Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] to [pos pn] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 The tall , lanky merchant was nervous and ill at ease , his hand constantly fluttering to his mouth or patting his greasy hair .
2 In a grammatical gender language , nouns are placed in classes not according to their meaning but according to their form — for example , the patterning of their inflectional endings — and the way they behave when it comes to the agreement of adjectives , articles and pronouns ( the technical term for this is ‘ concord ’ ) .
3 By this time Mrs R. was not speaking to her daughter so the social worker aimed to improve this relationship .
4 However , local authorities have had a duty , since 1968 , to provide adequate sites for gipsies normally resorting to their area and , where they have done so to the satisfaction of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment , they have criminal powers to remove illegal campers .
5 He was just warming to his task when Reed sold him out .
6 And it was presumably owing to their encouragement that in the 1540s Crecquillon began to compose chansons and Clemens and Gombert increased their production from a trickle to a flood .
7 Cos I was sort of like listening to my music and it was , I think it was about half eight , nine o'clock cos I 'd only got some homework done for ne , to do for next Tuesday , so I thought I 'll leave it
8 Risks are perceived differently according to their scale and nature , and not by simply multiplying the frequency and consequences .
9 Now according to your theory that you were applying to that
10 As with the shares of any quoted company , prices can vary quite substantially according to their supply and demand , which in turn can be determined by a variety of market factors .
11 She did not dare stop talking because she knew that Constance was n't speaking to her mother and that Nora would be unable to resist goading her daughter with a volley of questions .
12 ‘ Come down to the path , ’ said the enthusiast , abruptly returning to his passion as soon as the distractions withdrew , ‘ and I 'll show you something .
13 Talking softly the whole time , he slowly ran his hands over her , caressing , gentling and scratching up and down her mane where once her mother would have lovingly nibbled her , then progressing to her back and flanks .
14 No , no , he lays there talking to his wine and stuff you know , it 's really
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