Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] in this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He spent every minute that was not wasted in eating or sleeping in this pursuit . |
| 2 | The unusual nature of this process can be seen through a comparison of these academic practices with those conventionally associated with the most common uses of reading and writing in this culture , such as reading adverts , notices in factories , magazines , popular newspapers etc. , and the writing of lists for shopping , writing letters and filling in forms . |
| 3 | For one thing it is for the Holy Spirit to tell us in that hour what we are to say , and for another thing the people we prove to be in that hour will be determined , not by our thinking about that hour , but by our thinking and living in this hour . |
| 4 | In the next two months it will hand over many of its roles to the British Horse Racing Board and racing in this country will certainly never be the same again . |
| 5 | But the sport is still very much alive and kicking in this country . |
| 6 | … £15,000 for pain and suffering in this case is out of line with … awards upheld by this court … |
| 7 | Few approaches would produce more positive results on the actual curriculum in schools than review and retraining in this field . |
| 8 | So I ended up doing a piece on a night out on the streets and tying in this woman Misty and her child . |
| 9 | The risk can be reduced by flying in the low tow position below the wake , but it still has some disadvantages and towing in this position has not been generally adopted in Europe or elsewhere . |
| 10 | However , it is obviously essential to have some way of comparing the cost and reward of borrowing and lending in this way with other methods which pay interest . |
| 11 | Romanesque capitals , in particular , abound with terrifying monsters devouring hapless victims — animal and human — and the different animals : lions , dragons , oxen , etc. , all have their appointed place and meaning in this mythology and language . |
| 12 | The emergence of the modernist novel of consciousness is often described in terms of a shift of emphasis from ‘ telling ’ to ‘ showing ’ — but showing in this context is a metaphor . |
| 13 | There were losses of £1.08m from brickmaking in the United States and £1.34m from wood pulp , but brickmaking in this country made £9.79m at the still respectable margin of 15 p.c . |
| 14 | But working in this sort of hospital you are always aware of the potential and you have to be alert . |