | Of course , there was no business plan for opening in the US ; it was merely a dream , long nurtured by Bernard . |
| 3 | Sonya Jeffery , Belfast Parks Department , highlights opportunities for walking in the Cave Hill area , which includes part of the Ulster Way . |
| 4 | What has been an ideal jacket for the Lakeland fells could be too heavy to take to Africa ; what seems like a good buy for walking in the Alps might not stand up to the rigours of a Himalayan winter . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , a cyclist was still fighting for his life yesterday after crashing in the Yorkshire Dales . |
| 6 | A CYCLIST was still fighting for his life yesterday after crashing in the Yorkshire Dales . |
| 7 | Where had she gone after appearing in the Julians ' drive on Friday night ? |
| 8 | Perhaps it might be disputed whether , after living in the USA for nearly half a century , Miss McPartland is still British . |
| 9 | After serving in the US Army in Vietnam in 1969-71 , Gore worked as a journalist before being elected to the House of Representatives in 1976 and to the Senate in 1984 and 1990 . |
| 10 | ‘ He had been off-colour after running in the Mildmay at Sandown earlier in the season and we found that he had broken blood vessels , ’ said Gaselee . |
| 11 | Mr Matsuura , speaking just days after arriving in the UK , enthused about the atmosphere within CNP . |
| 12 | In July , two or three weeks after arriving in the United States , Eliot travelled to Washington in order to visit Pound at St Elizabeth 's , the asylum where he was being held . |
| 13 | McColgan fronts Britain 's challenge seven weeks after flopping in the Barcelona Olympics . |
| 14 | After participating in the Talavera campaign , he was put in command of the 2nd brigade of the 3rd division from October 1809 , and on 25 October he was gazetted a colonel . |
| 15 | I do not wish to detract from all the good things about living in the U.S.A. , but I would like to assure ‘ Contact ’ readers that life over here is not all sunshine and roses . |
| 16 | Davies uses data from a comparative study of the development of nursing in the UK and the USA to consider the historical experience of the different societies and its implications for hospital and community practice . |
| 17 | Community policing was once the normal form of policing in the United Kingdom , but the increasingly bureaucratic and professional nature of policing unintentionally yet progressively separated the police from the community , leading to more anonymous and impersonal contacts between them ( see Ericson 1982 : 24 ) . |
| 18 | It appears that cases of poisoning in the United Kingdom from this form of lead are as statistically significant as were those involving lead fishing weights , and in some parts of Europe there is increasing concern . |
| 19 | In the first part , a brief explanation of the various forms of franchise operations , in particular the ‘ Business Format ’ franchise , will be provided and the growth of franchising in the UK will be documented and compared with the situation in the US and Europe . |
| 20 | Martin Moran offers some sound advice on minimising the dangers of climbing in the Alps |
| 21 | He showed me the journal of the Mountain Club of South Africa , which included an article detailing the attractions of climbing in the UK . |
| 22 | The special fuel tank , shaped as a boat , giving 600lb buoyancy in the event of landing in the Atlantic . |
| 23 | This is perhaps just as well , since White 's informative 1985 survey of interlending in the UK found that the percentage of UK requests satisfied within a period of seven days ( from all sources ) had declined from 50% in 1977 to 32% in 1985 . |
| 24 | According to House ( 1978 ) the importance of testing in the USA derives from two forms of educational accountability : at federal level , the requirement of system analysts for quantitative outcomes to measure the most effective educational programmes ; at state level , the need for statements of objectives to judge teachers by testing students ' performance on those objectives ( a scientific managerial approach ) . |
| 25 | It undertook out-of-area activities in respect of minesweeping in the Iran-Iraq war , and of the sanction stopping of ships during the Gulf war . |
| 26 | Wake up Ulster , wise up Ulster , turn your back on the years of folly , of remaining in the UK and join the struggle for independence . |
| 27 | And the decision means Tranmere 's second string will finally have quality opposition after years of languishing in the Midlands Senior League . |
| 28 | The Rev Hammer stands resplendent in battered hat , pleated hair and a grin so friendly he might even stand a chance of getting in the Camden Palace , and announces ‘ There 's two shcools of folk — the scholars with 27 different versions of the same sea shanty , and the get drunk/dance a lot/make free love … this is the lot I 'm interested in ! ’ |
| 29 | The Rev Hammer stands resplendent in battered hat , pleated hair and a grin so friendly he might even stand a chance of getting in the Camden Palace , and announces ‘ There 's two shcools of folk — the scholars with 27 different versions of the same sea shanty , and the get drunk/dance a lot/make free love … this is the lot I 'm interested in ! ’ |
| 30 | Spatial implications of restructuring in the UK car component industry |