Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] [verb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am assailed with feelings of irritation mixed with amusement at the number of pilots who , despite cheerfully paying many hundreds if not thousands of pounds on their chosen hobby , carp on about having to fork out three or four quid over the odds in selected landing fees , or as in the case of correspondent K. Foster £46 for a medical combined with an ECG . |
| 2 | ‘ I DO N'T feel much like going to Pack Meeting tonight , ’ said Penny sadly . |
| 3 | He was only missing from Palace line-ups from that time as a result of injury or illness , though his playing record demonstrates that he was prone to neither , and it was while we had Billy Callender in goal that Palace came closest to returning to Division 2 in 1928–29 , when we finished as runners-up to Charlton on goal average . |
| 4 | On one day he would articulate his awareness that his life-span would be short ; on other days he would speak vibrantly to the issue of looking forward to returning to work , to what type of work he would be doing in the future , and so forth and so on . |
| 5 | But for the first time , shortly before his death , he had stopped looking forward to going to work . |
| 6 | The situation did n't improve much during the rest of the week and for the first time since Rachel had been working at OBEX she found herself not looking forward to going to work in the mornings . |
| 7 | ‘ Anyway , I am looking forward to going to court — so there ! ’ |
| 8 | He acts redemptively with regard to culture , which includes judgment on some elements , but also affirmation in other areas , and a transformation of the whole . |
| 9 | On Oct. 9 , Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka presented to the Sejm ( lower house of parliament ) the socio-economic programme which her government had drawn up since coming to office in July [ see p. 39016-17 ] . |
| 10 | The last revellers had finally been seen off at nine in the morning ; they and Margot had done some cleaning up before going to bed , though Ken had anyway had a couple of hours ' sleep between three and five , when he 'd fallen into a deep slumber on the wicker couch in the conservatory . |
| 11 | But is it not a fact in the real world that we prepare for war during peacetime by keeping our armed forces equipped and ready , rather than disbanding them and waiting until war breaks out before beginning to re-arm and train new forces ? |
| 12 | And er that er very often the criminal fraternity are looking at it as a ways and means of getting out of coming to court . |
| 13 | You are warned that cats do not take kindly to walking to heel like a dog , and prefer to walk alongside you . |
| 14 | Alternatively , you can switch off by listening to music , or think about something peaceful . |
| 15 | Are you in the habit of eating or drinking immediately before going to bed ? |
| 16 | ‘ It does n't necessarily add up to going to bed . ’ |
| 17 | If you went out to dinner , you did n't think of how to get out of going to bed with him , it was how to get out of the car without kissing him . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Help me get out of going to Gran 's on Sunday . ’ |
| 19 | Genetics may contribute to a specific vulnerability , or may operate indirectly by predisposing to obesity or personality traits that make restrictive dieting and anorexia nervosa more likely . |
| 20 | Sixteen sentences which , said unhurriedly before going to sleep , will encourage a positive approach ( with acknowledgements to Dr Antony Waba ) : |
| 21 | Furious , he got up to complain to his neighbour , only to discover that it was his own dog which he had accidently shut outside before going to bed . |
| 22 | Inevitably one night she ended up by going to bed with him . |
| 23 | They have complained , above all , that they are not adequately reported by the federally owned media during or after the monthly meetings which they have held regularly since coming to power in October 1979 . |