Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [to-vb] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The position with regard to face-to-face transactions is considered first , before going on to look at the position in relation to impersonal stock market deals . |
| 2 | Before going on to look at the Government 's proposals in detail , we want to underline our serious concern over the threat to strategic minerals planning associated with the proposed reorganisation of local government in Wales . |
| 3 | I 'm going out to look at a pony , and do n't forget to double-lock Wayne 's door . ’ |
| 4 | They will vouch that I stayed here , doing-accounts , going out to look at the carving which were being made for the pageant for the king 's coronation . ’ |
| 5 | I had become more and more interested in the business world , going back to work at the bank in Newcastle during my vacations , so I was looking for a general business career . ’ |
| 6 | Turning back to look at the door , he could see no manual locking mechanism — only a circular brass inset that seemed to need a special key . |
| 7 | He was turning about to look at the view and the slope of grass back up to the road . |
| 8 | The father was just moving round to sit at the head of the table when the mother came sweeping out of the kitchen carrying a huge plate piled high with eggs and sausages and bacon and tomatoes . |
| 9 | She cut through the heady memories and concentrated her mind on what Steve was saying while she watched a superb glossy white yacht coming in to berth at the jetty not fifty metres from the window of the restaurant . |
| 10 | Strombolian activity , then , is a bit noisier than Hawaiian , but it 's still not particularly dangerous — there are two villages on Stromboli only a couple of kilometres from the ever-active vent , and the inhabitants rarely have cause to worry about whether they will live to see the sun rise on another day , or on another boatload of visitors coming across to look at the volcano . |
| 11 | One Sunday , he went hunting with his fierce black mastiffs , stopping only to swig at a flask of strong drink . |
| 12 | ‘ And you 're not having this dress , ’ Nora said , bending down to look at the price tag . |
| 13 | Athelstan blessed the man , holding his hand , reassuring his good wife that all would be well whilst trying not to look at the blood . |
| 14 | But such was the power of those two softly spoken words that Ronni found her head jerking up to look at the speaker , barely aware of her brother 's muttered response as he hoisted her cases up on to the jetty . |
| 15 | She could see it in the covert glances of the London girls , some of whom had been planning how to look at the Belvoir dance for the past month . |