Example sentences of "[v-ing] to [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | shepherded bleating to trenches deep , |
| 2 | ‘ I was just explaining to Michael here about your notes , ’ Simmons interjected , to her relief . |
| 3 | She could n't bear to remember the dreadful things she had said that day , any more than she could think about what was happening to Maggie now . |
| 4 | The reality of what was happening to John either played on people 's own experience of terrible loss and final separation , or the fear of it , which haunts us all . |
| 5 | But a lot of strange things were happening to Alice today . |
| 6 | Assistance was to be generally " selective " and " exceptional " , contributing to investment rather than running costs . |
| 7 | ( However , on May 1 ministers did approve a " solemn declaration " to be attached to the Treaty saying that " it was and is their intention that the protocol shall not limit freedom either to travel between member states or … to obtain or make available in Ireland , information relating to services lawfully available in member states " . ) |
| 8 | Bills relating to Scotland alone may be referred to the Scottish Grand Committee unless ten members object . |
| 9 | For present purposes there are in my judgment two streams of authority relating to moneys wrongly extracted by way of impost . |
| 10 | Basically my message said that I could make some general comments mainly relating to style rather than accuracy but if the deadline had passed so be it . |
| 11 | Governors should take any grievance relating to employment very seriously and give proper consideration to it through a fair grievance procedure . |
| 12 | By way of contrast , unpaid interest or capital repayments relating to loans usually constitute an " event of default " under the loan documentation with the result that the lender will stop any further loans , and may accelerate repayment of the sums outstanding so that they become immediately due and payable . |
| 13 | Already , as Luke raised her hand to his mouth , response was quivering to life deep down in the heart of her femininity , flickering and then leaping as she felt the sensual brush of his lips . |
| 14 | Subsiding to dementia yet again ; |
| 15 | All day excursion , returning to Brighton about 9.30pm . |
| 16 | Returning to Brighton about 9.30pm . . |
| 17 | ‘ You are returning to France tomorrow , I think you said , Monsieur de Chavigny ? ’ |
| 18 | Returning to Ottery late on 4 October , Mr Coleridge gave a ‘ long & particular account ’ of his journey , before going to bed in high spirits . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's a sad death , but it will not prevent me from returning to London tomorrow . ’ |
| 20 | Returning to London eventually , and still attempting to arrange the peace for which they were empowered , they stayed on for a second year , accumulating benefices and sustained by clerical procurations meanwhile . |
| 21 | " You are returning to London again ? " |
| 22 | ‘ I was returning to London anyway . |
| 23 | Maria Harris has been staying with her parents at Wood Farm since returning to Britain just days before Saddam Hussein 's forces marched in , exactly two months ago . |
| 24 | Sometimes it seemed that those who loved them were almost willing the band to spend their lives touring pubs , returning to Farnborough merely to return the empties and pick up the bills . |
| 25 | However , after 3 months we should be looking for positive indications from the policyholder 's medical attendant with regard to a date for returning to work i.e. issue a PAC 8 . |
| 26 | The abolition of national service , Commonwealth immigration , the entry into the labour market of the ‘ baby boom ’ generation , and the increasing numbers of married women remaining in or returning to work all provided additional supplies of labour . |
| 27 | Whatever Laura 's motives — Moira believes she expected her to take injections or pills to dry up her milk supply entirely ; Bernard believes she was opposed to mothers returning to work so soon — the atmosphere was charged . |
| 28 | On returning to Genappe shortly after its capture by the fusiliers , he found them ‘ busy ’ … |
| 29 | ‘ You 're returning to England soon ? ’ |
| 30 | On returning to Germany further studies were undertaken in Munich and Berlin before being granted permission to open a movement school in his own name in 1929 . |