Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could lie in bed at night and in imagination move confidently around the cottage touching them in a happy exploration of shared memories and reassurance . |
| 2 | Like the smaller copepods , euphausiids are mainly herbivorous , combing algal cells from the water and gathering them in a basket-like arrangement of bristles on their many-jointed forelimbs . |
| 3 | The modern world has discovered that citrus fruits are rich in vitamin C — and has started using them in a big way for cooking . |
| 4 | They made another turn , and another , bringing them in a short time to Southwark Bridge . |
| 5 | It was the noise of something stretching and straining under enormous , impossible pressure ; as if the very fabric of that wall must suddenly explode inwards , enveloping them in a deadly blast of shattered brick and concrete . |
| 6 | Other mammals not only tolerate but revel in their smells , employing them in a wide variety of ways . |
| 7 | Undeterred he burst into song , serenading me in a loud baritone with Italian pop songs . |
| 8 | The new mood turns the idea of what is received taste on its head by employing the use of sometimes ‘ naff ’ items from previous decades , and incorporating them in a fresh context . |
| 9 | I would have liked to have gone to Venice , where there was a faculty of languages , or Bologna , where I could have read Economics and Commerce ; but the war was on , and the expense of keeping me in a distant town was beyond the means of my parents . |
| 10 | Cheer up dull-looking cabinets by painting them in a high gloss or eggshell finish . |
| 11 | The activity had been planned so that when children helped one another they would be using principles applied in problem-solving on one of the tasks and applying them in a new form on the other . |
| 12 | They are , of course , very adept at absorbing everything in a brief but this is no substitute for a profound knowledge and understanding of the subject . |
| 13 | He set the bowl down , then lifted the boy gently , cradling him in a half-sitting position . |
| 14 | For as she turned towards him , a great fall of bright copper hair , loosened by the wild chase , came cascading about her shoulders and fell to her waist , enveloping her in a rippling sheet of flame . |
| 15 | It worries the lawyers , and the insurance company were always fussing about keeping it in a private house . |
| 16 | In 1868 and 1879 the two ‘ Torrens Acts ’ made the owner of a house responsible for keeping it in a habitable condition , and gave powers of compulsion to the local authority . |
| 17 | I tried new drivers — Armenians , Indians , Arabs , blacks — but ended up driving myself in a rented car . |
| 18 | By the frequency of his visits he came to know most of the artists and was fond of addressing them in a loud voice by their first names as they came out of the studio . |
| 19 | Writing them in a foreign language demands even more skill ! |
| 20 | Major Tzann posed like a peacock , inspecting himself in a nearby mirror . |
| 21 | The third case resulted from the willingness and need of the firm to take work from any source while it was establishing itself in a new market . |
| 22 | The activities of a fan become intelligible if we can interpret them as being instrumental in establishing him in a particular role , or if such activities can be shown to be acceptable demonstrations of character and worth among his peers . |
| 23 | Right : Protect your outdoor pool from the rigours of winter by enclosing it in a Norwegian log chalet . |
| 24 | I took the other half , inspecting it in a similar manner . |
| 25 | An adult , by itself , will be hard-pressed to repel a determined attack on its young , but in a massed colony , outraged parents join together and surround an intruder in a cloud , shrieking angrily , diving on it and harrying it in a continuous attack . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , she set about searching it in a methodical fashion , discovering in the process just what she had expected : nothing . |
| 27 | It 's a very striking book because while on the one hand he admires the Bolsheviks very greatly for the hope that they have given to man , for the feeling that they have given to the world that new potentialities are there to be realized if only we had enough courage , yet on the other hand , even at that point , he was acutely conscious that the Bolsheviks ' attitude towards the equality of power was leading them in a fatal direction , and long before Stalinism began to take shape , he described in advance what he expected to come . |
| 28 | He had a gift for coming up with innovative ideas , suggesting links that others would never dream of , and testing them in a rough way to see if they were flawed or might instead lead somewhere . |
| 29 | As there are four men surrounding you in a close semicircle , you must aim for their weak point — the smaller of the two end men . |
| 30 | ‘ Absolutely , ’ she said with feeling , dispelling a pang of guilt with the observation that she was certainly not presenting herself in a flattering light . |