Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] in front [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 As Edwards showed , there are all sorts of ways of getting in front of the bigger man .
2 They even instituted a rule of drinking in front of the Fraternity House , for which Leonard was impeached !
3 It meant that Wexford , once again showing bad finishing , never succeeded in going in front during the half .
4 So many of us are accustomed to eating in front of the television , or at a desk or even rushing about in the morning clutching a briefcase in one hand and a piece of toast in the other .
5 But there are many old residents in the neighbourhood who prefer to stroll along the beach to sitting in front of the goggle-box .
6 That you hung onto this wall and that was brought in once a week for bathing in front of the fire .
7 Buckingham Palace , 12th December 1987 My dear Miss Jones , We are writing to you to express our sincere gratitude for the way in which you recently risked your life by diving in front of the runaway horse of one of our Lifeguards to save one of our Royal corgis .
8 When they first met , Charlie called the shots by improvising in front of the cameras and using his experience from films like Bright Lights , Big City , with Michael J Fox , and 18 Again , with George Burns He said : ‘ Kylie was a little nervous when I improvised and it threw her off .
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