Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | An elderly woman who had been missing and feared dead is recovering in hospital after a helicopter search found her . |
| 6 | The younger boy is recovering in hospital after a kitchen knife was plunged into his chest at his home in Bath , Avon . |
| 7 | ( 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 " . |
| 8 | Corbett was nodding in agreement when a knock at the door interrupted them and a short , dumpy figure entered . |
| 9 | 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 . |