Example sentences of "in [coord] [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as I tried to follow his instructions , keeping my fists up and my chin tucked in and learning a new kind of dance on the balls of my feet , the sight of his bare , hairless chest , so brown and muscular , would suddenly fill me with more than muscular weakness , and I felt I would collapse , not under the playful blows he landed on my discombobulated body , but under the sheer spell of his magnificence . |
| 2 | I 've done everything from working on a building site for a week and promising to bring me cards in and giving a false name , to er potato picking erm doing hay , anything . |
| 3 | So we came to the halt , everything worked perfectly and I was astonished how easy this all was , I rather fancy it was the one blade digging gently in and scribing a beautiful arc to port , all the time into wind ; it was the gentlest of one-wheel landings that could ever have been attained . |
| 4 | For the whole of the festival period Central Television will be joining in and adding a new screen with a difference . |
| 5 | I do carry a few prizes if I have requests but I prefer to have people involved and enjoying games for the fun of joining in and having a good time , rather than to win a reward . |
| 6 | At the hotel he told the taxi to wait , and after checking in and having a quick clean-up in our rooms , we drove out to Teotihuacan . |