Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [noun] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Returning to work after a career break can pose problems for both women and men .
2 And we was walking down Street when a soldier was coming and he said er , You want to er you want to make haste home me lads the Zeppelins are about , you see .
3 He said : that would be like praying to Edison when a lightbulb burns out . ’
4 She is able to show that both women and men are much more likely to be living with relatives after a marriage has ended than during it .
5 It seems from this evidence that living with relatives when a marriage ends is considered in a rather similar way to living with relatives in other circumstances .
6 According to folklore if a traveller on horseback leaves a horse needing a new shoe together with a coin , the horse will have been shod when they return to the spot .
7 Millionaire financier , Sir Jack Lyons has been spared going to prison after a court heard that a jail sentence could kill him ; the judge , Mr Justice Henry said he accepted the businessman was seriously ill .
8 An elderly woman who had been missing and feared dead is recovering in hospital after a helicopter search found her .
9 The younger boy is recovering in hospital after a kitchen knife was plunged into his chest at his home in Bath , Avon .
10 ( a ) Dealing as consumer Whether a person acts in the course of a business is a key element in establishing whether a person " deals as consumer " .
11 However , there is a great risk in counting from directories because a route might allow the listing of several destinations as though they were separate journeys , and the increase , although undoubtedly substantial , may have been much smaller than it appears .
12 Corbett was nodding in agreement when a knock at the door interrupted them and a short , dumpy figure entered .
13 You know that times are changing in Wales when a man as outspoken and innovative as Llanelli 's GARETH JENKINS can become a national coach and selector .
14 This observation leads to a common visual problem arising in painting when a line in the background is brought hard up to the edge of a foreground object .
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