Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] to [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After going to church I had a whole Sunday on Tiree , Snoopy-like with the moped . |
| 2 | That is a good illustration of the strength of the voluntary agreement approach to advertising and of the weakness of seeking to enshrine it in statutory to legal bounds . |
| 3 | Instead of going to court he paid six hundred and fifty pounds for the damage and apologized to the shop 's owner . |
| 4 | ‘ On the very eve of going to press we are happy to be able to announce what promises to be a satisfactory solution of the lady member problem which has been troubling us . |
| 5 | The 27 finalists are listed below and at the time of going to press they are poised for the grand final in London . |
| 6 | At the time of going to press she is back in the C1 psychiatric unit at Holloway as a convicted remand prisoner waiting to go to court . |
| 7 | At the time of going to press he is taking action but the action has yet to come to trial . |
| 8 | I can not possibly reveal the name of the alleged culprit , because at the time of going to press he 's taken a well-deserved holiday in the ardeche from his climbing wall company |
| 9 | At the time of going to press he was back in the Gulf , where we hear from another source that he is a popular figure with the British forces — not always the case with French journalists . |
| 10 | And she liked the idea of going to work you see , she 'd she 'd got a family , she 'd be about oh she was about ten years older than I was and erm she looked out of place you know . |
| 11 | At the time of going to print she is with the Liverpool Everyman Company . |
| 12 | Almighty God our heavenly father who made marriage to be a source of blessing to mankind we thank you for the joys of family life pour out of us your holy spirit that we may truly love and serve you . |
| 13 | Er when you did get a suit it had to be kept for Sunday , for going to chapel you see , and if you were going to have a new suit it would always be at anniversary time , you did n't get one every anniversary . |
| 14 | I think we 're just gon na have to let him moan I would n't mind , but until last weekend , he never give a dickie bird about going to sleep I think it was that came in and set him off she should 've just left him on to it instead of trying to do it herself |
| 15 | If there is any possibility of a period of supervised practice before returning to work it is worth taking , in addition to any period of standard reorientation . |
| 16 | Before going to RADA I had been encouraged at my school in school plays , which included Oh , What a Lovely War . |
| 17 | Before going to bed he re-read Tess 's passionate letter . |
| 18 | Before going to prison he was allowed to go and see her , and she told him , ‘ I wo n't divorce you while you 're in prison . ’ |
| 19 | But before proceeding to optimism I have to introduce some harsh truths . |
| 20 | So in migrating to architecture we 're very much focused on what are the real world problems and the real challenges that we need to face to deliver effective and workable solutions . |
| 21 | In the context of the reports that subjects make on going to sleep it is clear that much dreamlike activity goes on which is not associated with the syndrome of EEG , EOG and EMG activity defining REM sleep . |
| 22 | On going to bed they began singing , disturbing other inmates . |
| 23 | Without bothering to bag it , he stuffed the jib down into the sail-locker and lashed the main to the boom . |
| 24 | Obviously there is also the money element , and by returning to work you can perhaps give your child other benefits you might not otherwise be able to afford such as foreign holidays or maybe a private education . |
| 25 | ‘ It is possible that by going to Court we shall get a larger sum . ’ |