Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can last for anything between a weekend and three weeks and they involve journeying to a place ( sometimes a large house has been rented for the time ; sometimes a college ) where you will eat , talk , be taught , sleep , live writing in a totally concentrated way for the length of the course . |
| 2 | Just keep social engagements that involve eating to a minimum . |
| 3 | Making matters worse there were slip ups too when she tried miming to a backing tape . |
| 4 | Would you consider going to a doctor if he developed any mental instability ? |
| 5 | Hosepipe bans over recent summers have meant keeping watering to a minimum — and digging out the old watering can . |
| 6 | It is clear that the Banks are preoccupied with keeping staffing to a minimum ; have no regard for retaining Key Posts and have totally disregarded Relief Staff . |
| 7 | The two claimed they were engaged , since an lranian woman caught talking to a man not related to her by blood or marriage is considered a prostitute . |
| 8 | Expenditure related to the EAGGF ( Guarantee Section ) while officially justified according to a number of criteria ( Coleman 1983 ) , is certainly protectionist in effect . |
| 9 | All cases were regarded according to a classification of Isaacson et al into high grade and low grade B-cell mucosa associated lymphoid tissue . |
| 10 | Thus the system of exogamy prevailed , according to which a bride had to be obtained from another clan , ‘ bride-price ’ and dowry being given according to an agreement between the parents . |
| 11 | Sale agreements commonly provide for the value of the pension rights to be calculated according to a formula set out in the agreement and for the detailed calculations to be agreed between the parties ' actuaries , or , if they do not agree , to be determined by another actuary acting as an expert and not as an arbitrator . |
| 12 | Rodomonte came crashing to a halt as withdrawal pains shot through his arms and legs . |
| 13 | Furthermore a ‘ Laura Ashley ’ dress was not made according to a man 's stereotype of how a woman should look , although Laura believed that the covered-up , ‘ floaty ’ look was what men liked . |
| 14 | ‘ Payments will be made according to a formula — even if the parties involved have come to their own amicable agreement . |
| 15 | animal feedstuff to be made according to a specification supplied by the buyer ( see Ashington Piggeries v. Hill ( 1971 H.L. ) ) ; |
| 16 | And where every body panel is precisely positioned according to a computer model consisting of 12,000 reference points . |
| 17 | Nuclei were prepared according to a procedure which gives transcriptionally active , intact nuclei ( 23 ) . |
| 18 | It is quite likely that they will make suggestions or ask that the work is prepared according to a set of guidelines that they provide . |
| 19 | With the success of scientific theories in describing events , most people have come to believe that God allows the universe to evolve according to a set of laws and does not intervene in the universe to break these laws . |
| 20 | The majority of Langbaurgh Council tenants are happy with the service they receive according to a survey by the local authority . |
| 21 | If homoeopathy is such an individual way of treating you — for example , one person with influenza may have quite a different medicine from another person with it — what is the value of homoeopathic remedies now seen on many chemists ' shelves which could be used by people who are not aware that the choice of a remedy has to be selected according to a number of factors , not just by a simple set of symptoms ? |
| 22 | Virtually every camp , in Lebanon , Syria , Jordan , and also in the West Bank , is organized according to a refugee family 's village or place of origin . |
| 23 | She was seen talking to a man outside the house by a neighbour at 1pm , then vanished without trace . |
| 24 | Joanne Fitzgerald , a market researcher from Brentford , Middx , was last seen talking to a man in Dunkin Doughnut in Piccadilly in London 's West End on March 15 . |
| 25 | In Birmingham , Alabama , you could be banished from the city for being seen talking to a Communist , which was held to be committing a public nuisance . |
| 26 | This was bad luck on Helga , who got drunk with an American soldier and was not allowed to forget it , and on Hildegard , who was taken in by the police when she was seen talking to an ex-convict , but worked in favour of Martin , who made quite a business out of playing cards for money but who was judged ‘ on the whole to be doing no worse than any other boy of his age in his particular Position ’ . |
| 27 | More often , Badb was seen striding to a river on her great legs to wash clothes . |
| 28 | This involves going to a site with no instrumentation of any sort , no dowsing rods , camera , Geiger counter or even pencil . |
| 29 | He is more likely to enjoy going to a restaurant that has good traditional furnishings that are well designed in their own terms . |
| 30 | No I do n't fancy going to a party I do n't think . |