Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [adv] [conj] [verb] to " in BNC.
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1 | Recently , however , I have notices that they are appearing more frequently and seem to be chasing the tetras which gather round one of the exits to their cave . |
2 | I said , ‘ I am getting off here and walking to the Astoria , where I will drink one hundred grams of port wine . |
3 | So if you were on night duty , it was n't much use getting off early and going to bed for a couple of hours and then going to court — you might be engaged in court for a long time . |
4 | According to UNICEF , about a million babies a year die because their mothers stop breast feeding too soon and switch to dried milk substitutes — without access to clean water for mixing . |
5 | ‘ Coming down here and talking to people is better than just looking at boards in a Jobcentre , ’ he said . |
6 | To spend her days reading and writing and finding out more and talking to people , and to spend no time at all trying to outwit awful people like Mother Clare . |
7 | She was among a group of three or four fine does who were talking quietly together and seemed to be feeding as well . |