Example sentences of "[v-ing] in [noun sg] of [pron] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or they will pick a young rickshaw coolie and ride around all night watching his little golden rump bobbing in front of their eyes — and beat him if he refuses their advances . " |
| 2 | A group of socialist deputés recently declared , ‘ our system is dying in front of our eyes ’ . |
| 3 | Thousands of people are living in fear of their lives in the wake of the Belfast shootings , according to the SDLP MP . |
| 4 | Jamie must have taken a cigarette even though I knew he did n't smoke , because I saw the lighter go up , igniting in front of my eves in a shower of sparks like a fireworks display . |
| 5 | Mr Justice Johnson , who jailed the 37year-old Marquess for failing to pay £10,534 to his estranged wife Becky , said he had been acting in excess of his powers when he imposed the sentence . |
| 6 | As to the presumption , Mr. Philipson , while prepared to acknowledge that it would apply to the reasonableness test , submitted that it did not apply when considering whether the Bank of England was acting in performance of its functions . |
| 7 | It is not so in the same way in which the Bill of Rights is a part of the law of the United States of America — no Act of Parliament becomes void because it transgresses the provisions of the European Convention ; no United Kingdom court will or even can issue an injunction to re ; train a government official from acting in contravention of its terms . |
| 8 | Mainstream teachers and heads of language departments often seem to be lacking in knowledge of their pupils ' languages . |
| 9 | As Miles Davis , now 63 , goes on developing , his most assiduous young admirer , Wynton Marsalis , goes on backtracking in search of his roots , taking other potentially excellent young players with him . |
| 10 | It was as though I were sitting in a movie and my actions were flashing in front of my eyes . |
| 11 | He lay for a moment , flat-out , breathing heavily , waiting for the red haze juddering in front of his eyes to clear . |
| 12 | I think , to come back to ‘ where does knowledge come from ? ’ , just how can you produce work that actually counters that weight of belief in the invincibility of people who are patently failing in front of your eyes ! |
| 13 | These are images of older people as kindly and inoffensive , sitting in front of their fires , or enjoying winter in hotels on the Costa del Sol . |
| 14 | Six members of the Committee of One Hundred , who had planned to enter the air base and immobilize it by sitting in front of its planes , were charged with conspiracy to commit offences under section 1 of the Official Secrets Act 1911 . |
| 15 | Well you 'll see at the bottom of that hill that th there 's the Jolly Farmer sitting in front of your eyes . |
| 16 | Corbett turned to see a tall , lank , white-haired man in a black robe standing in front of their horses . |
| 17 | Of Gleizes ' work he said : ‘ Standing in front of his canvases I had the very definite impression of a sobering up after an Impressionist debauch . ’ |
| 18 | So , we might think , ‘ cunning man ’ , or ‘ machine man ’ , or ‘ technological man ’ , keeps a Utopian carrot dangling in front of our noses , of a world of leisure and convenience where each new mill grinds faster than the one before . |