Example sentences of "[v-ing] [indef pn] [adv] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a particularly cold-blooded tycoon lurking in Coopers & Lybrand 's head office — Ian Brummer , a ‘ ruthless ’ computer manager , cleaned up at the first City Monopoly Challenge , virtually bankrupting everyone else in sight . |
| 2 | Those people who 've been holding off buying anything just in case prices drop still further could now find they 've missed the boat . |
| 3 | We are debating everything else in advance of the general election but not Northern Ireland , so will he answer two questions ? |
| 4 | He forbore to add that Poll might have earned a few more blows as the result of Sally-Anne 's intervention , to prevent her from involving anyone else in future . |
| 5 | ‘ Not much of a rest for them in here , ’ I remarked , as a mortar bomb burst close by in the orchard , causing the barn to shake a load of debris from the rafters , covering everyone below in pigeon and probably hen shit . |