Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [adv] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His chances of improving sufficiently to hold down his job were poor and … only a modest sum can be fairly attributed to the loss of this chance . |
| 2 | ‘ I plan the holidays and what the others do n't know is that , in the course of planning , I 've developed the precise art of finding somewhere to stay where , when you open your bedroom window , in front of you is the most splendid bit of Romanesque architecture . |
| 3 | The needle is then withdrawn and the patient goes back to bed if he is an in-patient , or rests for two or three hours if an out-patient , before returning home to rest there . |
| 4 | Fleury turned away , sickened , for Chloe had wasted no time in bounding forward to eat away the sepoy 's face . |
| 5 | It was an uneventful drive to Ravens ' Bridge , past the steamer pier and the small wooden jetties before turning sharply to cross over a shallow , slow-moving stream ; a final view of the calm and sparkling waters of the lake and then they were swinging around into the village 's centre — a wide area off the road painted into parking spaces , a couple of tea rooms , several small hotels and a marine shop with a yard for pleasure boats alongside . |
| 6 | His gaze was fastened on his daughter 's last careful steps down the stairs , as if he could barely restrain himself from running forward to hold out a hand to her . |
| 7 | High above them , the base of the Bridge passed through a cone of semi-transparent cables , which were anchored all around the edge of the depression , before continuing downwards to merge smoothly with the bubble itself . |
| 8 | We might for example want to find out if it 's freezing outside without going outside to feel directly how cold it is . |
| 9 | The beast is becoming almost like a God , Jack pretends to forget about it , Simon wants to confront it , whereas Piggy compromises by wanting just to stay away from it . |