Example sentences of "[v-ing] in [noun sg] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Norman , an aggressive nine year old , exploded at a boy walking in front of him who had thoughtlessly trodden on a painting which had fallen onto the floor . |
| 2 | That , too , had been expressing its displeasure with rhythmic twitching of its powerful tail , its burning eyes fixed balefully on the visitors walking in front of its enclosure . |
| 3 | And then , quite suddenly , I recognised the people who were walking in front of us through the gardens . |
| 4 | That could be the carrot to dangle before the leading dissident in his party , Mr Chandra Shekhar , sulking in isolation after his weekend defeat in the leadership tussle . |
| 5 | Are they lurking in front of anyone ? |
| 6 | She was obviously delighted with all the green of the fields and copses of Kent , the railway banks seemed to be opening in flower under our very eyes as the train went through the sunshine . |
| 7 | Terence and his pals — Nick Day , the short one , Stewart Ross , the fat — found a corridor opening in front of them , on the surge . |
| 8 | Spike 's one eye tried to focus on the movements occurring in front of him . |
| 9 | my Lord all that follows now is that question costs in this my Lord there is no doubt that er this is the painful experience for both the plaintiffs and of course for doctor who is unrepresented and therefore must inevitably feel rather isolated in this matter erm , however in my there is no reason to er depart from the usual principal of the costs which should follow the event and of course we know as it the loss on the subsidiary appeal and so I do n't press the point on that cos the reality as you 've already probably anticipated is all the work has been done erm on this appeal the subsidiary appeal I ask , I do n't ask for costs on that , in my submission it should be both sides bear their own costs on that , the reason I say that is that there was no , there was no cross appearing in respect on it in effect , cos after all , all you were doing was er trying to get the same as the other side if we lost , so no worm of can of beans can be done by doctor I had one parallel in my whole skeleton on that , er , but we have substantially succeeded on the main issue and so I , I would ask that costs in favour of the plaintiffs on , on that and here and indeed below . |
| 10 | And it was my concern that churches should know the implication of the children act as it 's related to the life of the church that I 'm landing in front of you . |
| 11 | I stood there wretchedly in the street , watching the unbelievable actually happening in front of me , while my neighbours nervously hosed their roofs against flying sparks . |
| 12 | ‘ And send a good man to Dornberg to find out what 's happening in front of him . ’ |
| 13 | He still had difficulties focusing , but could tell clearly enough what was happening in front of him . |
| 14 | Blake could n't understand what was happening in front of him . |
| 15 | on the streets , he has to react or or react in a manner that erm really when he 's on there , he does n't he does n't react to that particular incident that 's happening in front of him . |
| 16 | That he feels kind of disappointed and upset by what he sees happening in science around him . |
| 17 | ‘ A great many were born in Britain and have adopted the British culture whilst keeping in contact with their religious roots , ’ said Dr Owen . |
| 18 | Did n't happen any town that I knew of except London and I can understand why they did it in London — very expensive place for a young detective to make a shape — cost too much money keeping in front of your job there . |
| 19 | The Airmail services are the speedy , cost-effective way of keeping in touch with everyone abroad . |
| 20 | She loves talking to people , and keeping in touch with what is going on in their lives . |
| 21 | I think the R A F would would clearly be interested in in keeping in touch with what 's going on there , of course the states themselves er the picture is not entirely clear er about er what kind of types are going to emerge in the longer term but we would certainly wish to keep a a close view on what was going on and of course there is a Navy dimension to the harrier replacement as well . |
| 22 | If he is afraid of compromising himself in the eyes of Messrs Goupil and Co by keeping in touch with me , is his position with those gentlemen so shaky and unstable that he is obliged to be so careful ? ’ |
| 23 | Now he makes a point of keeping in touch with his local branch . |
| 24 | Lowered on a helicopter ladder over Anfield , he could bellow his instructions through a loudhailer , thus keeping in touch with his players while observing the letter of UEFA law . |
| 25 | If you become ill and have to go into hospital , you will probably be concerned about keeping in touch with your children . |
| 26 | ‘ You are pretending , Sergeant Troy ! ’ said Bathsheba , laughing in spite of herself at his clever way of talking . |
| 27 | There was Moscow , the great military parade , the pride of the Soviet Union trooping in front of them and his father pointing to a man , not so far from them , a man with a big moustache and dark eyes . |
| 28 | The piece of lard opened its lipsticked mouth in a thin smile at the next arrival , and Mrs Macpherson hastily recollected her duties , her black , old-fashioned hat bobbing in unison with her white bun , as she spoke to Mrs Frizzell . |
| 29 | When his coolie picked up the shafts and broke into his loping stride , Joseph found he could n't look at the narrow , sweat-streaked shoulders bobbing in front of him without seeing the bleeding welts caused by the French colon 's cane . |
| 30 | 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 . " |