Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] [pron] [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not going to press you back in the seat on acceleration or break any speed records , but it 's far from sluggish — a 119mph top speed , in fact , and 0–62mph in 12.8 seconds . |
| 2 | No afterwards she 's going to switch it on in the common room . |
| 3 | It could be said that some sort of crisis was going to force itself up in the life of a strongly emotional young man who was so strictly engaged in compartmentalizing his life : a father who was never meant to know about Janie Moore ; Minto herself cut off from college ; almost all his friends kept in darkness about his emotional history , and most of them at this period unaware of his religious interests ; pupils who were discussing with him the things he cared about most — books — but in a fashion which prevented his strength of feeling breaking through . |
| 4 | But I never felt that he was going to get me out in the second innings . |
| 5 | Gillroy and Davies hit the roof several times before managing to strap themselves down in the cabin , where all they could do was sit ashen-faced and pray . |
| 6 | The manager had been trying to set himself up in the Business when he knew full well that Clive had the franchise . |
| 7 | Peter Roberts of Kuperard , who launched the charity scheme last year , says this is enough to purchase 350 mats ( against the 90 he was able to distribute last year ) , and he is planning to hand them out in the second week of January . |