Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] to [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In retirement I hope my company will provide me with an office and a secretary , so that I can go on contributing to society from my experience . |
| 2 | The hotel stands on the site of the home of General Hugh Mackay ( 1640–92 ) , who joined the English army in 1660 , serving in France and Holland , eventually returning to England with William of Orange , in the Revolution of 1688 . |
| 3 | Among the more conspicuous were Yolande Pompey , who challenged unsuccessfully for Archie Moore 's world light-heavyweight title in London in 1956 , and Hogan ‘ Kid ’ Bassey , a Nigerian who moved to Liverpool in 1952 , three years later won the Commonwealth featherweight title and , in 1957 , won the world featherweight title , before eventually returning to Nigeria as national boxing coach . |
| 4 | Instead of merely reacting to differences in the road surface , as a conventional suspension system does , it anticipates bumps and bends . |
| 5 | Did you say something about Mr Boulez perhaps returning to work at the opera ? |
| 6 | erm in general we must remember that Iran was erm stating very clearly that it was exporting it 's revolution and there were statements which came out from the Iraqui from the Irani revolutionary committee that they were against the Arab states at the time and that they were very committed towards liberating Israel through Baghdad and such statements was coming , so obviously erm the Arabs had to stick together according to charter of the league of Arab states , which everybody was a member of , and Iraq being subjected to war it was natural for the Arabs to give Iraq support . |
| 7 | The much-criticised policy of Harry Hyams , who built Oldham into one of the most profitable property companies , of only letting to tenants of ‘ undoubted ’ covenant has been fully vindicated . |
| 8 | Again , the liability depends upon the money or property in question being received in the ordinary course of the receiving partner 's activities within the firm and not upon any authority vested in himsee Willett v Chambers ( 1778 ) Cowp 814 ( misapplication of moneys received from a client for investment on mortgage , the client being billed in the name of the firm ) , Rhodes v Moules [ 1895 ] 1 Ch 236 ( partner absconding with bearer share warrants proffered by client as collateral security for a mortgage loan , where the firm was in the habit of receiving such securities from its clients ) and Blair v Bromley ( 1847 ) 12 Ph 354 ( misapplication of money by a partner who paid interest on it to the client , the fraud only coming to light on the partner 's bankruptcy . |
| 9 | photography , I personally talking to people about jobs |
| 10 | General practitioners have always had to manage and plan their businesses and are constantly adapting to changes in medical care . |
| 11 | Mark , I AM DEFFINATELY NOT DRIVING TO LEEDS ON SATURDAY ! ! ! |
| 12 | Continue along the coast soon keeping to left of lighthouse buildings at St Abb 's Head ; briefly join lighthouse road , but it is best almost immediately to divert off it to rejoin cliff-top for sea views . |
| 13 | Now I 'm not looking to people to be totally bloody minded , erm , but I 'm gon na for people to sort of totally cave in , erm , with these newly acquired influencing skills , because as we 've said all along , they will work on some occasions , but they 're not gon na work all the time . |
| 14 | Such a note of finality was not , however , to be relied upon , and he was soon writing to Poole of racking doubts and of ‘ dim & huddled ’ feelings . |
| 15 | Not according to 60% of the men . |
| 16 | This is very important because once you start to perceive yourself in negative terms you will probably start to act in a negative way , being quarrelsome and finally looking to food for comfort . |
| 17 | Their bones may become fragile and break more easily leading to fractures of wrists , hips and bones in the spine . |
| 18 | Their bones become fragile and break more easily leading to fractures of wrists , hips and bones the spine . |
| 19 | Furthermore , whatever Kennedy 's disappointment over the lukewarm support from London , he was soon turning to Macmillan for advice and help on other questions . |
| 20 | Mellowed by two bottles of beer , he was convinced that Hank was telling the truth ; his mind was already going to work considering how to double that forty thousand . |
| 21 | Essentially they retained the belief that nursery education should be free ( even if that meant there was little of it ) and that to charge for nursery classes would be the thin end of the wedge , soon leading to charges for ordinary schooling . |
| 22 | ‘ Thomas White , a tippler , for keeping shuffle board play ’ came before the Court during the stern days of the Commonwealth , while in 1666 were charged , ‘ John Parson , James his son , Stephen Parker and Sidney Randall for not going to church on the Lord 's day ’ . |
| 23 | We 're not going to Italy for another week . |
| 24 | A survey conducted among college students gave these reasons — first for men not going to bed with their companions : |
| 25 | … then for women not going to bed with their boyfriends : |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm not going to bed with you . ’ |
| 27 | Erm I do n't know whether I think post rather erm er I see I 'm not going to London after erm after this week |
| 28 | But you 've got to understand — I 'm not going to sleep with you . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm not going to sleep in this house , ’ she insisted in a tearful , hiccupy voice . |
| 30 | And by the end of about a month , the guy I was assigned to work with refused to work with me because I was always cracking jokes — he said ‘ I 'm not going to work with you , if you crack one more joke I 'm going to the supervisor . ’ |