Example sentences of "[v-ing] to [adj] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1787 Thornton was the established manager of theatres at Henley , Newbury , and Andover , adding to these in the following year his first purpose-built theatre at Reading . |
| 2 | His one-man show yesterday failed to prevent the Hammers moving to fourth in the First Division but it saved Pompey from embarrassment . |
| 3 | Grenville Tuck speeding to fourth in the 10-mile rankings |
| 4 | Legend in action : James Hunt ( inset ) speeding to third in the 1976 Japanese Grand Prix and earning the points that clinched the World Championship |
| 5 | It is unfortunate that the United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure , while expressing authorising service in a manner prescribed by the law of the foreign country , contains no provision corresponding to that in the English Rules of the Supreme Court that nothing in the Rules authorises or requires the doing in a foreign country of anything contrary to the law of that country ; the issue is referred to merely in the official commentary of the Advisory Committee and then only as affecting the chances of the recognition and enforcement in the foreign country of a judgment obtained in the United States . |