Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] the [n mass] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have listed the number of occurrences of each individual word occurring in the data in table 5.4 . |
| 2 | He 'd gone back into the hotel , trying to act casually , and had hovered in reception looking at the magazines in the hardcovers , watching the man explaining to the people in the hut and coming back inside , which confirmed Cormack 's suspicions . |
| 3 | If Florence Nightingale were carrying her lamp through the corridors of the National Health Service today , she would almost certainly be searching for the people in charge . |
| 4 | Derek was a traveller , a ‘ gypsy ’ according to the people in the towns he had passed through . |
| 5 | If you and I were working for an organization which gave say half a million to charity , our , I mean correct me if I 'm wrong , but I , I 'm sure our temptation would be to say how can we promote this giving in the media in order , let's be honest about it , to make our , us look good , partly that would be it . |
| 6 | This came from the parents of the children in the Old Town , because of far as I can gather from talking to the people in the Old Town |
| 7 | He started gawking at the people in the stands when he came into the stretch . |
| 8 | Her only real skill was her ferocity as a guard dog , watching over the sheep in the temporary grazing settlements high in the mountains or alerting the family to strangers within the village and intruders in the house . |
| 9 | And he led the way to the jeep , waving to the people in the café , and pausing to chat to Maria as she served a tray full of beer , and to Abuelo as his granddaughter led him away by the hand . |
| 10 | Women working in the media in Poland are preparing to assert their right to full participation in their profession , as well as in their churches , where they are still excluded from the decision-making processes . |