Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] in [noun] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Questions which it is worth keeping in mind when reading the remaining chapters in this book would be the following : |
| 2 | After qualifying in medicine and completing my house-officer training , I was employed as a research assistant in a university department of medicine investigating various aspects of lead poisoning . |
| 3 | Lewis will return to Britain on September 18 after preparing in Washington and switch to a Cardiff headquarters . |
| 4 | Singing made-up songs all the time about living in Scotland and seeing their mother , while Carrie still felt nothing much , one way or the other . |
| 5 | Horses kept in small yards by themselves develop repetitive patterns of abnormal behaviour , such as whirling in circles and chasing their tails . |
| 6 | Prof Hilary Graham said : ‘ Our report suggests it is the experience of living in poverty that keeps women smoking . |
| 7 | Charles was accused of meddling in politics and inflaming the row between London and Paris over a trade deal with America . |
| 8 | The good news is that there is a simple and enjoyable way of getting in trim and keeping your weight within its ideal range without resorting to munching lettuce and drinking carrot juice all the time . |
| 9 | Here there is a choice of buying in cattle and selling later — a ‘ flying ’ herd — which has the advantage of relieving the land of excess livestock in winter . |
| 10 | One company in particular , Northgate , was to be a major force in the development of mining in Ireland and continues to occupy a central position in Irish mining up to the present . |
| 11 | What do women get out of staying in situations that seem to be against their interests ? |
| 12 | How he had passed his medical tests was a mystery to everybody ; he was completely incapable of marching in time and swung his arms like a chimpanzee , unsynchronised and out of time . |
| 13 | Teenage girls returned from that camp with stories of speaking in tongues and exorcising evil spirits . |
| 14 | After qualifying Margaret opened her own school of dancing in Hove and continued to teach until the birth of her two children ; music and dance have continued to play a major part throughout her life . |
| 15 | The earth on her fingers spoke to her , spoke to her of sowing in tears and reaping with joy ; of dying and growing . |
| 16 | Not for him the method of modelling in clay and translating the result into other materials by mechanical means . |
| 17 | This is why so many women who have battled to ‘ be their own person ’ live in fear of falling in love and losing their individuality . |
| 18 | There were calls to strengthen the role of the Agricultural Training Board , which had been founded amid great acrimony and much suspicion among farmers in the late 1960s , and there were also suggestions of a campaign in schools to extol the benefits of working in agriculture and to counteract the industry 's image of unskilled drudgery . |
| 19 | It creates a common link between teaching in schools and learning at home . |
| 20 | If charges are intended to raise money , it seems odd not to impose them for staying in hospital or visiting a GP . |
| 21 | Disillusioned with the ministry before he had even entered it , Vincent now said damningly that to trade in religion was on a par with trading in art or tulip bulbs . |
| 22 | In addition , a considerable sum was spent on environmental improvement including repaving in setts and rebuilding an access balcony complete with decorative ironwork . |
| 23 | In return the prosecuting authorities withdrew their demand that he appear for questioning in person and chose to issue a summary indictment against him , on Sept. 28 , which dispensed with the need for a trial and involved a maximum fine of only 200,000 yen . |
| 24 | Either therefore insist upon believing in Pacifism as measured by the use of force and go out of politics , or define Pacifism as something emphasising the power of reason and stay in politics . |
| 25 | James fluffed a couple of early crosses before growing in confidence and playing his part in an impressive Liverpool performance . |
| 26 | He exhibited his work across Europe before settling in Paris and founding the Ermitage studio for printmakers with Albert Flocon . |
| 27 | Far from hibernating in winter and emerging only briefly to feed , when the temperature drops the fish reverse their feeding habits and dine in the dark . |
| 28 | Secret rendezvous with the president were not long in following in locations that ranged from Beverly Hills , his brother-in-law 's beach house and the presidential jet . |
| 29 | In the mother church gaps may be left in all departments from Sunday Schools to sweeping up to speaking in tongues and interpreting . |
| 30 | ‘ Pet Sounds ’ was all of that : big fluffy clouds of studio-driven glory and a mass of dreamy , angsty impressions about falling in love and growing up and feeling extraordinarily sensitised about life 's rich business . |