Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [v-ing] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eliot 's practice , as his remarks just quoted make clear , was always ‘ freed ’ verse : verse freed indeed from the constraints of traditional prosody , yet rather constantly recalling to the reader 's ear one of the traditional patterns it was departing from . |
| 2 | At these times Darren looked puzzled , and began to look away from her obviously not attending to the situation at all . |
| 3 | With Iraq not currently exporting [ see p. 38598 ] and Kuwait only gradually returning to the market , OPEC 's other 11 member states had felt able to defer any reimposition of output restrictions , particularly in view of the serious uncertainty about Soviet supplies . |
| 4 | Although broadcasters may feel that RDS is user-friendly the consumer-industry is only gradually responding to the growing dislike of over-complex and often confusing controls ; c.f. video recorders easily set to record the wrong programme on the wrong channel at the wrong time , and teletext units that remain under-used . |
| 5 | Rickie , apparently still vibrating to the music , sprang up from the stateroom couch . |
| 6 | You would also be billed for help in rescuing a cat from a tree — you 'd be better off going to the RSPCA who will save your moggy cost-free . |
| 7 | You may be better off going to the RSPCA , which is free |
| 8 | To describe this as sewing is perhaps slightly flattering to the bird , for the silken thread is never used for more than one stitch at a time . |
| 9 | A LED or laser which behaves in linear fashion is more difficult to make , and thus more expensive , than a device with a light output only roughly corresponding to the power input . |
| 10 | So now turning to the point which er I think you asked us to address . |
| 11 | On this basis the rural development projects which became fashionable among most donors in the 1970s , and which were supposed to have a direct impact on the rural poor , are only now coming to the stage where a meaningful evaluation can be conducted . |
| 12 | Now , it 's obviously very good news that all this aid , that is there it 's just not getting to the people that need it , that it is now on the move but it is n't as simple as that is it ? |
| 13 | It felt the cold from outside still clinging to the canvas that the man wore . |
| 14 | Erm , yeah , I was gon na say , it 's not even just like listening to the radio , is it , because they 're catering for the , for the sighted , they 're not , you know , if it was on radio , they 'd say more , but I mean , it 's television , but |
| 15 | In fact at the moment we 're just about getting to the longest er night the what 's called the equ er sorry the solstice that occurs on about December the twenty second . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm just about coming to the Ks . ’ |
| 17 | You see them much more as people , you know their interests much more than if they are just there listening to the lesson and so in a way this open access to the teacher , I think , although at times it does give extra pressure in the long run I think it 's tremendously beneficial . |
| 18 | as if he could arrest their development at that stage , and set them working like articulated models in a shop window , mechanically repeating the same gestures — Mrs Mallory always pouring out a cup of tea with a warm , motherly smile ; Mr Mallory always easing himself blissfully into his chair ; Patricia always reaching for the aspirins with womanly resignation , Clare always shyly yielding to the one good-night embrace … |
| 19 | And yet it was persons who died in such numbers , without ever necessarily subscribing to the consequences of their own actions . |
| 20 | Her body was already responding , although her mind was still stubbornly clinging to the last few threads of resistance . |
| 21 | Although their long galleries and multitude of rooms provided a greater degree of privacy for the gentry families , the homes were still very much public places , the more so according to the rank of the owner . |
| 22 | Cos you know , you know how she 's always like going to the toilet yeah with the door open and like showing her tits to people and running round the school |
| 23 | He had become for most a distant , shadowy figure , only seldom to be seen now in newsreels , hardly ever speaking to the nation , and no longer being seen in public . |
| 24 | This can be achieved by once more turning to the conceptual framework we have borrowed from Harré et al. |
| 25 | By this , he could mean Hewlett-Packard Co 's Posix-compliant version of its proprietary MPE operating system , MPE/ix ( CI No 1,983 ) , but is more probably referring to the fruits of the group 's agreement with Digital Equipment Corp . |
| 26 | She made her way , still seemingly dancing to the tune , the huge crocodile-skin handbag on her arm swaying heavily in time , to the door down to the saloon . |
| 27 | The problem comes when your parents have a slight concern for what you are doing , ( as mine do ) , + it gives the impression that you are still tightly holding to the old apron-strings . |
| 28 | So it was swinging back and forth almost coming to the rock and we thought well if that mine goes off that 's the end of it . |
| 29 | An hour later she was still happily chatting to the woman , finding out about the terrible Harry who had ‘ torn the heart ’ right out of her daughter and gone off with a woman from Cork , which naturally led on to the dreadful and often incomprehensible ways of men and the stupid way women always put up with it . |
| 30 | The rugged countryside of Ayrshire had been chosen as that most nearly approximating to the anticipated terrain of the regiment 's operations in France . |