Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [prep] [v-ing] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All at once Jehan realised that Jehana had not yet given her reasons for consenting to betrothal with Alexei . |
| 2 | In the meantime , in places like Poitou , noblemen tried to settle their disputes by going to war . |
| 3 | That certain carcinogens exert their effect without binding to DNA is well known . |
| 4 | Patients were asked to empty their bladder before going to bed , noting the precise time and discarding the urine . |
| 5 | Rovers centre back Colin Hendry justified their point by clinging to soccer 's oldest consolation . |
| 6 | They are equipped with high resolution visual display screens and , as well as keyboards , graphic input devices to allow users to communicate with their machines by pointing to information on the screens . |
| 7 | She should have taken Clare up on her offer of going to work with her one day . |
| 8 | Pike was curled up into a ball , like a hedgehog , clutching his wig to him the way a kid might hold on to its teddy before going to sleep . |
| 9 | Beliefs are acceptable or not according as to whether they succeed in their goal of conforming to reality and receive credit or discredit for this by being called true or false . |
| 10 | But characteristically she got her way about going to art school , Beaton persuading her to get her father to come up to the academy and talk about the future of his precocious daughter . |
| 11 | Joe 's behaviour can also be s\described as mildly odd : his fear of returning to prison shows in his encouragement of the local children to play policeman games , telling them he will put bad boys into his private jail , and a sense of contrition over the faulty aircraft parts means he can not bear having anything the house that ought to be thrown away . |
| 12 | One evening in late November , he did his usual round of the buildings to check his animals before going to bed . |
| 13 | 172–82 ) , dissimulating his upset by reverting to prose on Benedick 's return . |
| 14 | ‘ The old man always unplugged all his sockets before going to bed . |
| 15 | The Invasion from Mars certainly contains some graphic case notes , such as the spinster who believed humanity deserved destruction for being too hedonistic ; and the unemployed young man who thought that this finally scuppered his chance of getting to college and work . |
| 16 | So far , Lucien had not sullied his art by performing to music , but he was aware that as soon as Sabraxis had approved his ability , that would be the next thing he 'd have to learn . |
| 17 | As a result , the Commission for Ecclesiastical Causes was established to deal with recalcitrant clergy , its first act being to suspend Henry Compton from his bishopric for refusing to discipline John Sharp , Dean of Norwich and rector of St Giles in the Fields , for preaching against popery . |
| 18 | After dropping off the Substitute , the Captain went to his office before going to lunch . |
| 19 | An inquest found that Captain Edwin Nleya , who died in 1989 after collecting evidence of an army poaching ring , was murdered ; an earlier army inquiry attributed his death by hanging to suicide . |
| 20 | The Menuworks disk and manual from PC Dynamics , Inc. , retails at £44.95 , it 's incredibly simple to install and run , but in my opinion , you 'd be better off spending your money on upgrading to DOS 5.0 . |
| 21 | And that 's all we had there and we were for ever getting flooded out and there we we 'd all clean our shoes before going to bed at night put 'em all underneath the sideboard or whatever . |
| 22 | Erm and what would you wear on your head for going to school sounds a bit like cup ? |
| 23 | If possible , try to adjust at least partially to the local time of your destination by going to bed one or two hours earlier each night and getting up one or two hours earlier each day . |