Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [v-ing] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any weaknesses were determinedly removed , settings were constantly corrected , refinements were built in , until the day came for handing over to the RNLI — Wednesday 15 May 1991 . |
| 2 | This he achieved by getting along to the Frog and Ferret at about eleven each morning , where he spent hours in conversation with George ‘ This is My Coronary ’ Parker . |
| 3 | Robertson did not hesitate , and dived overboard and swam out to the dinghy which he succeeded in getting back to the fishing boat for the crew to get off . |
| 4 | Although Crawford had two safety wires attached to him , he succeeded in holding on to the car during all the filming . |
| 5 | Jonathan Russell , 27 , fell after climbing on to the battlements to take photographs . |
| 6 | She very much wanted to read the letter she had received and she thought of crossing over to the Villa Nazionale . |
| 7 | For a moment I thought of driving out to the Jackson house , and beating out of the lawyer whatever information he had . |
| 8 | I then thought of running up to the local police station , but I was worried that a train might have come . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I thought of walking down to the beach and having a hamburger at Pepe 's . ’ |
| 10 | The worst part lay in facing up to the fact that some of the things he 'd said were true , much as she might try to deny it . |
| 11 | Adrian Scanlon insisted on driving up to the front door , once I had opened the gate . |
| 12 | In the morning , though our route lay the other way , I insisted on going back to the old station for one more look . |
| 13 | Yet it was so , for when we docked at Rangoon next morning civil evacuation had been ordered , to be completed within forty-eight hours , and the wharves were black with excited refugees , who insisted on crowding on to the boat before we could get off . |