Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [v-ing] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am assailed with feelings of irritation mixed with amusement at the number of pilots who , despite cheerfully paying many hundreds if not thousands of pounds on their chosen hobby , carp on about having to fork out three or four quid over the odds in selected landing fees , or as in the case of correspondent K. Foster £46 for a medical combined with an ECG . |
| 2 | ‘ I DO N'T feel much like going to Pack Meeting tonight , ’ said Penny sadly . |
| 3 | Along with learning to scuba dive , swim with dolphins , become an astronaut or climb Everest , one of my ambitions has always been to take time out to become really familiar with the business end of a recording studio . |
| 4 | As bedtime approaches , it 's as well to linger in the toilet to empty your bowels , or if your nerves are causing stomach jitters , take something , such as Imodium , to calm the situation down before going to sleep . |
| 5 | Patients were instructed to administer the enema once daily before retiring to bed and were warned that they may pass dark stools as a result of treatment . |
| 6 | So in migrating to architecture we 're very much focused on what are the real world problems and the real challenges that we need to face to deliver effective and workable solutions . |
| 7 | He investigates by going to places , tackling people , often but not always by shooting or slugging them , and often but not obligatorily so by going to bed with them . |
| 8 | COYHAIQUE , Chile ( AFP ) — President Pinochet said he has decided to abolish the secret police which he established 16 years ago , shortly after coming to power . |
| 9 | PS I do n't think you should marry that young man in the back row of the chorus , it 's too soon after going to bed with your horse dressed up as a Praetorian Guard . |
| 10 | Soon after coming to power , the Arena government instituted a new round of ‘ stabilization ’ measures in 1989 , including privatizations , currency devaluation and price hikes , particularly for public transport , which provoked a wave of popular discontent . |
| 11 | I showed her my January AIM , then she announced it was just like going to art school : she has had some training . |
| 12 | I showed her my January AIM , then she announced it was just like going to art school : she has had some training . |
| 13 | Now I 've been most places it 's just like going to work and doing your gig . |
| 14 | Furious , he got up to complain to his neighbour , only to discover that it was his own dog which he had accidently shut outside before going to bed . |
| 15 | Bradl was originally in line only for an RS250 until the former manager of Honda Germany , Kazuaki Ueda , won his battle for an NSR shortly before returning to HQ in Japan . |
| 16 | Crush a sugar lump and add it to the brandy in which the raisins were soaked ; warm the mixture , set it alight and drizzle it over the pudding just before bringing to table . |
| 17 | If so , you need a winding-down time just before going to bed . |
| 18 | Ensure that you have some physical exercise during the day — although not just before going to bed or your heart/pulse rate will increase and you will find sleeping even more difficult . |
| 19 | Going to court to resolve a dispute is rather like going to war . |
| 20 | The Belgian-born actor has been plagued by have-a-go hard nuts ever since shooting to fame in bone-crunching movies like Double Impact and Universal Soldier . |
| 21 | Alternatively , you can switch off by listening to music , or think about something peaceful . |
| 22 | Billy Rock who has Listowel in mind for his smart and successful chaser Joey Kelly runs the gelding on Monday and he will go again at the next Roscommon meeting a fortnight later before travelling to Listowel where he might be worth an investment in view of that Galway win in July . |
| 23 | However , the policy itself or the wording of the of of the policy refers to exceptionally in referring to development needing to be in the countryside . |
| 24 | The last revellers had finally been seen off at nine in the morning ; they and Margot had done some cleaning up before going to bed , though Ken had anyway had a couple of hours ' sleep between three and five , when he 'd fallen into a deep slumber on the wicker couch in the conservatory . |
| 25 | If this baseline showed that on average the child was 4 hours later in going to bed , you know it would be unrealistic to start the intervention programme which suddenly requires him or her to go to bed at 7.30 . |
| 26 | On Oct. 9 , Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka presented to the Sejm ( lower house of parliament ) the socio-economic programme which her government had drawn up since coming to office in July [ see p. 39016-17 ] . |
| 27 | ‘ It does n't necessarily add up to going to bed . ’ |
| 28 | Inevitably one night she ended up by going to bed with him . |
| 29 | However , all but three of the 36 liaison group schools collaborated with the research team throughout by continuing to trial packages of materials sent to them and to provide facilities for the research team to visit the schools . |
| 30 | He switched all the door and window alarms on before going to bed and crashing out . |