Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [v-ing] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should apologize for canned soup , but I spent so long talking to Stanley this morning |
| 2 | It was assumed by some that profitability entailed selling products to new customers , but this is not necessarily so according to Ken Wilkie , the newly appointed chief executive at IBM 's UK Havant plant . |
| 3 | Apparently not bleeding to death , or considered worthy of priority , I just had to wait my turn . |
| 4 | Trying to pretend he had mistaken her for someone else was obviously not going to work . |
| 5 | Mark , I AM DEFFINATELY NOT DRIVING TO LEEDS ON SATURDAY ! ! ! |
| 6 | Some sort of dress rehearsal was clearly required for the Cypriot police officers who were only just coming to grips with wiretap technology , and , right on cue , one of Hurley 's informants passed the word that Abou Daod , a Lebanese drugs trafficker , was coming to Cyprus to set up a deal . |
| 7 | Lord John had hoped that his friend would accompany him , but he sensed how much Manvell despised him for so easily surrendering to Sharpe 's threat . |
| 8 | But they , like the third Limerick club dominating the league — Young Munster — are only gradually coming to terms with the demands for 15-man attacking play . |
| 9 | Will he please take the most urgent steps to correct that , because it is not only deeply damaging to companies in my constituency but harmful to the image of the Community ? |
| 10 | Was n't there a tiny nagging feeling on watching the re-runs of Butterflies that perhaps he would have been better off sticking to television comedy series and enjoying their rich rewards ? |
| 11 | Yeah but the thing is you 're better off going to Gateway first . |
| 12 | YOU 'RE BETTER OFF TALKING TO BARCLAYS |
| 13 | YOU 'RE BETTER OFF TALKING TO BARCLAYS |
| 14 | It is well known that the Princess wanted ‘ out ’ of the Royal Family , but to her fellow passengers it was also clear she is only now coming to terms with the fact that she really is out — and quite alone . |
| 15 | Ask Americans today who are only now coming to terms with the gross exploitation of native Indians and natural resources , which their forefathers accomplished in the name of ‘ progress ’ . |
| 16 | Some of the answers are only now coming to light as we find out more about the structures of the proteins that go to make up living cells themselves . |
| 17 | The full impact of last Thursday 's freak storm in Llandudno , Conwy and the surrounding areas is only now coming to light and it could be several months before some of the 500 people forced to leave their homes will be able to return . |
| 18 | I you mentioned going to college or or rather not going to college . |
| 19 | But if you 're just generally talking to people and not actually asking anything of them , |
| 20 | Er so you might be best just sticking to people who are the s around the same age you know eighteen to twenty two or something . |
| 21 | This may also involve physically not going to places ( e.g. the staffroom ) or meeting people ( your head of department ) who might set off the alarm by mistake . |
| 22 | Is growing up just about getting to grips with your manhood ? |
| 23 | Let's face it , negotiation is n't just about talking to customers and suppliers . |
| 24 | I suppose it 's just about falling to pieces . |
| 25 | and things are just about going to plan |
| 26 | Interviewers are bound to seek out co-operative people , those who are not very busy and so on , thus inevitably leading to biases . |
| 27 | Hopefully we can get away with that room Jane with just maybe having to emulsion it |
| 28 | Their bones may become fragile and break more easily leading to fractures of wrists , hips and bones in the spine . |
| 29 | Their bones become fragile and break more easily leading to fractures of wrists , hips and bones the spine . |
| 30 | Felt like not going to school I can tell you . |