Example sentences of "[subord] [adv prt] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She swallowed her whisky in one , as if about to leave . |
| 2 | Corbett rose as if about to leave . |
| 3 | She leans forward resting her elbows on her knees , as if about to recount an anecdote . |
| 4 | It should not always be necessary to stick to the traditional layout of interviewer behind a desk and candidate in a chair immediately in front , as if about to undergo an interrogation . |
| 5 | Forty years later , in his biography The Sweeping Wind ( 1962 ) , he described his first impressions : ‘ a young red-headed man , very tall and slightly stooped , nervous , his face spotty red as if about to explode into a dermatosis … |
| 6 | On one occasion she packed up her car as if about to go away for the weekend , then sauntered up the street , leading the press to believe she had gone to buy a packet of Polos . |
| 7 | as if about to go to school . |
| 8 | She hunched even lower , rabbit-legged as if about to hop . |
| 9 | His lips parted as if about to shape some words . |
| 10 | Dyson sat back and put his finger-tips together , as if about to deliver his verdict . |
| 11 | Marc took a step forward as if about to restrain his younger brother by sheer force , but again Sarella stepped between them , hands outstretched , grasping Peter by the arm , though she was careful not to touch so much as the edge of Marc 's sleeve . |
| 12 | Zeno had looked out to sea while a few words were exchanged , then laid a hand on Carey 's arm , as if about to hurry him along . |
| 13 | " Dr McNab has omitted to mention certain post mortem appearances which refute his view of cholera and support mine , " cried Dr Dunstaple waving his arms violently in his excitement and making thrusting gestures as if about to spear a particularly fine pig . |
| 14 | He set his hands to the chair arms , as if about to rise . |
| 15 | The cross projects horizontally from the facade instead of rising vertically against it , so that the long emaciated body curves out at 90 degrees over the parvis , ‘ as if about to plunge down on us , ’ to quote the sculptor . |
| 16 | The use of the to infinitive as subject poses the same problem : What can the infinitive event be situated after in To visit the sick is a Christian obligation ( B. Conrad 1982 : 119 ) ? |
| 17 | This in turn explains why the infinitive can evoke both the wide range of all possible realizers ( as in To visit the poor is a Christian obligation ) and the narrowing down of this range to one particular spatial support ( for instance , to the speaker as in Oh to be in England … ) . |
| 18 | We might also usefully recall that to cross is not only to traverse , but to mix ( as in to crossbreed ) and to contradict ( as in to cross someone ) ; also that cross-dressing potentially involves both inversion and displacement of gender binaries . |
| 19 | We might also usefully recall that to cross is not only to traverse , but to mix ( as in to crossbreed ) and to contradict ( as in to cross someone ) ; also that cross-dressing potentially involves both inversion and displacement of gender binaries . |
| 20 | Today 's equipment — trains and track — is very expensive to provide and maintain ; to cover its basic costs it has to be in service providing revenue for up to say sixteen hours per day . |
| 21 | Just one Braun Oral-B Plaque Remover can be used by the whole family , as up to fourcolour coded heads are stored hygienically in the ventilated container . |
| 22 | She turned now as though about to carry out her threat and went out , across the corridor and into her own room , and there , fully clothed , she dropped onto the bed and fell sidewards across the pillow . |
| 23 | The school teacher snatched his breath , as though about to snap back . |
| 24 | Its face was blunt and furred and screwed up as though about to burst into tears . |
| 25 | We found these very interesting and should be glad to see copies of the material you mentioned as about to go to print . |
| 26 | Edward I had died on the Solway Firth when about to lead another expedition against the Scots . |
| 27 | I did not often blush , but generally did when about to lie . |
| 28 | If I happen to be pondering them when about to cross the street , and the green light has changed to yellow , ‘ Be aware ’ resumes all its authority ; never mind that at another level of discourse physics dismisses colour as subjective , unreal . |
| 29 | Widespread but unconfirmed reports suggested that the prison governor , Brendan O'Friel , who later spoke of the riot originating in " an explosion of evil " , had been overruled when about to launch an assault on the prison on the second day of the occupation . |
| 30 | When about to become a member of the Association in 1913 , a commentator wrote of him : |