Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] [is] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Alan says powerboating is like going down a hill in snow on a tin tray … its a bit punishing … shakes you about … he 's got a good throttle man and a good navigator
2 on and another one called Screaming 's on
3 The best time to start exercising is at the start rather than at the end of a dieting campaign .
4 AF boss Dr Bruno Broughton said : ‘ There is nothing wrong with the bulk of the IFM proposals but forcing people to qualify before being allowed to go fishing is over the top . ’
5 Johnson , who was looking askance at Miss Beresford 's occupational therapy , said , ‘ In the scale of insignificance , I think knotting is to be reckoned next to mere idleness — ; though I once attempted to learn knotting … but I made no progress . ’ )
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