Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [adv] [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The verbatim records have survived almost intact and enable the sequence of offers and counteroffers that should be made by bargainers behaving optimally according to the rules . |
| 2 | After all she had dared , and suffered , and driven … and seeing poor Hoomey and mild , nice Jazz and temperamental Nails standing there listening to her beastliness , and it was all her fault . |
| 3 | After more adventures , the story ends up at another of Tom 's aunts , with Jim ( the nigger ) recaptured , Finn mistaken for Tom , and Tom turning up pretending to be his own brother ! |
| 4 | There was no point sitting here yapping to a bunch of fucking prejudiced right-wing bastards . |
| 5 | Those phone calls could be very distressing , especially as there was always a screw hovering nearby listening to what you were saying and there was pressure to say everything in your allotted ten minutes . |
| 6 | Up to that moment it can be in a state evolving smoothly according to the Schrödinger equation , gently and continuously trimming the balance between " here " and " there " . |
| 7 | She got out of bed too early , so the story goes , because there was so much washing piling up belonging to all the family , as well as me . |