Example sentences of "[v-ing] to [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You can just shut up , ’ said Camille , leaping to her friend 's defence , for she would not permit a male to speak ill of her . |
| 2 | ‘ Hang on a minute , ’ said Melissa , restraining Dora in the act of leaping to her feet . |
| 3 | ‘ You fool ! ’ she cried , leaping to her feet and gesturing frenziedly with both hands . |
| 4 | Do n't go too near the water ! ’ she called out before leaping to her feet and running over to where the twins were feeding some ducks at the edge of the Serpentine . |
| 5 | The sight of dozens of photographers leaping to their lenses every time she opened her front door made her giggle . |
| 6 | A refinement of the design of the Cambridge bridge over the original was the incorporation of wrought-iron latticework in the unglazed windows to prevent the lovelorn emulating their Latin counterparts by leaping to their deaths in the river . |
| 7 | I exclaimed , leaping to my feet as lightning wrapped the turret , shaking the very stones ( and putting a lid on the purple prose ) . |
| 8 | ’ Posi ’ I yelled , leaping to my feet . |
| 9 | Leaping to his feet , Angel charged Luke , about to drag him off his horse . |
| 10 | ‘ Righto , ’ Dad would say , leaping to his feet with the zest of a thirty-year-old . |
| 11 | Hector , waking abruptly , looked up and set up a joyous barking , leaping to his feet and wagging a curly tail . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm saying nothing of the kind , ’ snapped Penry , leaping to his feet . |
| 13 | So before leaping to his defence I waited until another column appeared , which I have tried to read in a less partisan manner . |
| 14 | ‘ So , you 're wailing to your father again . |
| 15 | Though warm and understanding to his students , stories of his sharpness orally and in correspondence abound . |
| 16 | Then they 'd come bleating to my father and their husbands and complain that Addy was autocratic and impossible , and the men would say , " Why ca n't you leave her alone ? " |
| 17 | Amid all this turmoil , Nu followed Gandhi in announcing to his wife that henceforth he would live in celibacy ( like the Mahatma , he waited until after they had five children ) . |
| 18 | One of its most important early Netherlandish paintings ‘ Christ appearing to His mother ’ , formerly thought to be by Rogier van der Weyden , was downgraded by technology to a workshop copy a decade ago . |
| 19 | One of Ainsworth 's and her colleagues ' most astonishing findings has been the downgrading of ‘ Christ appearing to His mother ’ by a follower of Rogier van der Weyden . |
| 20 | Police said the couple were walking to their hotel from a restaurant when a man drove a car up beside them , pointed a gun and ordered them to lie down . |
| 21 | The sniper struck as the youngster , a pupil at King David junior school , was walking to his friend 's house along South Drive , Wavertree , when he felt his cheek burning . |
| 22 | The trembling accusation had Maggie looking forlorn too but Felipe took control immediately , standing and walking to his sister . |
| 23 | Rachel said huskily , walking to his bedside and trying not to be alarmed by his appearance as she hugged and kissed him . |
| 24 | WALKING TO YOUR GOAL WEIGHT |
| 25 | On many occasions you can be taking stock of the circumstances while walking to your ball , or while one of your playing partners is taking a shot . |
| 26 | George 's insobriety was disturbing and even wounding to his friends . |
| 27 | This prospect was seen as likely to destabilize the Alliance , because Arab members might well have had difficulty in explaining to their constituencies what amounted to an alliance with Israel against a fellow Arab state , Iraq . |
| 28 | After a few initial displays of outraged incomprehension , Brian had been forced to accept this as a fact of life , explaining to his colleagues and superiors , with a wry smile , that Constance was a friend of his wife 's : his wife had a taste for the eccentric , since she was the daughter of a famous artist , and , oddly enough , believe it or not , Constance was a skilled silversmith . |
| 29 | And er and so , explaining to my brother where , or trying to get out of him where the , the customer lived . |
| 30 | Be consistent in explaining to your people what 's in your mind : they will understand , and understand you hotter , if you are consistent . |