Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] a [adj] [coord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are aware of the need to improve their length so much that they put in the extra line so they are looking at a 1 or 1.5m ( 4 or 5ft ) area . |
| 2 | Based with Knowsley Social Services in Kirkby , Carol 's role is to provide information , advice and support to those caring for a relative or friend with a mental health problems in the Knowlsey area . |
| 3 | Before going into a residential or nursing home it is sensible to consider giving any valuables not in everyday use to a close relative or friend for safekeeping . |
| 4 | The first option is one of not actually going on holiday alone , but going with a relative or friend . |
| 5 | Community Care is about helping people to live as independently as possible in their own homes or in other accommodation in the community , which might mean moving into a residential or nursing home . |
| 6 | The cost of staying in a residential or nursing home varies . |
| 7 | Those voices sounded like some dreadful surf breaking on a lost and faraway shore . |
| 8 | ALL over Britain , office , shopping and road projects launched in the sunny days of the late 1980s are drawing to a close and building workers , their companies and shareholders are facing the economic equivalent of deep mid-winter . |
| 9 | As harvest time was drawing to a close and autumn would soon be upon them , Tamar admitted what she had tried to deny for the last few weeks . |
| 10 | Check , recharge and/or change as required any ion exchange media that you may be using on a frequent and routine basis . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Patrick Milligan would sigh despairingly as if God had deserted him , before wandering drunkenly off to his own , now single , bed , where he lay cursing his miserable lot before falling into a deep and whisky sodden sleep . |
| 13 | ‘ Young Timothy is sleeping like a top and Mum seems quite happy . |
| 14 | The designer may be kept aware of other objects intruding into his space by excursion or wireframe descriptions , whilst working on a solid or surface model . |