Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [noun pl] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | It was not until the Metropolitan Railway was linked to this line at Paddington , thus enabling through trains to run to the City . |
2 | Finally he took me in to his office and said he was looking for Girls to work at the Winter Gardens , Blackpool . |
3 | ‘ The Occupational therapy department are looking for things to put on the wall , whereas for the elderly patients themselves , it is just the process of working that they find enjoyable . |
4 | It is seen at Harman 's Cross waiting for passengers to arrive off the train to take them on to Corfe Castle . |
5 | ‘ I 'm going to Alès to work in the municipal library , ’ she replied . |
6 | The co-ordinating council of the officers ' assemblies set up in January [ see p. 38730 ] sent a message to the summit calling on delegates to agree on the draft proposals on military issues , to halt troop withdrawal from eastern Europe until social protection for servicemen could be assured , and to maintain the military at an adequate level for defence . |
7 | I met many + tenants on similar estates who do the same thing — their heating amounts to " taking the nip out of the air " and putting on cardigans to go into the bathroom or kitchen . |
8 | Thus we are appealing for things to sell at the car boot sales , or maybe you would prefer to make a small donation to our funds . |
9 | By the time he had rallied and got himself together and was thinking of things to say to the police it was too late and they were heading north . |
10 | They are also working on ways to turn off the gas supply in men who produce too much of it and , as a result , suffer from priapism — painful and embarrassing erections in the absence of sexual desire . |