Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [adv] to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite earlier statements , both public and private , by members of the new right-leaning administration in France that they had no intention of making any immediate change in France Telecom 's status , the government told the telephone operator 's board of directors meeting last week to consider spinning off its mobile telecommunications business and opening it up to international investment . |
| 2 | We are applying it not to everyday life , but to that aspect of the performance mode that is , at least incipiently , present in dramatic playing . |
| 3 | The duty of care , provided under Section 34 of the 1990 Environmental Protection Act , makes all businesses responsible for ensuring that their waste is disposed of properly , by passing it on to authorized waste collectors . |
| 4 | A child was writing a poem in Bengali and passing it on to another boy to translate for him . |
| 5 | Making making it , all I know sort of saving it , saving it perhaps to American news . |
| 6 | Finish drying with the diffuser , pushing it on to each section of hair so it almost touches the scalp . |
| 7 | As I turned , my shoulder struck the pole , pushing it sharply to one side and knocking him off-balance . |
| 8 | Therefore , they will be predisposed to choose applicants from those social classes , thereby reinforcing their examination success and leading them on to greater success than ever . |
| 9 | Forster slithered to Delaney and got a grip , pulling him back to comparative safety . |
| 10 | He asked those interested or intrigued by the idea to pray as to whether God might be calling them personally to this work . |
| 11 | Road signs were supposed to have been erected at the mouth of the carriageway as soon as Benin 's car had passed through , warning motorists of an impending dynamite blast and rerouting them on to another section of the motorway . |
| 12 | And then we 'll have to deal with that other one and er and , and resolve that one way or the other and make , make sure we 've done that reasonably reasonably quickly , either g sending her back to new business or er trying to find another position for her if she ca n't actually cope with that . |
| 13 | The repair and maintenance bit is actually dealt with by by sending it out to Absolute Sound and Video or whoever . |
| 14 | Bacteria then work on the nitrates converting them firstly to nitrous oxide and then to free nitrogen gas . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm taking him up to that wood . ’ |
| 16 | He was gon na spend a lot of money converting it back to right hand drive and I said it 's air conditioned and everything in n it ? |
| 17 | Surrogacy is an arrangement whereby a woman carries a child with the intention of handing it over to another woman after its birth . |
| 18 | He says of Mr Kinnock 's call : ‘ I think it is a huge tribute to those of us who have spoken for the Conservative Party on industrial matters , and have had some personal experience in creating a small business and building it up to some size . |
| 19 | From this you can better judge both the potential of the farm and what is involved in bringing it up to that potential . |
| 20 | Thus it is a general policy to ensure that mineral working is carried on ‘ with proper regard for the appearance and other amenities of the area ’ , and that when the working is finished the land should ( wherever practicable ) not be left derelict but ‘ restored or otherwise treated with a view of bringing it back to some form of beneficial use ’ . |
| 21 | Try tracing them on to thin card . |
| 22 | During this period significant changes were made to the Axminster looms , reconverting them back to two shot weaving and so making great advances in both quality and efficiency . |
| 23 | As soon as the hooves touched the ground the legs crumpled and carefully he rearranged them , folding them over to one side , out of the way of the body . |
| 24 | The verderers had horses and within an hour or so could be carrying him back to some village outside the forest where he would have attention . |
| 25 | Even as he made back up towards it , half pulling , half swimming along the line leading towards the rapidly swelling shape that he knew was his raft , the water he was in turned solid , sweeping him effortlessly to one side . |
| 26 | But on one mysterious occasion the sado-manager waived the rules and waved us in : we could n't understand this behaviour at all , but took up the offer nevertheless , putting it down to grown-up inconsistency . |
| 27 | As noted earlier , in addition to treating patients themselves or referring them on to another agency , GPs had a third option , that of effectively doing nothing . |
| 28 | I just remember them wheeling me down to this room and going to sleep . |
| 29 | Morrissey 's goal was his third of the season leaving him halfway to last season 's tally of six . |