Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [pers pn] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This , however , is not the thinking — and it may be presumptuous — that moved BBC2 to hit us between the frontal lobes with Jonathan Miller 's states of mind ( 20 February ) , a series that will march on for 15 weeks in the cause of bringing us up to date with what is happening in psychology . |
| 2 | ‘ Your absence meant that I had her all to myself at breakfast — with the additional pleasure of escorting her personally to school . ’ |
| 3 | Was this his way of cutting her down to size ? |
| 4 | Nevertheless , she was both surprised and touched when , with an obvious effort , he said that he would be in London at the weekend and wondered if he might have the pleasure of taking her out to lunch . |
| 5 | Instead of taking him straight to hospital , the gatekeeper has him brought up here . |