Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] to [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Never once , during our association , did they guess that I was using them to further my revenge against the Wolfkings . |
| 2 | It is the kind of system with which experts can quickly get to grips but it is also targeted at non-technical authors , enabling them to quickly edit text , sound and images either to create multimedia presentations or to produce interactive multimedia applications . |
| 3 | Looking at the matter generally , I can not believe that that could conceivably have been the intention of Parliament when passing the Children Act 1989 and thereby , if Judge Galpin is right , taking away from children within England and Wales the right to have an order made in their best interests by returning them to where they ought to be , which was a right which those children had , and parents acting on their behalf were able to claim in the courts , until 14 October 1991 . |
| 4 | I think I 'm keeping it to under twenty . |
| 5 | The harsh , brittle sound of the old black discs , always a considerable drawback , has been replaced by a wholly revitalised and much more flattering aural image , enabling us to fully appreciate what remains a classic of the gramophone . |
| 6 | It is , however , encouraging that statutory authorities are beginning to see how helpful advocacy schemes can be in alerting them to easily ignored issues and in raising awareness of users ' rights , particularly those focused on legal and civil liberties and welfare benefit entitlements . |
| 7 | Then , as she began to think about it , her anger rose , asserting itself to an even greater degree and causing her to almost hiss at him , ‘ Tell me this — what sort of a hypocrite kisses a woman when he dislikes the entire sex ? ’ |
| 8 | I mentioned the interactive EQ system earlier : this is a comprehensive method of allowing you to quickly change the characteristics of your sound . |
| 9 | I also expect the companies selling them to finally give up and start calling them computers — which , of course , is what they are . |
| 10 | Shiona pushed the door open and stepped inside , pulling it to again before she tiptoed towards the bed . |
| 11 | It now appears that the Government is moving them to only one area , on the Uraricaa River , probably to avoid further confrontation with the courts . |
| 12 | The house , Wychwood , from which I like to think that Eliot derived the name in The Family Reunion , was easily within walking distance ; but we felt some responsibility for getting the great man from London without subjecting him to too much fatigue ; and if my brother reached home by a circuitous route , it was partly in order to show off the beauty of the place . |
| 13 | Subsequent research will then be devoted to determining its range of applicability and subjecting it to still further tests . |
| 14 | The three legs of the World Cup can take enough out of a horse without subjecting it to too much unnecessary effort beforehand . |
| 15 | On the other hand , banging out a press release and sending it to absolutely everyone is a waste of time . |
| 16 | Eventually when all of the information is gathered in , we 're asking you to quite simply reject this . |
| 17 | This then presents the entire period from May to mid June as a slippery slope down which Gloucester plunged , his attempts to achieve security committing him to progressively more desperate measures . |
| 18 | This then presents the entire period from May to mid June as a slippery slope down which Gloucester plunged , his attempts to achieve security committing him to progressively more desperate measures . |
| 19 | For Loeb , it had the unfortunate result of committing him to too narrow a view of the mechanisms responsible for animal orientation . |
| 20 | ‘ I kept asking him to just leave me a quote . |
| 21 | MIPS Computer Systems Inc vice president of software technology , and now its ACE liaison , Larry Weber , said that since last summer Intel was repeatedly approached by ACE members including Olivetti , Acer , Compaq and MIPS asking it to somehow endorse and participate in the Initiative . |
| 22 | When you put the and that 's the difference about drama at college is you 're doing it to please yourself and the , the group that you 're in with and ultimately I suppose your tutor but when you do something like a pantomime when you 're doing it to please the punters |
| 23 | There is , of course , nothing wrong with trying to look your best , but for the born-again Weldon to refuse to see anyone unless she spent half the day in the hairdressers and then proclaim that she 's only doing it to further her career ( oh , please ) smacks of hypocrisy of the very highest order . |
| 24 | Which shows that perhaps a misindica In this situation perhaps the men are seeking agreement rather than the women are , because the women seem to be doing it to actually show concern , rather than to seek agreement , which does n't Turns a lot of the traditional thing about tag questions on it head . |
| 25 | Last year 3,284 were killed or seriously injured , which is down on the figure of 4,302 in 1981 , but a long way from the Department of Transport 's aim of cutting it to below 3,000 . |
| 26 | Saffery Champness also proved very supportive , allowing her to gradually wind down her hours , first to four days a week , then to three and two , before she eventually left . |
| 27 | Similarly , it the Insured considered the risk to the camera but decided that it would be safer in a locked car than taking it to where he was going he could demonstrate that precautions were taken even if they subsequently proved inadequate and the car was broken into and the camera stolen . |
| 28 | We already sell wine in Germany , but now we 're taking it to where it should be-back to France . |
| 29 | The only positive news has been that America 's Digital Equipment has raised its stake in Olivetti ahead of schedule , taking it to almost 10% . |
| 30 | He was not using it to further his own human development , he was using it up for the profit of the people who paid him , the anonymous shareholders and their abstract interests . |