Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [v-ing] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 On one sunny afternoon , when running and feeding a platen-machine ( by hand ) and sweating profusely owing to the heat , the rattle of the front-door bell told me to attend the counter .
2 ‘ It 's difficult to understand why he might have been moving badly going to the start — perhaps it was the dirt or maybe it was because the heat was so intense . ’
3 ‘ It 's difficult to understand why he might have been moving badly going to the start , perhaps it was the dirt or maybe it was the heat . ’
4 Erm so how much time are you spending just going to the school ?
5 These are powered by expansion , opening and closing automatically according to the temperature .
6 But he 's eating well going to the loo alright .
7 There was no point sitting here yapping to a bunch of fucking prejudiced right-wing bastards .
8 Stok was sitting there speaking to a telephone that looked like a prop from The Young Mister Edison .
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