Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] to the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | It drowned the roar of the waves which she knew would be crashing on to the beach in impotent and seemingly endless fury . |
| 2 | Left : In the kitchen , Philip painted an impression of sunlight filtering on to the wall in a style reminiscent of a Hitchcock film |
| 3 | I spent a little while there and enjoyed a helicopter trip for the very first time , although not without considerable trepidation having once or twice seen pictures of them whizzing down to the ground in pieces . |
| 4 | I do n't want you walking down to the pub in this , in the dark cold night . |
| 5 | ‘ the whole object of the section is to assimilate the practice in winding up to the practice in bankruptcy , which was established in order to enable assignees , who are now called trustees , in bankruptcy to find out facts before they brought an action , so as to avoid incurring the expense of some hundreds of pounds in bringing an unsuccessful action , when they might , by examining a witness or two , have discovered at a trifling expense that an action could not succeed . |
| 6 | Pedalling up to the office in the mornings , with the bike wheels crunching on the thick white frost , I would arrive with bright red cheeks and breath coming out like steam , and once the Met Officer commented , after I had given him a cheerful , early morning smile , ‘ You do n't know what a difference it makes to your face when you smile ! |
| 7 | Aggie got the mousetraps , and the only thing they caught was her Harold 's big toe one night when he was hurrying down to the lavatory in the backyard . |
| 8 | He made fast the rope round Trent 's neck to the handhold beside the companionway leading down to the head in the port hull . |
| 9 | Going down to the south-west in spring , the cuttings through Somerset and Devon sparkle with primroses . |
| 10 | I remember going down to the bridge in Walsall and a sailor climbed the old clock and tied his collar around it and a soldier got up and put his hat on and an airman got up and put his tie with a red , white and blue rosette on it , around the arms of the old clock and people were loving and kissing everywhere , and oh it was really you had to be alive to appreciate it . |
| 11 | She does n't fancy turning up to the supermarket in it ! |
| 12 | But I have seen a coke stove , cast iron coke stove on a chimney going up to the ceiling in the dark absolutely glowing bright , bright , red . |
| 13 | ‘ Duvall … ? ’ said Jimmy in a quiet voice , sidling up to the man in a curious , almost apologetic way . |
| 14 | He was one of a number of witnesses who described their view of events leading up to the crash in Swindon last year . |
| 15 | If we relate this to the changes in the Labrador Sea we see ( Fig. 2 a ) that the only time there has been such a long period with little or no change in salinity , followed by a sudden marked freshening , was the period leading up to the renewal in 1972 . |
| 16 | It was ‘ Frank Sinatra and Trevor Howard in … ’ and there was Trevor Howard going out to the location in the car , bumping around in this old Citroën . |
| 17 | Mr Hyslop had had little idea how badly he was injured until he was heading back to the station in the van . |
| 18 | I 'm going back to the army in a month . ’ |
| 19 | Heading out to the start in Jimmy 's van , we saw tell-tale road markings ; it must be more than 10K ! |
| 20 | you can give further encouragement by holding on to the leash in the early stages of teaching this command . |
| 21 | With toes pointed downwards , raise the extended leg 6ins ( 15cm ) off the floor , leaning right over to the opposite side for balance and holding on to the ankle in front of you . |
| 22 | With toes pointed , raise the extended leg 6ins ( 1 5cm ) , leaning over to the opposite side for balance and holding on to the ankle in front . |
| 23 | The final way of getting on to the Council in a given year was by being an ypilachó0n or stand-in , and that may explain some instances of ‘ carpet-baggers ’ , i.e. political adventurers who offered themselves as Councillors for demes other than their home deme . |
| 24 | He smiled broadly and he turned from her , munching at the buttered scone , and as he walked out of the back door he heard the sound of a car coming on to the gravel in front of the house . |
| 25 | There would be a dramatic increase in the volume of good quality country houses coming on to the market in May , June and July , predicted Mr Andrew Hay of Knight Frank and Rutley . |
| 26 | It was fortunate that they 'd both driven back to the farmhouse after leaving the nightclub , before carrying on to the forest in Adam 's car , so her own vehicle was parked outside in the courtyard . |
| 27 | They lost Canadian prop Szabo for talking back to the referee in the second half and his subsequent one-game suspension meant he could not play against Waikato . |