Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [adv] to [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beforehand they were tense and quiet , and no doubt very frightened if the truth were known , but on their return , if we saw them at all , they would be relaxed and only looking forward to bacon and eggs in the Mess — and then bed . |
| 2 | ‘ I realised if I wanted to get back to where I had been , it was perhaps better going back to North and starting off there again . ’ |
| 3 | The following day 's hill race once again developed into a Swanson/Dugdale battle , with Swanson finally pulling away to victory as they completed the race on the stadium track . |
| 4 | Parnell was in jail , and the British authorities are desperately holding on to power as support for the Land League accelerates . |
| 5 | Well , we hardly expect him to be a successful , happily married bank manager with four lovely kids just coming up to GCE or whatever they call it now . |
| 6 | Although she told me she was experiencing a certain amount of discomfort due to the condition of her appendix , and although she was not really looking forward to surgery and to the anaesthetic , none the less Kirsty seemed to have no more than the expected apprehension which would have been felt by anyone . |
| 7 | Deserts and semi-deserts , often hunting close to bedouin and other nomad encampments . |
| 8 | The foolishness in ‘ Futility ’ being the foolishness of men going out killing each other and then coming back to nature and hoping that nature can sort out the mess they have made . |
| 9 | and millions of angels and also a general assembly and the congregation of the firstborn who have been enrolled in the heavens and also go with judge all and the spirit lives the brightest ones who have been made perfect , now , see most bible versions do n't use that spiritual there , they render it as spirit lives the brightest ones who have been made perfect , now is that verse they 're talking about the apostles then reaching up to perfection and |
| 10 | Wycombe were beaten by Bob Taylor 's 82nd-minute winner , and their disconsolate boss Martin O'Neill said : ‘ I was actually looking forward to extra-time because I was so sure we would win . |