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Example sentences of "[pron] [v-ing] [adv prt] in the " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	A pick up a penguin right , great , come on then Jeff say something pardon it did n't pick that up he said bollocks , Jeff just said bollocks , that 's good oh if tonight we would , see me driving along in the car and got that on , oh no , it 'll be really funny , we 're gon na be sitting there going come on as if we 'd said that today
2	Forgotten that she had thought she had seen someone moving around in the darkness .
3	Tim felt himself flying up in the air .
4	There was somebody moving around in the villa .
5	The Prosecution has begun its summing up in the trial of two men charged with causing the deaths of five young people by reckless driving .
6	There was nothing going on in the centre of .
7	He says we see them going up in the air , they do these tight manoevres .
8	He says we see them going up in the air , they do these tight manoevres .
9	And that 's you waking up in the morning .
10	I says , what was she doing down in the shop the other day ?
11	We need something dramatic to focus it , either to introduce something which will create a potential for change in this situation ( which will potentially destabilise the situation ) or pick up on something going on in the groups which will have the same effect ; we need to focus on an issue .
12	‘ I thought I saw something moving about in the garden . ’
13	I 'm the one running around in the fockin' rain ! ’
14	All the time she prayed in desperation that the constables would discover something incriminating back in the flat : perhaps letters from Zbigniew or Tatyana Nowak , bloodstained gloves , she did not care .
15	Not that hooligan we saw the other day the one messing about in the dodgems . ’
16	‘ That is the talk of one casting around in the dark , ’ said Ipuky with a smile like the light covering of frost which , on hard nights in the middle of peret , fringes the rushes on the banks of the river .
17	The explanation appears to be that shepherds at high altitudes reverse their cigars in their mouths to prevent them blowing out in the wind !
18	I hoped it was just a passing phase , sparked off by her catching me fooling around in the Plaster Room , and thanked my guardian angel for the way Old Red had just covered up for me .
19	Justin Simpson , in his article on the Stamford waits in The Reliquary in July 1885 , describes them crying out in the night after the performance of a tune these words by Shakespeare ;
20	I can hear them screeching around in the background .
21	To her annoyance she found herself glancing over in the direction of his table , but saw only an empty chair .
22	She gave Charles the address , and looked so happy and excited when she asked the Stage Door Keeper to get her the Wimbledon number , that he quite forgave her for keeping him hanging about in the draughty passage outside his box .
23	He said : ‘ Edwards is the best support player in the game but it 's no use having him hanging about in the wings when the experience could be given to a younger player .
24	He did n't want her cracking up in the middle of the Season .
25	I often saw him wandering about in the fields and lanes or fishing in quiet reaches of the river when he should have been in school .
26	‘ Now , pop your trews off and give her a cuddle ; and make sure she 's out of here soon , I do n't want her mooning about in the morning . ’
27	They could hear her moving about in the room over their heads .
28	She could hear him moving about in the sitting room .
29	He stood there blankly , not knowing what to say or do , remembering only the sound of her crying out in the darkness and how awful he had felt , alone , kneeling there on the dyke , impotent to act .
30	Now I see him coming back in the middle of the afternoon , with , I hope , a railway sandwich or two inside him , apparently not in the least put out at being employed as a busboy .