Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] buying a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said he had been misled into believing that buying a Bond was the only way to gain admission to Highbury in future . |
| 2 | Peter Harris on how the British approach of designing and buying a home differs to our European neighbours . |
| 3 | I think there is a case for old medicines , but I think that doctors are sometimes too conservative and the public are sometimes too conservative getting advice from their mother-in-law or from granny erm and going and buying a granny 's remedy , whereas in fact there 's something modern available which would be much more effective and perhaps much safer . |
| 4 | Renting or buying a safe home is the number one priority . |
| 5 | IN THE SECOND PART OF OUR SERIES ON PRACTICAL USES FOR YOUR SPREADSHEET , DENNIS JENKIN EXPLAINS HOW TO WORK OUT THE FINANCIAL PROS AND CONS OF RENTING OR BUYING A PROPERTY . |
| 6 | A human being needs to be able to make himself understood not only when he is shopping or buying a railway ticket , but also when he is expressing his feelings , explaining a principle ( of morals or mechanics ) , or when he is arguing about politics . |