Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Veblen took pleasure in representing that in a society as dedicated to practical efficiency as the United States emulation should have been directed to the pursuit of objectives as conspicuously useless and therefore wasteful as gold or precious stones . |
| 2 | They take cold easily when sweating or in a draught but are in general better ( > ) in the open air , though worse ( < ) on getting heated . |
| 3 | he 's just saying that in a group if we look at the historical background of the language , it helps to see you know how What the strong points are of the linguistic and what we need to be bolstered on . |
| 4 | So you think we could get away with treating that as a crossroads and have people |
| 5 | At the end of that time ‘ he qualified himself for practising whether as a physician or a surgeon ’ , and returned to Bedfordshire where , ‘ with the consent of the Clergy and the local practitioners , he attended the destitute poor ’ . |