Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [v-ing] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But before he thinks about drifting off to the sun , Biggins wants another taste of cup glory . |
| 2 | Forget about strolling down to the shops to get a newspaper or sauntering in the park with the family on Sundays . |
| 3 | Erikson suggests that at different phases of life an individual faces a particular psycho-social problem which needs to be resolved before moving on to the next phase . |
| 4 | As a general rule , the younger you are , the more likely you are to benefit from changing over to the full rate . |
| 5 | Jumpman lives is another excellent game from Apogee which gives you the arcade action of video games combined with the brain teasing problems to be solved before carrying on to the next stage . |
| 6 | Some German women are up in arms , No thank you , they say to going back to the role of mothers and home builders . |
| 7 | Despite what Dane had said about facing up to the ghosts in her past and laying them to rest , it seemed she was still to be haunted by them . |
| 8 | Any weaknesses were determinedly removed , settings were constantly corrected , refinements were built in , until the day came for handing over to the RNLI — Wednesday 15 May 1991 . |
| 9 | It was peaceful with the plop-of the gas fire and the dark sky outside through the window , for like many old people Doris did not draw her curtains till late and Linda did not feel like going back to the bustle of tea-time , but she could n't keep them waiting for their tea . |
| 10 | The stones are sometimes said to turn round or dance before going down to the local stream or lake to drink . |
| 11 | So it 's use the red obviously the title and the red 's for your introduction to say what you 're going to say then say it by using your greens and then say what you 've said by going back to the red and coming back to your objective . |
| 12 | Note the tension produced by holding on to the passing note of A♯ in bars 12 and 16 , and the ‘ heavy ’ sound of the minor 3rd ( G natural ) against the E7 chord in bar 18 , anticipating the ♭7th of the A7 to follow . |
| 13 | For the purpose of such measurements a layer of distinctive sand is put down on the marsh and the amount of accretion after a period of years measured by cutting down to the patch of sand with a tool sharp enough not to disturb the section . |
| 14 | The questions at the end of each chapter have been designed to assist students to test that the reading has been understood before moving on to the next chapter . |
| 15 | This takes a full litre of water — enough for one-and-a-half hours of constant steam ironing without going back to the tap . |
| 16 | The welfare rights ' workers can be contacted by calling in to the office or by telephoning 271441 . |
| 17 | This he achieved by getting along to the Frog and Ferret at about eleven each morning , where he spent hours in conversation with George ‘ This is My Coronary ’ Parker . |
| 18 | These characteristics lead to a generally well-controlled and efficient method of production , whose main disadvantage is the time-delay caused by the queueing effect of individual units waiting for the batch to be completed before moving on to the next operation . |
| 19 | Robertson did not hesitate , and dived overboard and swam out to the dinghy which he succeeded in getting back to the fishing boat for the crew to get off . |
| 20 | Although Crawford had two safety wires attached to him , he succeeded in holding on to the car during all the filming . |
| 21 | Bottles and cans started to fly as the Indians were stopped from running on to the pitch to mob the batsmen by burly stewards . |
| 22 | The examination will be conducted by means of a cassette recording for dubbing on to the audio equipment at the Local Centre to achieve universal standards of dictation . |
| 23 | The examination will be conducted by means of a cassette recording for dubbing on to the audio equipment at the Local Centre to achieve universal standards of dictation . |
| 24 | The examination will be conducted by means of a cassette recording for dubbing on to the audio equipment at the Local Centre to achieve universal standards of dictation . |
| 25 | The objective is to and something to share before getting down to the real business . |
| 26 | Jonathan Russell , 27 , fell after climbing on to the battlements to take photographs . |
| 27 | She very much wanted to read the letter she had received and she thought of crossing over to the Villa Nazionale . |
| 28 | For a moment I thought of driving out to the Jackson house , and beating out of the lawyer whatever information he had . |
| 29 | I then thought of running up to the local police station , but I was worried that a train might have come . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I thought of walking down to the beach and having a hamburger at Pepe 's . ’ |