Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [noun pl] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Charitable work was also something that daughters could do without prejudicing their chances in the marriage market . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The dandelion is equally dependable , opening its flowers in the morning and closing them in late afternoon . |
| 6 | Many top speedway riders will be pitting their skills in the National motor cycle grass track meeting . |
| 7 | Todd from Neighbours also highlights another problem often seen ; he would have difficulty depositing his cans in the ‘ Save-A-Can ’ skip as it is clearly full to the top . |
| 8 | Richardson prowls around the room , stabbing his fingers in the air . |
| 9 | He slung his jacket over his shoulder and , anointing his fingertips in the breast pocket of his shirt , ascended the two shallow steps leading into the main part of the house . |
| 10 | He was also responsible for instructing his pupils in the History of the English Language and in philology ( the growth , history and structure of words ) . |
| 11 | As trade unionists representing our members in the workplace , this is something we would be unhappy with , to go through a procedure with one of our members and know that that member has lost but not exactly know why . |
| 12 | Eventually he decided to give them their marching orders , and one spring , just before the birds were due to arrive , he nailed wire netting and a large dustbin bag along the eaves to stop them building their nests in the usual place . |
| 13 | When White and Davies were building their castles in the Midlands , the game was still mostly amateur . |
| 14 | Even the decoits in the interior of Sind who had been closely following Pakistan 's victory march in their hide-outs expressed their joy by firing their weapons in the air without fear of being discovered . |
| 15 | There is no reason to suppose that in Harlingdon Ltd such an exclusion clause would not have been maintained , especially since it would hardly be likely to deter art experts from using their skills in the market place to discover masterpieces . |
| 16 | Car drivers are banned from using their cars in the capital one day each week — although many have circumvented the ban by purchasing a second car . |
| 17 | In George Henry Lee 's restaurant a middle-aged lady wearing purple and accompanied by a string quartet sang ‘ Tea for Two ’ , circling her hands in the air as though pushing away cobwebs . |
| 18 | It had a painted chest of drawers and tiny wardrobe and she fell asleep enjoying their shapes in the fading light . |
| 19 | When he smiles , he looks slightly goofy , the skin pulled right over his cheeks like the face children make by sticking their fingers in the corners of their mouths . |
| 20 | If she were her normal self she would be pottering happily around Simone , laughing whenever she got in her way and sticking her fingers in the food . |
| 21 | For the lady — accompanied by red admirals , peacocks and common blues — was fluttering her wings in the new butterfly centre . |
| 22 | She dropped her hand and looked enquiringly around flapping her arms in the air . |
| 23 | Assuming Dr Powell 's right , the people of Venice will be able to continue living their lives in the manner and surroundings which have made it one of the world 's greatest cities . |
| 24 | Many step-parents feel guilty for not loving their step-children in the way they do their own . |
| 25 | The members of the Chicago School were , therefore , actively developing their theories in the process of trying to understand the problems and changes with which they were surrounded . |
| 26 | The aim of the study is to help a large civil engineering consultancy firm determine their longer term strategy for training their technicians in the use of computers as an aid to design . |
| 27 | Consideration will be given to seasonal dwellings ( such as the shielings where members of rural communities lived while tending their animals in the upland summer grazing ) and to the temporary nature of much Scottish housing in the past . |
| 28 | The qualification " as it were " in ( 1 ) suggests Pemberton 's own inner voice ; " that he could n't find it " in ( 4 ) suggests the boy 's peremptory style of speech ; something really superior in the way of a resident tutor " ( 11 ) suggests the Moreens ' way of expressing their requirements in the style of genteel private advertisements . |
| 29 | The Argentines are still ethnically the same , the population still predominantly Italian , most of them havin' their roots in the south of Italy and in Sicily . |
| 30 | These catfish have been bred in captivity in tanks containing African Rift Valley cichlids , although there have been one or two reports of them scattering their eggs in the substrate in the usual Synodontis fashion when no cichlids were present . |