Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] in a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Driving down in a Glory ? ’ |
| 2 | One would find oneself driving along in a pall of black poison . |
| 3 | There was a white lodge with a man in a booth and a turnstile , and above it a notice saying Bristol Zoo and a row of black silhouetted animals in wrought iron walking along in a line . |
| 4 | After stripping off in a Levi 's ad and Thelma & Louise , Brad Pitt has been hailed as the new James Dean , a sex symbol for the Nineties . |
| 5 | But many still fear and dislike the idea of ending up in a home . |
| 6 | She crashed down the four steps , ending up in a heap on the landing . |
| 7 | Flying through the sea breeze front without realising it is a common cause of inadvertently landing downwind and ending up in a hedge . |
| 8 | Hathor Hamilton of Devon , a 64-year-old member of Moyra Hopley 's class , sustained a broken elbow and lacerations when she was hit by an overtaking car last October and thrown 12 feet , ending up in a hedge . |
| 9 | No , but I am aware of them if I pant a lot climbing up in a flight of stairs . |
| 10 | ‘ What I mean is , they probably had some sort of … lover 's quarrel , Gebrec went storming out in a rage and charged up to the belvedere to cool off . |
| 11 | Her the narrow lanes are most pleasant for cycling , horseriding or even driving out in a pony trap for there is so little traffic and so much nature to be observed . |
| 12 | He mumbled that he was still in a state of shock and had been walking around in a dream all day . |
| 13 | ‘ The boyfriend was walking around in a daze . |
| 14 | The cocked hat brings to mind the hapless Governor of the Falkland Islands , Rex Hunt , driving around in a London taxi until the Argentines came to expel him . |
| 15 | Driving around in a Rolls . |
| 16 | I 'm the one who deserves a new one I 've been driving around in a van for three years ! |
| 17 | A Chambers colleague remarked on seeing it that it must be like driving around in a Smartie . |
| 18 | But they 're at their best during songs like ‘ Stomach Worm ’ , where a cute , simplistic beat pop tune ascends slowly into noisy chaos , thrashing around in an acid bath and trying to keep from being submerged . |
| 19 | That 's what the law did four years ago when he was training to win his silver in Seoul and driving about in a car supplied by the British Olympic Association . |
| 20 | I feel as if I 'm permanently walking about in a painting , everywhere is so lovely . |
| 21 | ‘ Office girls were screaming uncontrollably and walking about in a daze with blood pouring from them , ’ said witness Helen Millican . |
| 22 | He was thrashing about in a circle , trying to escape and kept shouting , ‘ Help me ! |
| 23 | I do n't know what 's happening to me — I feel as if I 'm walking round in a dream . |
| 24 | The string was walking round in a circle at the end of the gallops when Bill 's Audi drew up . |
| 25 | The horses are walking round in a ring then . |
| 26 | The awful thought that he might come wandering down in a daze and be seen , made her turn cold . |
| 27 | Donegal would n't fancy meeting Down in an Ulster final . ’ |
| 28 | He got out the cheating stick and clipped the peg , swarming up in a daisy chain of quick-draws . |
| 29 | It was almost as if , after years of stolidly predictable behaviour , an old and respected great-uncle had declared himself to be a Buddhist or a Muslim or the follower of some obscure Eastern mystic , and , instead of keeping it to himself , insisted on dressing up in a variety of different-coloured kaftans and talking to people loudly about The Meaning of Life at drinks parties . |
| 30 | ‘ He might turn out to be set of sub-atomic particles bouncing around in a box in intelligent wave formations , ’ the Doctor fumed . |