Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] a [noun sg] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 3.17 In Bayley v Bloomsbury Health Authority ( Kemp & Kemp , Vol 2 , para E3-012 , Henry J said , in making an award to a student nurse who had suffered a prolapsed lumbar disc at the age of 20 , that there was a world of difference between such an injury happening to a victim at that age as opposed to the age of 33 , the age of a plaintiff who had suffered a comparable injury in a case to which he had been referred . |
| 2 | The night is black and there are no streetlights , and I feel as though I am not driving on a road at all , but forcing my way through clotted bushes . |
| 3 | He is the Lord Lieutenant of Humberside , a member of the Jockey Club and well-known in racing circles , serving as a Steward at many racecourses in the area . |
| 4 | The family is a central institution of modern British society , at least in the sense that almost everybody has had experience of living in a family at some time in their lives . |
| 5 | What a crazy idea , picnicking up a mountain at this time of year . |
| 6 | The survey , to be conducted by the Office of Population Census and Surveys on behalf of the DoH , should confirm current estimates that 1 per cent of the population is suffering from a psychosis at any one time . |
| 7 | Leaves are bright green , long , tapering to a point at both ends , with the exception of the older leaves , which are rounded at the base . |
| 8 | It is possible that I am not sitting on a chair at all , but lying on a sofa . |
| 9 | I am thinking of a scene at this police post , the arrest of Tepilit , the intervention of Fairfax , the impressive dignity of the accused and the relentless , incomprehensible workings of the white man 's justice . |