Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [conj] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much as I hope this will never occur , all that would happen is that the patient would either open his eyes and come completely out of the hypnotic state , or that he might doze for some ten or fifteen minutes before waking as if from a nap in an armchair . |
| 2 | In general , what lenders told us about their procedures for deciding for or against a loan ( or other credit advance ) impressed on us the care with which they try to avoid turning away potential sound customers , After all , making their own requirements too strict would limit their business too narrowly . |
| 3 | ‘ Small Agricultural Tractor ’ — unladen weight not more than 2550 kg may be driven in the course of agricultural operations on any road which is not a restricted road or on any road ( other than a Special Road ) while taking or going to and from a driving test . |
| 4 | Purse nets are used to cover all holes leading to and from a warren system . |
| 5 | She saw them then , with shattering clarity ; they crowded the dunes in a cold eddying radiance , each spear-point a spark of light , grimly staring as if from a trance . |
| 6 | Grant glanced round to see the clipboards on the wall jingling as if in a breeze . |
| 7 | He had made no attempt to pursue the fleeing secretary and was sitting as if in a trance staring somewhere between the chairs occupied by the new Lord Woodleigh and Jilly Jonathan . |
| 8 | In addition to its use for accompaniment and for playing before and after a service , it is commonly used as a solo instrument during the course of worship . |
| 9 | Awful headaches ; bursting compressing as if in a vice , as if would be crushed ; hammering and throbbing pains ; pains in the morning on waking . |
| 10 | The show is a compilation of such nights , from getting stamped in , waiting around , having a drink and a dance , being chatted up , to vomiting in the loos , and leaving with or without a bird . |
| 11 | it is not restricted to conduct causing or intended to cause injury or damage but includes any other violent conduct ( for example , throwing at or towards a person a missile of a kind capable of causing injury which does not hit or falls short ) ( Section 8 ) . |
| 12 | Selection of a partner may be based in the first place largely on feeling for or about a parent . |