Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [v-ing] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will be all right walking alone to your house ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I was all right walking down to the pit until I met the group of supporters then I had to crack . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I realised if I wanted to get back to where I had been , it was perhaps better going back to North and starting off there again . ’ |
| 4 | So just going back to these 'ates , sulphate has got sulphur and oxygen in it , a carbonate has got what ? |
| 5 | Some employers are only just getting round to formalising recruitment and retention policies - and all that goes with them — it may be that you are one step ahead of them in attempting to update yourself appropriately . |
| 6 | Was the reality of the situation only just getting through to him ? |
| 7 | Similarly , some investors put environmental concerns uppermost on their list while others are only just waking up to green concerns . |
| 8 | Very much like taking away to me that did , very much like no no no no . |
| 9 | it was literally b literally like going up to the shop and buying a newspaper . |
| 10 | ‘ We are only now facing up to the fact that people with learning difficulties are vulnerable to abuse . |
| 11 | And er I understand from Colin that er it is a very very good ground indeed at the moment so quite looking forward to that one . |
| 12 | Maud and I have seen you down there chatting away to the empty water . |
| 13 | In terms of the definition of er what is historic York I think again an issue we went over for some length of time at the greenbelt inquiry , I would draw your attention back to my earlier comments that York is basically a modern industrial city with a very precious historic core , that historic core er represents no more than actually five percent of the built up area , that something like eighty five percent of the city was built after eighteen hundred , the view that was expressed by the County in N Y Two , in terms of the definition of the greenbelt , the Greater York greenbelt and its purposes was not accepted by the City Council , we do not accept that all of the func elements of the York greenbelt contribute towards preserving the character of the historic city , we rely on the the fact that the two comments the Senior Inspector made at this , the the green wedges and historic core itself that establish the historic character of the city , there are many parts of the edge of York which could repli be replicated in many cities , historic or otherwise around the country and finally just coming back to the issue of scale of development erm the point I should have made earlier about the house builders figures for the city of York is that the house builders did suggest a figure of four thousand for the city , erm , I 'm not aware on what basis that was made , but clearly my evidence would quite clearly indicate that I believe that could not be accommodated , certainly on any known sites within the cit current city boundary , thank you Chair . |
| 14 | This is not just climbing on to a fashionable band-wagon , it is facing up to the fact that for the first time in the history of our science we are approaching a general theory of the earth . |
| 15 | You 'd feel just like going up to London wont you ? |
| 16 | He will want you at home , not always running about to meetings . ’ |
| 17 | By the time of the abolition measures of 1806 and 1807 abolitionists had failed to convince their opponents that they were not also looking forward to emancipation . |
| 18 | Although she told me she was experiencing a certain amount of discomfort due to the condition of her appendix , and although she was not really looking forward to surgery and to the anaesthetic , none the less Kirsty seemed to have no more than the expected apprehension which would have been felt by anyone . |
| 19 | But I mean , one of the major problems is a fact , these youth training programmes or Y , YP 's as they call them , are alright but they 're not really getting down to the basic er training we need ! |
| 20 | He was not particularly looking forward to it . |
| 21 | Both of them appear to suffer from a form of mental myopia in imagining the consequences of such proposals , and I am not here referring only to Mill-type consequences of harm brought about by unwise decisions . |
| 22 | Each special effect is just barely holding on to credibility , waiting for that cut which often comes only just in time ( and sometimes a fraction late ) . |
| 23 | If they have never let their son or daughter go but are still jealously holding on to them , they may resent the marriage partner and therefore look for every possible fault . |
| 24 | Her part of Moorlake was not yet straight and there was still much clearing out to be done . |
| 25 | Erm , well what your mum and dad said to me is that he gets very worried , het up , really tensed about doing things , that 's going , you know , things that are gon na happen , like just driving down to a different place , er and he get 's himse himself so het up , so worried , he makes himself ill , I think that 's what 's happened |
| 26 | Her UNO opponents accused her of once again caving in to the Sandinistas . |
| 27 | He was probably always nipping down to Underwoods for a few grams of thallium . |
| 28 | They 're probably really looking forward to winter now they know that . |
| 29 | Kurt , however , was remarkably animate , clearly happy it was all over , and talked enthusiastically about how much he 'd enjoyed touring with Shonen Knife and was now just looking forward to going home for a rest . |
| 30 | Now just going back to the , sorry , Mr . |