Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [v-ing] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eliot 's practice , as his remarks just quoted make clear , was always ‘ freed ’ verse : verse freed indeed from the constraints of traditional prosody , yet rather constantly recalling to the reader 's ear one of the traditional patterns it was departing from . |
| 2 | At these times Darren looked puzzled , and began to look away from her obviously not attending to the situation at all . |
| 3 | With Iraq not currently exporting [ see p. 38598 ] and Kuwait only gradually returning to the market , OPEC 's other 11 member states had felt able to defer any reimposition of output restrictions , particularly in view of the serious uncertainty about Soviet supplies . |
| 4 | Rickie , apparently still vibrating to the music , sprang up from the stateroom couch . |
| 5 | You would also be billed for help in rescuing a cat from a tree — you 'd be better off going to the RSPCA who will save your moggy cost-free . |
| 6 | You may be better off going to the RSPCA , which is free |
| 7 | To describe this as sewing is perhaps slightly flattering to the bird , for the silken thread is never used for more than one stitch at a time . |
| 8 | A LED or laser which behaves in linear fashion is more difficult to make , and thus more expensive , than a device with a light output only roughly corresponding to the power input . |
| 9 | So now turning to the point which er I think you asked us to address . |
| 10 | On this basis the rural development projects which became fashionable among most donors in the 1970s , and which were supposed to have a direct impact on the rural poor , are only now coming to the stage where a meaningful evaluation can be conducted . |
| 11 | He composed his blends not only according to the flavour of the juice , but also according to what the weather had been like that year — an early or late development , depending on the amount of cold or rain there had been — and according to whether the vines had grown a rich or mediocre foliage . |
| 12 | Though we may become more irritable and find life 's demands more stressful , loss of sleep is not physically damaging to the body . |
| 13 | I 'm just going for a piss now I 'm not fucking going to the toilet . |
| 14 | I 'm not just referring to the kind that Pinder indulged in , but trips to the bathroom , that sort of thing . |
| 15 | if they ever do discover who was responsible , and it 's not without the bounds of possibility , it 's going to cause an awful lot of red faces and I 'm not just referring to the villain himself . |
| 16 | It is important here to stress that it is not just hitting to the target that is foremost , but at all times moving the feet to take the ball in one bounce . |
| 17 | It felt the cold from outside still clinging to the canvas that the man wore . |
| 18 | Erm , yeah , I was gon na say , it 's not even just like listening to the radio , is it , because they 're catering for the , for the sighted , they 're not , you know , if it was on radio , they 'd say more , but I mean , it 's television , but |
| 19 | ‘ British Gas will ensure as far as reasonably practicable that the goods and services which it procures are not inherently damaging to the environment during their use or disposal . |
| 20 | But when you think of er It 's not really referring to the beauty of the world . |
| 21 | In truth the Sergeant was not really listening to the Lieutenant 's enthusiastic explanation ; instead he was partly anticipating the Belgian girls and partly worrying when this headlong advance would run into the enemy picquets . |
| 22 | I call this an alternative theory because it seems obvious to me that the committee did think that clause 12 was necessary — and I am not simply referring to the definition of ‘ deception . ’ |
| 23 | One is not simply alluding to the tradition of Padraig Pearse , one of the leaders of the Easter rising of 1916 , who paralleled national violence and bloodshed to the salvation effected by the blood offering of Christ . |
| 24 | You see them much more as people , you know their interests much more than if they are just there listening to the lesson and so in a way this open access to the teacher , I think , although at times it does give extra pressure in the long run I think it 's tremendously beneficial . |
| 25 | Although their long galleries and multitude of rooms provided a greater degree of privacy for the gentry families , the homes were still very much public places , the more so according to the rank of the owner . |
| 26 | Cos you know , you know how she 's always like going to the toilet yeah with the door open and like showing her tits to people and running round the school |
| 27 | He had become for most a distant , shadowy figure , only seldom to be seen now in newsreels , hardly ever speaking to the nation , and no longer being seen in public . |
| 28 | She made her way , still seemingly dancing to the tune , the huge crocodile-skin handbag on her arm swaying heavily in time , to the door down to the saloon . |
| 29 | So it was swinging back and forth almost coming to the rock and we thought well if that mine goes off that 's the end of it . |
| 30 | An hour later she was still happily chatting to the woman , finding out about the terrible Harry who had ‘ torn the heart ’ right out of her daughter and gone off with a woman from Cork , which naturally led on to the dreadful and often incomprehensible ways of men and the stupid way women always put up with it . |