Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [pron] [noun] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She strongly approves of her brother 's attention to his second great house at Chawton , because he is ‘ proving & strengthening his attachment to the place by making it better ’ , even down to a ‘ solicitude ’ for the inadequate dimensions of a pantry door ; for an attention to domestic minutiae , if normally unstated , indicates a concern for other people , at least at one 's own level of society . |
| 2 | But a character ( in one of his films ) states that clawing your way to the top is very bad for the fingernails … and , basically , I am very laid-back person , anyway . ’ |
| 3 | The hens moved carefully about , picking their way on their spindly yellow legs , muttering comfortably to each other and darting their heads to the ground every so often in pursuit of something delicious . |
| 4 | ESSEX all-rounder Mark Waugh hit a majestic 121 as New South Wales reached 349–4 against the West Indies yesterday , ending a run of four successive ducks and proving his form to the Australian selectors . |
| 5 | Favouring Edmund , stressing their brotherhood , and bringing their treaty to the fore diminished the extent to which Cnut looked a usurper . |
| 6 | The Hungarians reacted by calling for an emergency meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe ( CSCE ) and submitting its case to the International Court of Justice . |
| 7 | One of the children pawed at my lap , as if returning my attention to the lady on the velvet throne . |
| 8 | Blood as good as yours or mine creatin' a sort of moiré effect and condemning your shorts to the wastage pile . ’ |
| 9 | He gave a low , husky laugh as he lay down beside her , bending his head to her throat and pressing his lips to the pulse that was beating so wildly under her skin . |
| 10 | Other walkers were struggling up the dusty track , sweating and wheezing their way to the high plateau . |
| 11 | With a gasp she was on her feet and pushing her way to the door . |
| 12 | Instead of having to stand on his head , he is runing hard and pushing his shoulder to the wheel because , of course , he is a member of the No Turning Back group . |
| 13 | A figure appeared , running past the blaze and stumbling his way to the gate , which boomed open and then closed behind him . |
| 14 | When I very deliberately try and remember it like this I know I end up remembering it and describing it being like a bar scene in a musical , where everyone that the camera pans past is a very definite character , and they 're all so eager when the camera is on them , clapping and laughing and tapping their feet to the music so convincingly . |
| 15 | In the same way , we think that credit agreements could usefully include a strike-out clause , arranging credit insurance and adding its cost to the instalments automatically unless it is struck out . |
| 16 | The search for a synthesis had angered supporters of the Shatalin plan , Yeltsin on Sept. 1 dismissing it as trying to " mate a hedgehog with a snake " , and adding his voice to the growing public clamour for Ryzhkov and his government to resign . |
| 17 | But what else is trapped in your ebony and ivory throat and troubling your eyes to the brim of tears ? ’ |
| 18 | So , for example , the credit card and the financial " package-deal " , one-stop shopping and the direct mail catalogue all contribute to lessening the impact of these constraints , and facilitate the marketer 's direct concern with supplying and selling his product to the customer . |
| 19 | Brahe ‘ shows ’ Epstein his work — that is , he flies him around the 30-kilometer circumference of the accelerator which is buried deep underground , pinpointing the surface features and describing their relation to the features concealed below the surface . |
| 20 | It was HERCULES who broke the mares of their sordid habit , by killing the king and feeding his flesh to the horses . |
| 21 | ‘ Each member of the ‘ start-up ’ team is involved in listing the various shift field activities and verifying their necessity to the terminal 's operational maintenance requirements , ’ said Ian . |
| 22 | It involves setting priorities , planning your approach and tailoring your answer to the time available . |
| 23 | The new American film Bob Roberts has a politician singing and dancing his way to the top . |
| 24 | He had the task of cataloguing her books ( including the Spencer library ) , advising on new purchases , organizing the collection , and supervising its transfer to the new John Rylands Library in Manchester . |
| 25 | While he was supervising the preparation of his constitution and orchestrating its presentation to the people of France and the French Community , de Gaulle moved decisively on a number of other fronts , particularly economic and diplomatic . |
| 26 | Here I built a small fire , and putting my back to the rock lit a cigarette . |
| 27 | On entering the luxurious interior of the shop and making our way to the carpet department , there were friendly ‘ good mornings ’ from the staff who obviously recognised Eddie as a regular . |
| 28 | ‘ There is no need to be ashamed , ’ he said to himself , getting up off the bed and making his way to the door to see what his native Forest looked like in daylight and to see what sort of world it was where a man could be free and alone and full of shame . |
| 29 | She looked away , closing her eyes and lifting her face to the breeze . |
| 30 | ‘ Let's trace our route on the maps , ’ said Caspar , dismounting and tethering his horse to the low branch of a leafless Tree . |