Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was happening only to a minority . |
| 2 | Minnis decided to do something for others who might similarly be afflicted which resulted in the Kenilworth Club and the PGL contributing annually to a fund . |
| 3 | In this latter regard , a distinction must be drawn between , on the one hand , Bills of general application — Public Bills , and Bills applying only to a particular area or person — Private Bills . |
| 4 | As though to underline her thoughts , and reverting suddenly to a much earlier observation , he said : ‘ Do all the women in your time wear next to nothing ? ’ |
| 5 | Should the judges take it into their heads to question this ‘ authority ’ ( as occasionally they have ) then much of it is not too difficult to discount , as being obiter dicta , or as relating only to a rather narrow , specific point , ( e.g. the effect of a fraud on the Private Bills Committee of the House of Commons ) and leaving untouched the broader general question . |
| 6 | Jump into a cold swimming-pool , for example , and who can blame your frozen phallus from shrinking away to a delightfully compact inch or so . |
| 7 | Wearing a chic black costume and white fur wrap , she is seen waving to him as he departs for the colony before walking away to a smart car beside which stands a chauffeur . |
| 8 | I hurried along keeping close to a wall and waiting for the inevitable mortar burst that would follow in the path of the jeep . |
| 9 | By the time of its completion the company 's assets were climbing close to a billion dollars . |
| 10 | HOLIDAY HEARTBREAK : But returning home to a burglary can be avoided |
| 11 | These are two rather different purposes , the first relating more to a summative statement which could be used to inform parents or employers of the pupils ' knowledge and skills . |
| 12 | It need only be a few seconds of me singin' or something but you 'd be gettin' straight to a certain type of literate , intelligent audience . |
| 13 | After marriage she took a break while her two children were small , returning later to a fresh specialisation as Research Fellow at St. Mark 's Hospital , London ( gastroenterological/ coloproctological diseases ) She has M.R.C.P. ( London ) 1950 and D.M. 1971 . |
| 14 | At 10.40 on 20 January a climactic explosion occurred , with a huge ash-laden cloud climbing upwards to a height of 13,000 metres in two minutes . |
| 15 | Only as the car was crunching softly to a halt in the gravel of the yard did Charlotte ask suddenly , but in a tone so subdued as to suggest that she had been contemplating the question for some time , and refrained from asking it only for fear of the answer : |
| 16 | This is not a matter of sticking doggedly to a particular diet , but also of looking at your eating habits . |
| 17 | The nature of time in the British Civil Service as changed , cut up into small blocks covered by forward-looking three year corporate plans , rather than looking backwards to a living corporate tradition . |
| 18 | The third , the Orange route , runs to the south , passing close to a primary school and houses . |
| 19 | One woman writing anonymously to a women 's magazine told of her distress at a particularly dehumanizing gynaecological examination . |
| 20 | This fact is strikingly obvious to a linguist listening carefully to a conversation , but is not part of the " folk linguistics " of the community itself , who usually talk in terms of either speaking " ordinary English " or " chattin' Patois " . |
| 21 | Left : VIP visitors listening intently to a presentation during their tour of Kitsuregawa . |
| 22 | It swooped and gusted , then hung impermeably , aspiring almost to a solid state . |
| 23 | Cromore , the village where I was born , lies in the southern shore of Loch Erisort , looking across to a similar settlement on the northern side . |
| 24 | Thirdly , Franco and advisers such as his brother-in-law , Ramón Serrano Suñer , looking ahead to a post-war Spain and impressed by Italian and German precedents , were becoming increasingly attracted to the idea of a single-party and perhaps even totalitarian state . |
| 25 | They were for teenagers , looking ahead to a life where anything wonderful could happen . |
| 26 | Most of these seemingly alert young men , acting as sentries for their sleeping comrades , are soaked to the skin and looking forward to a little sleep themselves before the final push against the enemy . |
| 27 | Corporal Tait busies around the pack checking for oil leaks and tightening the odd bolt ; ten minutes later the crew are smiling as they clear up , looking forward to a well-deserved shower . |
| 28 | Mr Wetzel says : ‘ I 'm looking forward to a reformed HCRC in 1990 . ’ |
| 29 | I was looking forward to a couple of hours of vigorous strolling in the company of what I assumed would be a garrulous , suitably eccentric English guide . |
| 30 | ‘ She will be delighted , ’ Alida Thorne said , ‘ she 's so looking forward to a visitor . |