Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] to [pos pn] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A good working relationship also enhances an officer 's intelligence system , more effectively bringing to his attention knowledge of pollutions for which the discharger or his neighbours may be responsible . |
| 2 | Choose your type of moisturiser , not only according to your skin type , but also in relation to the climate . |
| 3 | Our rotten mainmast began whipping sickeningly to and fro and required five men constantly clinging to its lee mainstay to cushion the strain . |
| 4 | ‘ I was just saying to my friend Chatterton that it 's really very dangerous to travel on tubes these days . |
| 5 | The wait until September before she starts another novel is mostly owing to her publicity commitments . |
| 6 | It is not making a profit , but is now contributing to its operating costs . |
| 7 | It is not making a profit , but is now contributing to its operating costs . |
| 8 | So the animals were n't treated er roughly according to our animal behaviourist here . |
| 9 | Her mother announced that she was now going to her lady friend and put grandfather 's money in her bag . |
| 10 | The closest I ever got to you was when we went for a spin on your motor bike , with me like a ravished flapper on the pillion , legitimately clinging to your lissom waist , to those two wonderful hip-bones I loved to hold , as if they were the very hinges of heaven , whose wind blew your hair back into my ecstatic face : |
| 11 | Himself a farmer , almost for 30 years an MP , now with almost a year as minister under his belt , Sir Hector was his usual affable self , seldom referring to his backing group of Scottish Office specialists . |