Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So there he was , all frozen in the hot sun , I began to realise things were really serious when I see them machine guns itching to smoke in the fuzz hand . |
| 2 | It is often suggested that in Italy the general public is more receptive to the idea of mental hospital residents returning to live in the community . |
| 3 | The group of Principals and Heads of Department attending the workshop worked extremely hard and enthusiastically on some of the key issues relating to change in the context of their work at the University . |
| 4 | He and his wife also enjoy walking and the countryside of the area is one of their reasons for wanting to remain in the North . |
| 5 | not wanting to sit in the conservatory |
| 6 | This makes the transaction less attractive to underwriters who are looking to invest in the offeror and may explain why , in practice , it is rare to see an open offer being made to shareholders . |
| 7 | Zobel said that there had been no approaches from Japanese companies wanting to work in the OMI . |
| 8 | Furthermore , a very large number of hon. Members are seeking to participate in the debate . |
| 9 | He lost no opportunity to use his status as an ideological lever for black causes , eventually refusing to serve in the army on the grounds that blacks had no interest in the Vietnam War . |
| 10 | Christie was refusing to bask in the glory of his sensational Olympic 100 metres victory . |
| 11 | She waited a few moments then turned into East 48th Street , still pretending to look in the shop windows as she walked . |
| 12 | Yet another method was to liberalize entry or remove restrictions on firms wanting to compete in the provision of a service in the public sector . |
| 13 | Merton 's early Edinburgh appearances read as a catalogue of disasters : one year he was set upon by a gang of burly Scottish lads when seeking to compete in the poster wars engulfing the festival , and another year he was rushed to hospital after only one show , having broken a leg in an intercomedian football friendly . |
| 14 | Quite often when a pair have shown all the signs of wanting to breed in the community aquarium and they are then moved into a breeding tank , they suddenly seem to go off the idea , Their new home is strange to them , and the male will want to establish his territory , move the decor , and generally prepare the tank to his satisfaction . |
| 15 | I had had no intention of seeking to intervene in the strike and would not have done so but for the ubiquitous activity of George Wigg . |
| 16 | Why could n't this woman simply accept it as a fact of life , part of her make-up , such as not wanting to live in the country or swim in the sea . |
| 17 | The council will be looking to save in the region of £700,000 to remain within the new target level . |
| 18 | The EIA have been responsible for the ban in the ivory trade , and their campaign on the plight of captured wild birds has resulted in 74 major airlines refusing to co-operate in the transport of wild birds . |
| 19 | She added : ‘ Caroline may have another reason for wanting to stay in the area . |
| 20 | They are , in brief , hard-working and somewhat stressed ; feel dissatisfied with the job they are doing ( or at least bits of it ) ; confused about what they should be doing but wanting to change in the direction of greater impact and relevance of what they do ; have no clear idea how to go about it ; do not feel optimistic about things getting better ; are worried about the amount of emotional energy the job takes up ; and mostly do the best they can , try not to think about it all too much , and hang on till the holidays . |
| 21 | As far as my education on the subject was concerned I was reduced to listening to gossip in the hope of learning more . |
| 22 | Particular emphasis is placed at this point on the distinction between issue-oriented and issueless riots , the latter tending to occur in the absence of any justificatory rationale ( Marx , 1972 ) . |
| 23 | Next on the curriculum come talking , acting , building , blowing party squeakers and pretending to choke in the back of the car . |
| 24 | Going to go in the sink one , the plasticine , you do the plasticine in there , you 've lost the plasticine label , there it is |
| 25 | Are you going to sit in the centre ? |
| 26 | Are you going to sit in the centre |
| 27 | He was going to wait in the corridor until Kopyion came out , and he would confront him . |
| 28 | Last April , Kathleen informed us all that she was going to retire in the autumn . |
| 29 | She was going to swim in the lake , alone , because both Nick and her father had expressly forbidden it . |
| 30 | I hope she 's going to fall in the laundry soon . |