Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] in [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The role of the museum is to present the collection in a fresh way , both showing unfamiliar paintings and hanging them in natural light ’ . |
| 2 | Exporters can raise prices in sterling terms ( so maintaining them in foreign currency terms ) without losing competitiveness . |
| 3 | You are already familiar with the mathematical operations curl , div , and grad ( I prefer using them in vector-operator form ) , and you need no introduction to the concepts of electricity . |
| 4 | They raced onto the platform , followed a minute or two later by a panting Naseby , only to see the railway train , now bearing Miss Throgmorton , steaming slowly away , enveloping them in white smoke . |
| 5 | WCS is also useful for testing micro-instruction sequences , before lacing them in read-only storage for permanent use . |
| 6 | She had always tried to emulate Isabelle , too , in buying the best clothes she could afford , and keeping them in pristine condition , making sure she was well-groomed at all times . |
| 7 | Men believed in mastery over women , keeping them in protective custody . |
| 8 | I had worked hard while I was on Amantani , reconstructing the bones of my experiences without the satisfaction of cradling them in apposite language . |
| 9 | It involved thrusting a lighted taper into little glass jars and applying them in great haste to Jean-Claude 's back , which would bubble up under them in balloons of skin . |
| 10 | Then steam or boil the vegetables in a small amount of salted water , before draining and tossing them in melted butter . |
| 11 | All at once , Melanie was back home and swathing herself in diaphanous veiling before a mirror . |
| 12 | Seating herself in solitary splendour , avoiding the accusing glances of his ancestors , she thankfully started on the thick vegetable soup , which , despite Feargal 's derogatory remarks about Mary and Rose , was excellent . |
| 13 | ‘ Just keeping him in good condition for you , darling . ’ |
| 14 | Mutinously she flicked her gaze back to where he was surveying her in stony silence . |
| 15 | Then Edgar appears , disguised as a poor knight whose ‘ name is lost ; /By treason 's tooth bare-gnawn , and canker-bit ’ ( 121f. ) , and by defeating him in single combat , completes the exposure of Edmund , the bastard being displayed as a hypocrite and pretender ( 162–74 ) , who in a fair contest — according to Renaissance optimism about the superiority of right — is bound to be defeated by the legitimate . |
| 16 | If bandage-type insulation is used , start at the tank and tie the first wrap , pressing it in close contact with the tank |
| 17 | Which is just as well because some of them have played just a little bit too hard , landing themselves in serious trouble . |
| 18 | In stressing this aspect , Marx and Engles were basing themselves in great part on the excellent description that Morgan had supplied for the matrilineal descent groups of the Iroquois , and , in his stress on the community aspect of descent groups , Morgan has been in many ways supported by later work . |
| 19 | A more extreme tactic is to start addressing them in similar vein — using ‘ my dear ’ or something worse back ( at a seminar I attended , ‘ baby ’ was suggested … but if it 's your boss you 're dealing with you may need to decide whether your job 's worth it ) . |
| 20 | While I was still gazing into the water basin , the doctor then covered me with blankets , enclosing me in total darkness . |
| 21 | Though engrossed in picking his teeth with a match he gave me a long appraising stare before addressing me in rich cockney . |
| 22 | He worked frantically to help the casualties , tearing up what was left of his linen for bandages and soaking them in olive oil and wax to apply to bums . |
| 23 | It will be best to distribute the strings evenly throughout the texture by writing them in extended harmony ( with occasional double-stops when these are easily manageable ) . |
| 24 | Drain and refresh immediately by steeping them in cold water . |
| 25 | Another foresees a more conservative role for the middle class , expressing itself in active opposition to socialism as a process of increasing public ownership or control of industry and expanding welfare services , and in a reassertion of the desirability of a more laissez-faire type of economy . |
| 26 | Close your eyes and you just ca n't help imagining him in Dirty Dancing . |
| 27 | All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching the faith and correcting error , for re-setting the direction of man 's life and training him in good living . |
| 28 | Beyond that size , you would be paying more in compensation for the loss of marginal benefit of another inch than you would be saving yourself in reduced cost of the externality . |
| 29 | Surrounding them in vaulted stone and glass , wood and gorgeous cloth , were millions of man-hours of work . |
| 30 | It is worth photocopying the more useful reading lists , and filing them in classified order in a pamphlet bibliography collection . |