Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [prep] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After walking for approximately a quarter of a mile he stopped outside a small detached cottage on his left . |
| 2 | Design as a complex , multi-dimensional activity achieves through forming at once a mode of knowing the world which is at the same time also a mode of acting in the world . |
| 3 | There the Reis-ul-Kuttab , or Reis Effendi as he was usually called by foreigners , the head of the grand vizier 's chancery , showed some signs of becoming at least an approximation to a foreign minister . |
| 4 | When safe levels are attained consistently you may reduce the frequency of testing to once a week . |
| 5 | In August , a Blackpool Times reporter visited the new depot and reported : ‘ This is an erection of imposing dimensions , with a capability of holding at least a score of cars . |
| 6 | Jaq tore the cockade loose and pocketed it , for the minor satisfaction of having at least a scrap of the Harlequin man in his grasp . |
| 7 | Edward Simpson , former Deputy Permanent Secretary at the DES , and ironically in charge of planning for almost a decade , has argued cogently the same case for more resources for primary schools as a result of the introduction of Local Management of Schools . |
| 8 | Your readers may or not be aware of the consternation currently being experienced in south-west Scotland following the installation of ‘ improved ’ technology at the Carlisle office of the Royal Mail whither our post has been taken for sorting for almost a decade . |
| 9 | In his mind , Roxburgh must have reckoned on getting at least a point in Berne . |
| 10 | Start by thinking about where a belief originally came from . |