Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] be [v-ing] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Glover 's sister is living in the middle of the East LA war zone described in Boyz 'N' The Hood : choppers in the air and bullets bounding off the verandah . |
| 2 | Then it was gone ; and Bigwig 's fur was blowing in the whack of wind that followed it down the hedges . |
| 3 | At least it showed that the girl 's mind was working in the right direction . |
| 4 | She liked the nights in the country better ; the mixed smells of the town contained more human corruption : the health of animal dung 's pungency was missing in the ammoniac whiffs from the town culvert , and the touch of the air was never quite as lively as in the yard . |
| 5 | Further down the hillside towards La Paz , another women 's group is meeting in the early afternoon . |
| 6 | By subtracting the slow rate at which the planet 's surface is rising in the Barbados area , known from previous geological work onshore , he could work out where sea level stood at different times in the past . |
| 7 | It was a sunny day and Gorman 's head was glistening in the sun . |
| 8 | The INRI above Jesus 's head was glinting in the sunlight . |
| 9 | By now , however , Tito 's resolve was hardening in the light of his troops ' successes . |
| 10 | He added that the children 's father was working in the United States . |
| 11 | A child 's voice was screaming in the darkness . |
| 12 | Botswana 's wildlife is disappearing in the face of the rapid expansion of the country 's cattle industry , primarily aimed at providing beef for export to Europe . |
| 13 | Halliday 's analysis is revealing in the way it relates precise linguistic observation to literary effect . |