Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] [adv prt] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , when I have n't been gazing out of the window , phoning every friend I ever had , dashing up the street in an urgent quest for … er … something or other I 'm desperate for or singing along to Melody Radio at the top of my thorax — I 've been noticing things . |
| 2 | After lifting from a chair or helping on to pan , give resident maximum privacy . |
| 3 | You say hello to her , you assume she has been reading your mail or listening in to your private telephone calls ( actually I never did either ) , and you tell her when you do not wish to be disturbed . |
| 4 | He was always getting up to wander down the aisles , interfering with the card school or listening in to people 's personal stereos . |
| 5 | Always , when dead-heading or taking flowers as cut bloom , observe the above principle of cutting or cleaning back to just above a node . |
| 6 | But Ludens was not concerned now with writing his ‘ next book ’ , or rushing off to Rome or Paris to read in libraries . |
| 7 | However , the employee 's option may not be the simple one of staying with the transferor or going over to the transferee . |
| 8 | The advantage is that there is no line , visible to the fish , coming from the bait , either on the surface or going down to the bottom . |
| 9 | First , where an elderly person had moved into the household of a younger generation relative , the latter often made extra purchases , ranging from an extra bed or bedding through to the construction of an additional bedroom , in order to provide the necessary accommodation . |
| 10 | Sometimes too , I could hear the distant sounds of other women , coughing or calling out to one another , laughing . |
| 11 | A student can get in touch with the Counselling Service by phoning or calling in to either office ; telephone 031 650 4170 , or at King 's Buildings on 031 650 5773 . |
| 12 | It had been a choice between bearing what he had or running back to Aber where he was privileged and protected , and for Harry that had been no choice at all . |
| 13 | Under the Merchant Shipping Act of 1894 , anyone found damaging a navigation aid or tying up to one can be fined up to £500 , but according to Mr Cooper a fine would be the least of the expense . |
| 14 | Psychoanalysis was created to enable man to accept the problematic nature of life without being defeated by it , or giving in to escapism … . |
| 15 | Dr Edwin Pugh , director of public health medicine , said : ‘ Most accidents occur when children are in the street or straying on to the road as parents we must be completely vigilant . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ My car 's there ! ’ she exclaimed and , as it quickly sank in that she did not have to go chasing up the garage , or chasing over to somewhere near Františkovy Láznë either , she sent up a silent prayer that her luck had changed . |
| 17 | The Greater London Enterprise Board ( renamed Greater London Enterprises in 1986 ) can claim some considerable success in saving or creating up to 4000 jobs between 1982 and 1985 , but London had lost over 250000 jobs between 1978 and 1982 alone ( Duncan and Goodwin , 1985 , p. 81 ) . |
| 18 | Pottering down to the library to exchange Colin Thubron for Jonathan Raban or dropping in to the Jacaranda Tree for a mushroom omelette , everything can seem orderly and secure . |
| 19 | Marines hit the ground either running or flopping on to their stomachs at three points along the 10,000ft runways as they took up positions . |
| 20 | Today , in the country , you are more than likely to see women still washing in this way , although they now use lixivia ( bleach ) , sold in bright plastic bottles which , empty and discarded , can often be seen in a river bed or floating out to sea . |
| 21 | Whether it is providing a tip for better spreadsheet design , finding a useful ‘ add-in ’ to save hours on a routine problem , or changing over to Windows , we can help . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , for one glorious day , millions were able to ‘ take action ’ and assuage a whole year 's guilt in one go , by writing a cheque , phoning in a credit card number , or trotting along to the local collection point with cash . |
| 23 | Cyclists should take particular care entering the route or emerging on to the road at the accesses . |
| 24 | Cyclists should take particular care when entering the route or emerging on to the road at the accesses . |
| 25 | I drove to the hospital in Bangor with Nathan watching the road intently and hanging on to the handbrake . |
| 26 | A route not to take unless you know no fear , is to walk straight up the sweeping southern flanks of the hill , which will leave you giddy and hanging on to craggy , near-vertical terrain with your teeth . |
| 27 | The Ego revels in guilt , since it is a way of clinging to the past , and hanging on to old payoffs . |
| 28 | Just like throwing out old-fashioned clothes and hanging on to old favourites , we decide to stop using those actions that did n't get us what we wanted and to continue to use those that did . |
| 29 | Carrie had been listening intently , enthralled and hanging on to the union man 's every word , but she suddenly caught sight of Fred standing at the counter . |
| 30 | Some more crag rats were further proving the delights of Yorkshire limestone , holding on to ledges with their eyelashes and hanging on to spars of rock by their nostrils , swarming in a team of a dozen or so all over the face of the scar like a plague of dayglo flies . |