Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [v-ing] to [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if within modern languages ( to keep , for the moment , to this example ) a candidate for the GCSE were permitted to offer , as part of the evidence that went towards his certificate , the grades he had achieved in tests , starting from the most elementary and progressing upwards according to his ability , the ‘ differentiation ’ problem would be virtually solved . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm not sitting here listening to your nagging . |
| 3 | After all she had dared , and suffered , and driven … and seeing poor Hoomey and mild , nice Jazz and temperamental Nails standing there listening to her beastliness , and it was all her fault . |
| 4 | I was standing there talking to his daughter , Millie . |
| 5 | I coughed loudly and scraped my foot on the floor to draw their attention to who was standing quietly listening to them rowing . |