Example sentences of "[det] [v-ing] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Local Government Act 1972 specifically states that the only business which can be transacted is that appearing in the summons convening the meeting . |
| 2 | Oh yes , I could do that , thought Grainne , sleepless and still half drowning in the warmth and the sweetness . |
| 3 | Mr McGill repairs a window to make it safe , paints the air raid shelter door , does some concreting in the garden . |
| 4 | There seems little likelihood of this occurring in the case of executive directors , at least unless the risk of liability were to increase massively , but a reduction in the supply of more modestly remunerated non-executives is not implausible . |
| 5 | Action has been taken to prevent this occurring in the future . |
| 6 | After some searching in the entrails of the massive wall , they located an insulated , though hot , hatch — and undogged it . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll come and do some measuring in the morning if that suits , ’ she said . |
| 8 | It is this sharing in the suffering of God that is so convincingly and magnificently expressed in Margaret Spufford 's recent book , Celebration . |
| 9 | If you and I were working for an organization which gave say half a million to charity , our , I mean correct me if I 'm wrong , but I , I 'm sure our temptation would be to say how can we promote this giving in the media in order , let's be honest about it , to make our , us look good , partly that would be it . |
| 10 | ‘ You 're like some beautiful sea nymph … ’ he whispered softly in her ear , his hands protectively holding her slim body as , half standing and half floating in the water , she wound her arms about his neck . |
| 11 | There was much cheering in the conservationist camp . |
| 12 | Er standard one was er no trouble , except er er pretty timid , remember being timid , the boys could be very rough in play and there was much nudging in the playground as they ran about at their various games . |
| 13 | You see , it was n't their joy , it was n't just because they were exuberant , they had already i di , expressed this joy back in verse eight , at the preaching of the gospel , there was much rejoicing in the city ! |
| 14 | She 's talked about going to Yorkshire , but , not at the moment , there 's nothing much doing in the market , er . |
| 15 | ‘ Who 's that lying on the runway Who 's that lying in the snow It 's Matt Busby and his boys Making such a f***in noise cause they ca n't get the aeroplane to go ’ |
| 16 | That going in the form of higher spending power to the workers themselves allows them to buy more goods or services . |
| 17 | Mr Grigson , is that moving in the direction which you wished to get an answer to your question ? |
| 18 | Unfortunately , the margins wo n't sustain the level of investment that staying in the game demands . |
| 19 | The festivities started with a parade through the town led by the Houlton Silver Band and as I looked down from the windows of our bed-sitter I could see them all gathering in the street below . |
| 20 | Statistics show the younger a wife is when she marries , the more likely the chance of it all ending in the divorce courts . |
| 21 | When they came near the princess 's tower they saw a great number of people , all walking in the meadows , all searching for the princess 's lost keys . |
| 22 | Furthermore , they were all writing in the aftermath of Darwin , and had learned from him two important things . |
| 23 | Although although there 's a lot of people who feel they 're all living in the lap of luxury if you 're Post Office or B T pensioners , they are n't and we have n't been able to get this surplus er in any way used for the benefit of those people and er and that 's where the ownership of the fund really and the surplus are tied in together . |
| 24 | Taken as a whole the Turneys formed a not unimportant family of landed peasants and yeomen all living in the neighbourhood of Leighton Buzzard . |
| 25 | And I remember hearing a story , er erm it was just they 'd got an old farmer he had a field of hay , just ready to cart and just as they were getting the horses , it came down to rain and they were all sheltering in the barn , and the said , More rain , more rest . |
| 26 | These three companies , all believing in the need to maintain a strong components capability , in 1988 formed the $3.3 billion JESSI ( Joint European Submicron Silicon Initiative ) co-operative research and development programme . |
| 27 | As I helped myself to a drop of Taff 's tea the guns down by the River Orne opened up again , the shells all heading in the direction of the German positions . |
| 28 | The full might of American marketing know-how has been put behind these shows , with stickers , package tours , bill-boards , radio commercials all pulling in the masses : culture and profit , say the city fathers . |
| 29 | So one day , very hot and insecty , with a faint breeze coming in off the sea , we were all lying in the grass on the flat area just to the south of the house . |
| 30 | We 're all getting in the act here . |