Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We will ensure that , following maternity leave or a career break , all women working in the NHS , including those returning to nursing on a part-time or job-sharing basis , are able to return to work of a similar status or level to that which they left . |
| 2 | ‘ Just let me jump out of the canoe for you , ’ she muttered through gritted teeth , returning to paddling with a new fury . |
| 3 | Provision for children with special educational needs is becoming a major problem , leading to overspending in a considerable proportion of local authority education budgets . |
| 4 | Mr Byron Butler , 52 , the chairman , told him to make the necessary adjustments out of court before proceeding with sentencing in a drink-drive case . |
| 5 | The criminal law defines only some types of violence as criminal assault ; it excludes verbal assaults that can , and sometimes do , break a person 's spirit ; it excludes forms of assault whose injuries become apparent years later , such as those resulting from working in a polluted factory environment where the health risk was known to the employer but concealed from the employee ( Swartz 1975 ) ; it excludes ‘ compulsory ’ drug-therapy or electric-shock treatment given to ‘ mentally disturbed ’ patients or prisoners who are denied the civilized rights to refuse such beneficial medical help ( Mitford 1977 ; Szasz 1970,1977a , 1977b ) ; it excludes chemotherapy prescribed to control ‘ naughty ’ schoolboys , but includes physically hitting teachers ( Box 1981b ; Schrag and Divoky 1981 ) . |
| 6 | He spent three years at Charing Cross Hospital School of Nursing before qualifying as a Registered General Nurse in 1983 . |
| 7 | Yet he was insisting on going to a whelping case . |
| 8 | Counselling will advise them of the risks , if any , that they may be taking by embarking on a further conception . |
| 9 | Bettaware , the curtains group where former Debenhams chief Robert Thornton is chairman , enjoyed a speculative run with some talking about stakebuilding by a determined buyer . |
| 10 | ‘ Who 's talking of dying on a fine day like this ? ’ |
| 11 | Mrs Friar failed to notice the sarcasm and went on , ‘ I wis just thinkin' o' droppin' in a wee present . |
| 12 | I did n't think you 'd be that stupid , but I was curious enough to consent when Jones brought your name up with Giles Estwick when we started thinking about looking for a new programme manager six months ago . ’ |
| 13 | She was thinking of moving to a smaller place , but it 's against all her inclinations . |
| 14 | Mum says erm they 're thinking of investing in a deep fat fryer . |
| 15 | I must have accepted the prospect of this baby with a vengeance , if I were seriously thinking of knitting as a desirable occupation . |
| 16 | So if you 're thinking of embarking on a Grand Tour , there are worse places to start . |
| 17 | Middlesbrough Council is hoping at qualify for a further year 's Government grant to finance champion coaching sessions for young sportspeople . |
| 18 | She 's on the B tech first diploma on caring for a year , then she 's gon na go to a two year national . |
| 19 | Hills have had erm each way for Nephew and Our Margaret but the focus of the betting today with this rain coming at Cheltenham is going to be Gordon Richard 's General Pershing and he 's gon na go off a short price . |
| 20 | Anyway , nuffink 's gon na 'appen fer a long while yet so the owners are lettin' the place out fer rent . |
| 21 | Right , but let's say that you 're not prepared to pop back , let's say that you 're sitting there and you 've got from that point , you want , you no want to go to the house , right , now you 're not you 're not gon na treat as a twenty minute call back , let's kill that for a minute |
| 22 | Wh wh what we 're gon na do to a twelve hundred that we ca n't do here . |
| 23 | I 'm interested to see what it 's gon na do for a hot wax if you see what I mean ? |
| 24 | Yeah , so what I 'm doing , I 'll these , gon na make about a hundred or one bit or a couple of bits and some butterfly cakes and the cakes and plates and cling film , charge them a quid , eight for a pound |
| 25 | Now with it being , we 're not gon na look at a high margin straight away cos I know that 's a waste of time . |
| 26 | I 'm gon na read for a little while but I feel |
| 27 | Of course , you 're free to work seven if you want to , just for er , training purpose , I 'm gon na work on a five day week . |
| 28 | Old man are you gon na live for a long time ? |
| 29 | Er you could do with something to hold it with or else you 're gon na get into a terrible terrible mess . |
| 30 | there , now this should be interesting cos we 're gon na get in a sticky mess here if we 're not careful , eight ounces |