Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] a [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | You do n't look to me like someone desperately struggling to nurse a company-patient back to life . |
| 2 | One day after her daughter 's death , she was driving to see a new house to which the family planned to move . |
| 3 | He set up in business as an antique dealer but , according to Herbert Cranko , ‘ seems to have loved his stock more than his customers , often refusing to sell a cherished piece to a disliked buyer ’ . |
| 4 | Going to write a little note to the examiner , are n't you . |
| 5 | In the county of Kent , for example , in 1938 the expenditure per pupil in central schools ( in effect , senior elementary schools attempting to provide a serious alternative to the grammar schools ) was only one-half of that for each grammar-school pupil . |
| 6 | Er the county council acknowledges that inward investment is important but because of the nature of the local economy and competition elsewhere , I think we realistically look at it in terms of er it going to provide a small contribution to the local economy . |
| 7 | Visual handicap is not going to elicit a common response to situations although it can impose some shared problems . |
| 8 | She said on Tuesday she was going to send a vegetarian cookbook to the Keatings . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's not the kind of document you are going to get a dramatic reaction to ; you might say it 's more of a White Paper , ’ Ernst & Young 's Mort Meyerson told ACCOUNTANCY . |
| 10 | With the support of the printed lines , Michael Banks 's performance regained the stature it had shown in the first scene and left no doubt that he was going to add a new excellence to The Hooded Owl . |
| 11 | A police search is under way for a businessman accused of attempting to export a military camera to the Soviet Union after he failed to appear for committal proceedings at Rugby Magistrates Court . |
| 12 | We talked of toxic wastes ; the possibility of there ever being true democracy in Tonga ( ‘ on paper the place is ripe for revolution , it is true , and our friends in the other islands are experiencing troubled times , so we must be wary ’ ) ; the complaints about corruption among the Tongan nobility , the curious business arrangements engineered between members of the royal family and the dubious Americans who were forever fetching up at the palace doorstep wishing to bend a royal ear to this scheme or that , with wealth and fame for all ; and the most surprising news : his decision to demolish the royal palace . |
| 13 | And Mary was to arrive at precisely the time when the reformers were beginning to add a new dimension to Scottish self-perception . |
| 14 | He has a right to come face to face with me , and judge for himself whether he can honourably deliver them , and never fear that he is helping to lure a brave man to his death . ’ |
| 15 | The rear seat occupant , a large man weighing 202 lb , came to rest in the cabin right doorway , having sustained a severe blow to the chin . |
| 16 | Despite having come a close second to every junior side in the county at least once over the years , as the senior side in the tournament it is hardly surprising that Athletico should have done remarkably well . |
| 17 | He was sent down from Eton in 1863 for a few months for having made a forbidden visit to a Jesuit house . |
| 18 | The damage to the mast has been repaired and three Army officers , Garfield Smith , Nick Bate and Richard Nicholson , have joined the crew , Mandy Gallow and Tim Morris having made a scheduled return to duty . |
| 19 | They are most grateful for a pump within yards of their homes , instead of having to walk a long way to a dirty water-hole . |
| 20 | They believe that a degree of privacy and understanding is essential if Their Royal Highnesses are to provide a happy and secure upbringing for their children , while continuing to give a wholehearted commitment to their public duties . |
| 21 | Yet they may have made no effort to give her anywhere she can go to , having allocated a large bedroom to one of their small children and relegated her to the tiniest bedroom in the house , to which she can never withdraw unless she actually gets into bed . |
| 22 | Down in the ballroom , Dennis Lotis is crooning Try A Little Tenderness to a dance floor awash with unsteady pensioners . |
| 23 | The " feeling of knowing " offered either when drunk , drugged , drowsy or asleep is no reliable indication of having achieved a real solution to a problem ; there are unfortunately no short cuts in that direction ! |
| 24 | There was always the last resort of threatening to take a persistent defaulter to court , as wine merchant Henry Berry had done . |
| 25 | You 're having to make a conscious effort to be detached , are n't you ? |
| 26 | She knew it sounded unconvincing and she could read the continued disbelief in his eyes even as she spoke , but it was n't right , the way he was managing to give a nasty twist to everything she said . |
| 27 | Choosing to turn a blind eye to the unlikely drama that was unfolding a few feet in front of her , she merely expressed her gratitude for the imitation topaz bangle that she 'd just unwrapped , before turning on her heels and heading downstairs to catch the special seasonal episode of Crossroads . |
| 28 | In July 1971 the Chairman of the CDP wrote to three polytechnic directors who were apparently intending to make a direct approach to Mrs Thatcher , as Secretary of State , ‘ in relation to the possible granting of degree awarding powers to your polytechnic ’ : individual initiatives , he considered , were premature . |
| 29 | AS the busy part of the tourist season draws to a close , the Ravenglass and Eskdale narrow-gauge railway on Cumbria 's west coast is once again preparing to receive a visiting locomotive to its tracks . |
| 30 | SINN Fein was today preparing to send a ten-strong squad to Belfast City Hall as the battle for the nationalist vote moved into its final stage . |