Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [v-ing] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In view of our heavy business , especially that relating to legislation , I see no prospect for a debate in Government time on the economy of London . |
| 2 | Many people enter a meditative state without even realising it — perhaps while listening to music , jogging , walking in nature , gardening or sitting quietly . |
| 3 | It is ideal for all drawing work , especially when working to scale . |
| 4 | Thus , during the late 1940s , five of every six newly-built dwellings were council houses or flats and they were allocated according to need rather than according to income . |
| 5 | Rather than going to church . |
| 6 | That would have helped me more than going to prison and mixing with all them people and just getting depressed and fed up and full of hatred . |
| 7 | Air France , like many airlines during this period , was expanding rapidly and transferring to jet equipment , and at the same time some ex-military wartime pilots were reaching retirement age . |
| 8 | Du n no probably going home and going to sleep . |
| 9 | You 're going home and going to sleep ? |
| 10 | So if you were on night duty , it was n't much use getting off early and going to bed for a couple of hours and then going to court — you might be engaged in court for a long time . |
| 11 | So frays will not be confused with phrase , and pint will be understood correctly as referring to beer or milk , even if it is read aloud incorrectly . |
| 12 | In more complex markets , the agreements may take the form of dividing up the market geographically or according to product type . |
| 13 | Erm while your children were here and going to school in , in and all that , did they have any instruction from , from the temple , any extra tuition in anything ? |
| 14 | From every era and every culture , war movies have shown the hell of young men trapped in combat , the behind scenes political skullduggery which results in scapegoats and wasted lives as well as bringing to life tales of astonishing bravery . |
| 15 | The last three cases are also authority for the proposition that it is proper , though not obligatory , for the trial judge to tell the jury that , as well as going to credibility , good character is relevant when considering whether the defendant is the kind of man who is likely to have behaved in the way that the prosecution alleged . |
| 16 | It soon shows ill treatment , as well as responding to conditioning and care . |
| 17 | It seems very important that adults are made aware of entry requirements particularly when applying to science courses . |
| 18 | Chimbote was a dreadful place , litter everywhere and smelling to hell of oil . |
| 19 | I 'd rather be sitting in there and listening to music . |