Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [prep] [v-ing] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TREE surgeon Robin Teasdill , 34 , stopped himself from bleeding to death by holding the main artery of his leg together for 15 minutes . |
| 2 | But what are the organisational and personal defensive routines that prevented them from talking to customers in the first place ? |
| 3 | He explained about the year off and told her about hitchhiking to Greece to sleep on beaches beneath the Mediterranean sky . |
| 4 | Then I talked him into going to London , as my plan requires . |
| 5 | During his convalescence he met the girl who was to become his wife at the local hunt ball and married her before returning to France . |