Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [noun] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm very disappointed not to be doing the film , ’ Crawford added , ‘ but I would rather that people remember enjoying my performance in the play than say that I did n't quite pull it off in the film . ’ |
| 2 | He 's good about helping my mum in the house . |
| 3 | The essence of the balance sheet is that the sum of the fixed and current assets shall equal the capital employed , thus explaining its use in the company . |
| 4 | The essence of the balance sheet is that the sum of the fixed and current assets shall equal the capital employed , thus explaining its use in the company . |
| 5 | Both samples of women will be involved in commercial sex , though the better educated younger women will be plying their trade in the hotels in the centre of the town , while their mother 's customers will be drawn from the shanty towns on the periphery of Nairobi . |
| 6 | Now I think of an animal or a small child depositing its excreta in the wrong place so as to annoy its owner or parent . |
| 7 | Charitable work was also something that daughters could do without prejudicing their chances in the marriage market . |
| 8 | Monitoring rivals closely to copy good ideas and ensure that they are keeping their service in the forefront of developments |
| 9 | Those in the lower group of six would play a total of 36 matches with the first two teams keeping their place in the Premier Division while the rest would be relegated in 1994 . |
| 10 | Shannon started to shake , hearing again the playground taunts , seeing the looks in the eyes of the children as they danced about her , holding hands and chanting , keeping her captive in the middle of the circle . |
| 11 | Ashi Nadirpur screamed , an animal protecting her offspring in the shadow of a steel cave . |
| 12 | It was of course a somewhat limited independence with the government of Vietnam announcing its trust in the loyalty of Japan and considering itself to be part of Japanese Greater East Asia . |
| 13 | The work also voiced taboos and silenced areas in an attempt to make visible shared and common experiences , revealing their roots in the social and cultural rather than the personal . |
| 14 | KLM , meanwhile , is expected to maintain a reduced involvement in Northwest , ‘ keeping its foot in the door ’ , one analyst suggested , until US policy of foreign ownership becomes more clear . |
| 15 | A little later , as filmmakers began to expend the medium 's storytelling capacities , they drew from the techniques developed for the magic lantern or diorama and audiences saw a woman interrupting her husband in the act of kissing the maid , or a miller grappling with chimney sweeps in front of a windmill . |
| 16 | Apparently at this particular time there was a considerable amount of traffic on the road in question and traffic from one direction had halted in order to allow that the young girl and her friend to cross the road they began to cross on the zebra crossing but , as she reached the centre of the road Mrs was driving her vehicle in the opposite direction and she failed to stop the young girl , in her teens , was unable to take , avoiding acci action and she was knocked down as she crossed the road . |
| 17 | Instead , it is supposed to follow every possible path in space-time , and with each of these histories there are associated a couple of numbers , one representing the size of a wave and the other representing its position in the cycle ( its phase ) . |
| 18 | ‘ People will want see this picture because it 's damn good , ’ she said , checking her make-up in the vanity mirror . |
| 19 | ‘ On the dole , more likely , ’ says Sandra , suppressing a yawn , and checking her appearance in the mirrored wall behind her mother 's back . |
| 20 | Checking her face in the glass , Comfort smiled in satisfaction . |
| 21 | She stands by the window , checking her face in the silver compact . |
| 22 | This was to use his old friends of 216 Squadron to resupply his force by landing their Bombays in the desert . |
| 23 | The severe but not unalluring woman to Wakeman 's left now entered the exchange , stabbing her cigarette in the ashtray as she spoke . |
| 24 | Léonie stood by her aunt 's grave , scuffing her sandal in the dust of the path and reciting the Hail Mary under her breath because she felt she should . |
| 25 | Besides the more obvious areas for employment , actuaries are to be found applying their skills in the academic world , in computer development , operational research and as business consultants . |
| 26 | Shirley ( 4.6 ) and Trevor ( 4.8 ) are looking at the shells and their teacher , noticing their interest in the different kinds , joins with them to initiate a ‘ spontaneous ’ sorting activity . |
| 27 | The dandelion is equally dependable , opening its flowers in the morning and closing them in late afternoon . |
| 28 | Many top speedway riders will be pitting their skills in the National motor cycle grass track meeting . |
| 29 | Elbowed out FOOTBALL : Ajax Amsterdam 's Swedish striker Stefan Pettersson looks set to miss the European Championships after dislocating his elbow in the UEFA Cup final victory over Torino . |
| 30 | This was a lengthy business , and from December 1103 to April 1105 he contented himself with justifying his exile in the face of criticisms from his English friends . |