Example sentences of "[v-ing] to [noun prp] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cyclops were not unique to Greek mythology ; appearing to Sinbad in The Arabian Nights was a huge monster : |
| 2 | The aim of the project is to produce an annotated bibliography of material in Parliamentary papers relating to Scotland in the nineteenth century . |
| 3 | One of these was Piccadilly Circus , the authors observing that : ‘ here the architectural setting becomes a major consideration , although this must not preclude a satisfactory traffic solution ’ ( para. 32 ) — an almost prophetic comment , bearing in mind the events relating to Piccadilly in the 1960s ( see p. 168 ) . |
| 4 | He had already considered returning to London in the closing stages of the war , but had thought better of it . |
| 5 | Born in New York of German parents , he attended art school in Germany before returning to America in the 1950s . |
| 6 | Paul , when he 's writing to Timothy in the first letter , and in chapter one and in verse fifteen , the great apostle Paul ! |
| 7 | Thus an English ambassador going to Stockholm in the mid-seventeenth century took with him a great quantity of household goods and even food " hard to be met with in Sweden " , as well as enough horses to fill a ship hired specially to carry them . |
| 8 | Sometimes X sells goods to Y who in turn sells them to Z. Sometimes , however , Y acts as X 's agent in selling to Z. In the former case Z buys his goods from Y and if they are not delivered or are defective Z can look to his seller , Y , and if necessary can sue him for breach of his contract of sale . |
| 9 | If we 're moving to London in the next three months there 's not much time to get the question of the cottage settled . |
| 10 | But it is Northumberland 's curious garden an Stanwick on the Yorkshire-Durham border , where he lived before moving to Alnwick in the 1750s , about which we hear more from Miller . |
| 11 | Surinder , a Sikh woman , explained to me what it had been like coming to Britain in the sixties and finding a job in a sweat-shop soon after . |
| 12 | It was the champions ' first defeat since losing to Hull in the First Division at the start of April — a run of 13 successive victories . |