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Exercises 59 (GBB comptete these sentences using a preposition from (i) and the -ing form or being + participle form of a verb from (i). You may use the words from (i) more than once. 0] i) after< before since come interview ‘overthrow. through while sslt we work J Since: coming _ out of hospital, | have been to the gym every day. V2 while. weary, snleavewued.on TV last night, the minister mentioned that she would be ifeavstav retiring soon V4 adhoc in the back off the computer, make sure itis unplugged. bee 4 iste Wd the governments new policy, think it should have Been lacs Marae s AR SAE ll mune etrqnaude monn lee aot with young children for the last 40 years, she has come to WO and thei wen ‘than most. Vi bung ‘ldo the public, most milk is pasteurised. se\\- Aer leaving ex Wading lel Oxford University in 1983, Painter spent three years teaching at a at te WA TBe Gawdete oe Less struck 9 Sa © prin the sentences, beginning them with by + -ing, on + -ing, or in + ing. 1 dart 1 She returned home. _# She soon began to lose weight. 3 MK 2 Ip sugar, b She saved over a hundred pounds a month, ene 3 She turnéd'down the job. < Seca hare leh ota hy an By 4 She movédto a smaller flat. bo 0A 5 She enterdafthe classroom. ‘am ganupte possibilty of a huge salary. bh me tg wy 6 ‘She criticised her father. ¢ 4” She was surprised when all the children stood up. ly /%y. 144_On retiring home, she found Dave waiting outside her front. door GW ante nese sentences begining With «ing or Without. ing. @ "We gel cn ey bec oor ied: 2 "eres mentee unt ior information 3 see ah rae hou: Kelty ae apo TERT haw left ) eo Revise this biography by replacing six more juses with reduced clauses (asin the ‘examples in section D opposite), and making any other necessary changes. Although from a poor background. + Paula Regis gained a place at Southam f University. by the stars and she took a first degree in ' astrophysics. Once versity she also became interested in student t politics and, because she-was;popular with her fellow students, was elected University President in her second year. This didn't distract her from her studies, however, t and while final year of her degree, she won the International Young Scientist of the Year award for her work on star classification. When she-ywas asked t ‘what was the secret of her success she said, Just hard work and alittle lick’Sheis- determined to continue he researc and seas recently begun workon her PhO. ng

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