Example sentences of "[v-ing] to [pron] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He remained silent , watching her , and her embarrassment grew until in the end she set her glass down with a bang and in desperation said , ‘ So are you going to tell me what 's been happening to you in the last five years ? ’ |
| 2 | And at the end of the class , near the bust of Unamuno , I heard your voice calling to me for the first time . |
| 3 | With any luck , it should not need much doing to it over the next few years . |
| 4 | You will also find a splendid array of fine performers who are coming to us for the first time — many surely due to be favourites of the future . |
| 5 | And because you 'll be reading to me in the next few months when I 'm cooking and doing chores . |
| 6 | My mother was the sort of person who regards talking to yourself as the first sign of madness . |
| 7 | Annie recalls , in fictional form , the event which led to the rift in their friendship , apparently referring to herself in the third person . |