Example sentences of "[is] [v-ing] [pron] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | More likely he is using it in the more everyday usage of ‘ not sent or guided in any special direction ; having no definite aim or purpose ’ ( OED ) , which suggests that any such view of history must have no end , and therefore no teleology . |
| 2 | Yeah i well he 's just distressed cos I think Gill 's phoning him in the morning and she said she 'd give him a lift to the hospital . |
| 3 | I see , I mean it 's good to see really that er test match has been dom well almost dominated at the moment , by , by a slow bowler , it 's an ideal situation for in England , batsmen done their job , England are in command , got lots of runs to play with , but it 's definitely the left arm spinner who 's causing the , the greatest problem out there , he 's , he 's landing it in the right place , he likes variation in that over , confident enough looks very tempted , always very difficult to come in at first twenty minutes as a batsman , when you 've come in on a turning wicket , a very , very , difficult . |
| 4 | Computervision Corp so wants to put its sad ownership by Prime Computer Inc behind it that it is remaking itself in the pure computer-aided design software image of the company Prime acquired as quickly as it can . |
| 5 | And I said , If somebody 's serving somebody in the shop and perhaps they you know two of three of them perhaps together , I said , but do n't talk in the shop I said , go through to the back if you want to chat . |
| 6 | However , if he happens also to run a business and sells one of the cars in circumstances suggesting that he is selling it in the course of that business , then he is likely to be regarded as doing just that , Southwark London Borough v. Charlesworth ( paragraph 9–20 above ) . |
| 7 | The benefit of this will be apparent when a force ten westerly has sent your brolly to Holland and is pummelling you in the face . |
| 8 | The Royal Bank of Scotland is suing him in the High Court to recover the money , which includes a £500,000 overdraft . |
| 9 | Employees in the leisure department have worked extremely hard to bring this prestige event to Stockton and we end up with a situation where the first person of the town is kicking us in the teeth . ’ |
| 10 | he 's getting it in the gones . |
| 11 | Never face discomfort till it 's staring you in the face . ’ |
| 12 | It 's like it 's there and it 's staring us in the face but I just ca n't … ca n't access it . ’ |
| 13 | Claire is sewing something in the comer . |
| 14 | ‘ They have suffered so many times in recent years and some think disappointment is staring them in the face again . |
| 15 | It is staring us in the face . |
| 16 | ‘ The need for the introduction of internment is staring us in the face , ’ Mr Maginnis insisted . |
| 17 | ‘ The need to intern is staring us in the face , ’ he said . |
| 18 | We wait until trouble comes , until trouble is staring us in the face , before we really feel the need of God , and pray . |
| 19 | ‘ The truth is staring you in the face , but you 're too blind to see it . |
| 20 | The appeal runs until the end of this year and is asking everyone in the country to take part in a sponsored swim . |
| 21 | We get people on the programme singing and dancing so badly it 's painful , but they come back the next week and tell us that everyone 's stopping them in the streets to congratulate them , not slag them off . ’ |
| 22 | Alison 's taking her in the van . |
| 23 | the company is involving them in the quality process and they are now under pressure to meet ICI 's quality standards . |
| 24 | As the present government , despite its ‘ hands off , free market ’ attitudes , is involving itself in the workings of the pub trade , then it must shoulder the responsibility for the present state of affairs and insist that arbitration on rents must be genuinely independent and not loaded in favour of the brewers . |
| 25 | ‘ In a way , Jeff is putting himself in the position of being a cultural martyr , ’ says Ned Rifkin , exhibition curator for Washington DC 's Hirshhorn Museum , part of the prestigious Smithsonian Institution . |
| 26 | It is a cry of triumph , greeting God 's showing himself in the midst of his people . |
| 27 | ‘ Your reward 's awaiting you in the Fiery Pit ! ’ fumed the priest , running on the spot and punching the air with fury . |
| 28 | The most common method of disposal is in landfill sites , the second most popular method is dumping it in the ocean , and the rest is incinerated , often in ships at sea . |