Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [prep] [v-ing] to [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I started by saying to Harold that I had been told about his Honours List — I did not tell him by whom — and I hoped that what I heard was mistaken . |
| 2 | And he spoke to me so kindly , and with such innocent enthusiasm , that I felt like saying to Jamila , Hey , he 's not so bad ! |
| 3 | I thought of going to Vetch Street while you were on your rounds , waiting for you , and begging you to take me back , as a skivvy , nothing more , just to be near you , however much you despised me , and hang all worthless pride , and then you came . |
| 4 | I thought of going to St Denis , but to what use ? |
| 5 | I took to listening to Wagner , but reports in magazine articles that I drank heavily are an exaggeration . |
| 6 | ‘ Well ! ’ says someone , ‘ I know what you mean by talking to God but what do you mean by listening to him ? |
| 7 | She had lived there for some time although it is not known where she lived before coming to Darlington . |
| 8 | How do you feel about going to Czechoslovakia in a few days . |
| 9 | At the front door , Miss Rose said , ‘ Have you thought of talking to Kate Maybury ? |
| 10 | ‘ Lady Agnes , what did you mean by referring to Queen Yolande as a virgin pretending to be pregnant ? ’ |
| 11 | I suggest you start with flying to Brussels today . |
| 12 | ‘ Mr Newman , were you thinking of flying to Finland during the near future by any chance ? ’ |
| 13 | We talked pictures , we talked price , and we talked about flying to Paris next day to see them — and then see where they were taken . |
| 14 | ‘ We thought of going to France . ’ |
| 15 | As they had in losing to Bath on the day Wales lost to Bridgend , Neath conceded a first-half deficit which proved too much for them to turn over . |
| 16 | Oh yes , my curtains have arrived — Heather just got them finished before going to Australia , and I put them up last week . |
| 17 | But it is Northumberland 's curious garden an Stanwick on the Yorkshire-Durham border , where he lived before moving to Alnwick in the 1750s , about which we hear more from Miller . |
| 18 | He reads the Koran , he attends daily prayers , and occasionally , when there is a gap in the conversation , he babbles of going to Mecca . |
| 19 | He began by talking to Mr and Mrs Singh about the school . |
| 20 | ‘ He talked of moving to Falmouth , ’ Richard said . |
| 21 | If he insisted on going to Romania then she was coming too . |
| 22 | He 's best friends with Eddie Murphy , and co-starts in Murphy 's Harlem Nights , just as he did in Coming to America . |
| 23 | It could be said that to understand what he means by prayer is to understand what he means by talking to God . |
| 24 | ‘ I am still against , ’ he said after talking to Mr Major . |