Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] to [noun sg] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result , the Commission for Ecclesiastical Causes was established to deal with recalcitrant clergy , its first act being to suspend Henry Compton from his bishopric for refusing to discipline John Sharp , Dean of Norwich and rector of St Giles in the Fields , for preaching against popery . |
| 2 | We check and re-check the information about accommodation and resorts both at home and abroad to ensure that it is correct at the time of going to press Dec ( 1989 ) . |
| 3 | Try to get some er old door casings rip down from me you know , now , I was thinking of going to North Wales but I know what they 'd say cos it , the ones that I got from our Rob 's you know the they 're quite clean but of course they 've had nails in the , you know , the head like I made the cab some cabinets you know . |
| 4 | If we were you thinking of going to Health Chardonne ? |
| 5 | Normally that would mean they qualified for the world indoor event , but Johnson has the option of appealing to Athletics Canada for one of Canada 's two 60m berths . |
| 6 | In W. L. Warren 's words , " Henry had adopted the tactic of trying to discipline Richard by keeping him in uncertainty and had then become caught in the toils of his own deviousness . " |
| 7 | On all of these 29 weekly flights , passengers will be able to enjoy Varig 's warm hospitality and excellent inflight service , which Europeans have already voted to be the best for travelling to South America . |
| 8 | But there were other reasons for coming to City Europe . |
| 9 | In 1858–9 he was in the service of the Admiralty , before returning to south Wales , where for ten years he was engineer-in-chief and general manager of the Sirhowy Tramroad , which he converted into a standard railway . |
| 10 | On leaving school , Terry Williams served three years as a commissioned officer in The Royal Warwickshire Regiment , before moving to West Africa to pursue a career in banking . |
| 11 | Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union could be equally disillusioning , of course , and when the Governor of the Bank of England , Robin Leigh Pemberton , spoke to the Overseas Bankers ' Club in February 1990 on lending to East Europe , he put his call for caution in the context of the losses sustained in the South . |
| 12 | On retiring to bed Vic 's last action is normally to detach a book from Marjorie 's nerveless fingers , tuck her arms under the covers and turn out her bedside lamp , but he must have neglected the first of these chores last night , or perhaps Enjoy Your Menopause was concealed under the coverlet . |
| 13 | Mr Milburn added : ‘ The current slump has claimed 1,300 manufacturing jobs in the town and the Conservatives have let another 3,000 jobs go begging by refusing to back Darlington with proper regional assistance . ’ |
| 14 | In that month , however , he broke with the president by refusing to back Mr Yeltsin 's temporary assumption of special powers . |