Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [v-ing] in [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A spokesperson for the gallery told The Art Newspaper that Assistant curator Marla Prather is filling in for Ms Rosenthal , but the former positions of Messrs Cowart and Moffett remain unfilled . |
| 2 | Henry Cotton was walking in with us and he says , ‘ That 's the bravest golf shot I 've ever seen in my life . ’ |
| 3 | Edward was tucking in to his meal . |
| 4 | We make do with the dole and Ellie 's going in with a friend who 's just started a café which 'll help with the food . |
| 5 | Eva was coming in at a high spot of the Army 's history . |
| 6 | Williams is homing in on Forest |
| 7 | Terry Storry is standing in for Hugh Mantle at Liverpool Polytechnic while Hugh takes a year out to coach the British men 's kayak slalom team ( Aug , p19 ) . |
| 8 | WIMBLEDON are closing in on Cambridge United 's 600,000-rated defender Ian Kimble . |
| 9 | ‘ Dorothy Perkins is moving in from its Northgate store the former post office and has already let that building again , ’ he said . |
| 10 | We were getting on famously by half-way round the second circuit and Dod was digging in to a case of canned lager he 'd hidden under his stool , then Martin said would n't it be a good idea if we actually played something . |
| 11 | I have a meeting with a software house at ten thirty , Mike is coming in at three thirty to talk about the new book , and tonight 's one of the nights when Yvonne is teaching , so I have to be home by a reasonable hour , so that we can exchange car keys and padlock keys and that sort thing . |
| 12 | Mrs Q was pulling at Pike 's cardy , and even Mrs Danby was weighing in on Quigley 's behalf , but Pike kept right on banging . |
| 13 | The Hague Linker is getting in on the act . |
| 14 | Sitting at breakfast on the verandah of Bombay 's Sun'n'Sand hotel , some while after reading Philip Callahan 's Tuning in to Nature , I found myself quietly observing a highway of tiny , high speed ants as they took a specific path to and from their nest under the edge of the patio , gathering up enticing goodies from further down the flowerbed . |
| 15 | For myself , the evidence detailed in Philip Callahan 's Tuning in to Nature does seem pretty conclusive . |
| 16 | I DO N'T agree that putting up armed roadblocks in Britain is giving in to the IRA . |
| 17 | Other Administration figures had been calling for Bush to boycott the meeting , on the grounds that the US was coming in for excessive criticism . |
| 18 | It is perhaps ironic that Neal — so critical of the selections of Revie and Robson — arrives back on the England scene at a time when Taylor is coming in for internal FA criticism for picking too many players . |
| 19 | I guess Chrissy 's coming in for something to eat . |
| 20 | Daihatsu is cashing in on the leisure boom in Japan with the latest addition to its minicar line up , the Mira RV-4 ( below ) . |
| 21 | Barred by law from taking an official Cabinet job , the next First Lady Hillary is sitting in on all the meetings of her husband 's transition team , helping to map out policy and pick his Cabinet . |
| 22 | Blanche pretends to be shocked by the surroundings that Stella is living in with her husband , when she arrives . |
| 23 | Even Volkswagen was getting in on the act with its two concept Varios ( see separate story ) , which could bring four-wheel-drive recreational motoring to a much wider audience . |