Example sentences of "hanging [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kurdish people are hanging on in the northern part of Iraq , desperately in need of support and aid that must come to them before a harsh winter sets in . |
| 2 | Sam thought of the pheasants hanging up in the kitchen next to the smoked hams , and wondered for a moment whether it was one of those or … |
| 3 | But the er but the one 's currently hanging up in the library . |
| 4 | Well there were all blue and white balloons hanging up in the hall and by the door just these rows and rows of blue balloons and the door opens outwards |
| 5 | This was when Chris Spedding , the guitarist , started hanging out in the shop . |
| 6 | Swingbeat New Editioners Bell Biv Devoe are hanging out in the lounge telling stories of how the helicopter in their latest video toppled off a windy roof . |
| 7 | The alternation of scenes in that play establishes verse as the appropriate medium for the Greek leaders engaged in the vita activa in their council-scene ( I.iii. ) , while for those hanging out in the vita inactiva in Achilles ' tent — Thersites , Ajax , Patroclus , Achilles — all too often the medium is a scabrous unheroic prose . |
| 8 | Downstairs in the hall Greg took his coat , and was going to let himself out when he was forestalled by Viola 's son , who came out from the sitting-room , his wife hanging back in the doorway . |
| 9 | ‘ Chris was hanging around in the pool room and we kept going out to play him the mixed songs on my ghetto-blaster . |
| 10 | The women were to be seen hanging around in the yard talking quietly or trying to wash to get a few more rags to the pawnshop . |
| 11 | And Miss Haines , as Clara suddenly realized , with a curious tremor of conviction , had actually been hanging around in the corridor waiting for her to emerge . |
| 12 | Usually she tried to evade such duties , by hanging around in the bathroom or in her bedroom ; she loathed the tedious , repetitive business of the house . |
| 13 | And the only other fact , hanging around in the background , was Bill Sweet 's death , which , by some fairly dubious reasoning and some circumstantial evidence , could be laid at Marius Steen 's door . |
| 14 | I hang my coat up and start to shout and tell those who are hanging around in the corridor to get outside until the bell goes . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ People witnessed the man running away , others reported a man hanging around in the area but no one admits seeing the assault happen . |
| 16 | She gave Charles the address , and looked so happy and excited when she asked the Stage Door Keeper to get her the Wimbledon number , that he quite forgave her for keeping him hanging about in the draughty passage outside his box . |
| 17 | You see , I 'd mentioned the fact that I 'd seen this chap several mornings hanging about in the Cove , so I decided not to take Miss Celia down there for a bit , even though we were having a real Indian summer that year . |
| 18 | He said : ‘ Edwards is the best support player in the game but it 's no use having him hanging about in the wings when the experience could be given to a younger player . |
| 19 | However , when I took to hanging about in the new house , when I watched her while she chatted to her staff and guests , or entertained the local burghers , or genteelly remonstrated with her suppliers and various tradesmen over the phone , I began to see this seeming tact as an extension of that complicity I had long been aware of . |
| 20 | It was a question she had not thought to ask until now , but there certainly did n't seem to be any obvious Mrs Prescott hanging about in the background . |
| 21 | This is no night for hanging about in the air . ’ |
| 22 | Some gave themselves fierce noms de guerre , ‘ Rambo ’ and ‘ El Negro ’ , as if their only purpose was fighting for its own sake , though even that purpose was largely wishful thinking ; much of their time was spent hanging round in the camps , doing nothing . |