Example sentences of "is [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We now have two new people involved with bringing you the news — Anne Seaton , away up in Scotland , who is helping with page three 's editing and Victoria Osborne , from Surrey , in a more general way , her first contribution is the report of our very successful Reunion held last November . |
| 2 | It is also important that the teacher is quite familiar with the electronic equipment he is using in order to get the best results from his efforts . |
| 3 | There could be all the difference in the world between 500 and about 500 , and it 's important to know the margins of tolerance a person is using in order to interpret them . |
| 4 | He argues that : ‘ [ t ] o the small investor the idea that someone working in the City is using inside information to deal in what ought to be a uniformly informed market is quite repugnant . |
| 5 | Greenberg also warns the Unix contingent not to try to hoist NT on same petard Microsoft is using against Unix . |
| 6 | Greenberg also warns the Unix contingent not to try to hoist NT on same petard Microsoft is using against Unix . |
| 7 | John Patten -- the Education Secretary and MP for Oxford West and Abingdon -- is recovering at home after a week in hospital for tests on a viral infection . |
| 8 | Comedian Les Dawson ( above ) is recovering at home after being discharged from hospital in Preston where he was being treated for a blood infection after a prostate operation . |
| 9 | Martini the 2 year old pony is recovering after emergency surgery to his front leg . |
| 10 | FORMER England and Leeds United soccer star Paul Madeley is recovering after surgery to remove a benign tumour between his ear and brain . |
| 11 | Their one-year-old son George is recovering from leukaemia . |
| 12 | ‘ The most disturbing part was that one of the bags contained two pairs of glasses belonging to one of the sisters who is recovering from cataract operations and can barely see without them , ’ said a police spokesman . |
| 13 | Shock attack : An 80year-old woman is recovering from shock after coming face to face with a burglar who stole jewellery from her Wirral home in Spencer Avenue , Rock Ferry . |
| 14 | Another daughter , Patricia , is recovering from stab wounds after being slashed in the neck and wrists at her Coronation Road home two miles away . |
| 15 | Mrs Garnett , who had the operation on Thursday , is recovering in hospital . |
| 16 | The younger boy is recovering in hospital after a kitchen knife was plunged into his chest at his home in Bath , Avon . |
| 17 | Two of the main characters are Julian , who is writing a thesis on ‘ neopostdeconstructionism ’ , and Decibel , a voice he hears inside his head when he is recovering in hospital from an accident . |
| 18 | An elderly woman who had been missing and feared dead is recovering in hospital after a helicopter search found her . |
| 19 | A ten year old boy is recovering in hospital after being savaged by his neighbour 's dog . |
| 20 | A sub-postmaster is recovering in hospital after being pistol whipped by a would-be robber . |
| 21 | Michael Heseltine is recovering in hospital tonight after suffering a heart attack while on holiday in Italy . |
| 22 | His wife was also shot and is recovering in hospital . |
| 23 | Coronation Street star Lynne Perrie is recovering in hospital after collapsing from an asthma attack . |
| 24 | A TWO-year-old girl is recovering in hospital after a savage attack by her family pet dog . |
| 25 | A NINE-YEAR-OLD girl is recovering in hospital after being struck by a car near the North-East coast at the weekend . |
| 26 | Motorcyclist Philip Hague , 26 of Langdale Road , Scarborough , is recovering in hospital after the crash . |
| 27 | The victim , Bernard Cox is recovering in hospital . |
| 28 | If that is not in practice a policy which is presuming against development in the open countryside I do n't know what is . |
| 29 | ‘ Aunt Minna , ’ says Rainbow , softly , gently , sweetly , patiently , ‘ it is pissing with rain . |
| 30 | Not only wildlife is benefitting from Countryside Stewardship . |