Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The keys crashed to the floor next to Gedanken ; the piece of paper followed , slowly fluttering from side to side like a snowflake . |
| 2 | In the indictment Bunyan was accused , among other things , of ‘ devilishly and perniciously abstaining from coming to Church to hear Divine Service ’ . |
| 3 | They suggested that by being out at night the young women had contributed in some way to their own rapes , even though they were merely returning by bus to their homes . |
| 4 | His presence inhibited her , completely destroying the pleasant atmosphere which had prevailed between Rob and herself , and after a few moments she took no part in the talk , merely listening with interest to Rob 's account of his holiday . |
| 5 | ‘ It is an achievement to play games at the moment , as we are literally living from hand to mouth . |
| 6 | I am reduced to sitting staring out of the window with nothing much to look at but a young man , presumably a salesman or political canvasser , patiently going from door to door down the street . |
| 7 | A general fining of the material and better sorting from east to west is the result . |
| 8 | The superintendent had fallen asleep during the journey , her head gently rolling from side to side against the car seat , her front teeth prominent in her open mouth as she breathed through her nose . |
| 9 | And that 's beginning to show er up in the chemistry of the lakes and streams , some recovery of some lakes are already recovering in response to that reduction of emissions , but not all by any means . |
| 10 | It 's a very difficult time , we 're just living from day to day . |
| 11 | Ride are just going from strength to strength — one of the bands that are really cutting through at the moment . |
| 12 | Many mothers with parenting difficulties had a long history of emotional problems themselves , and seemed generally lacking in sensitivity to their children 's anxieties and needs rather than deficient in specific child management techniques . |
| 13 | Its found some doctors walk up to eighteen miles every day just getting from patient to patient . |
| 14 | People are already querying from time to time the de decision judges make . |
| 15 | It was some moments before it occurred to any of them that it might well be Chris or the tardy boy from the bistro , harmlessly appealing for admission to his promised evening of jollity and sustenance . |
| 16 | Hello , good afternoon erm I 'm just ringing in response to the previous caller you had on actually . |
| 17 | I ca n't afford to take you out properly or buy you a proper Christmas present , or be able to tell you not to worry — I 'm twenty-eight years old and I 'm still living from hand to mouth like a bloody tramp . |
| 18 | Originally formed ‘ sort of as a joke ’ , Love Child sound like they 're still grinning from ear to ear . |
| 19 | The Methodists were nonetheless going from strength to strength , and noting that they listened to ‘ hearty , racy , cutting and unctuous speeches which surely would never be forgotten . ’ |
| 20 | Alan Dodsworth of Darlington paid over £2,000 in cash to Mr Round last October for a kitchen that was never delivered ; and disabled Ferryhill resident Royston Hunter is still waiting for work to be completed at his home after giving Mr Round £4,180 in November . |
| 21 | And disabled Ferryhill resident Royston Hunter is still waiting for work to be completed at his home after giving Mr Round £4,180 in November . |
| 22 | Her family is still waiting for justice to be done . |
| 23 | Hundreds of families are still waiting for justice to be done . |
| 24 | this bloke and his bird , right , and then ahead would n't like it clears up a bit in , in the Blackwall tunnel but it 's still like sort of five yards in between each car and he 's just like moving from lane to lane without signalling or anything |
| 25 | He had been a sub-editor in those days , working for a huge magazine corporation , and they had struck up an instant rapport , and when he was made first assistant editor and then editor , always moving from magazine to magazine , he had pushed work her way whenever he could . |
| 26 | Sedimentation goes on all the time , for ever moving from place to place , for ever cannibalising itself . |
| 27 | They all got totally zonkers and were like running from machine to machine making and Benguiat the , not Benguiat , Brillo , was yelling it should be like this all the time . |
| 28 | Eh erm , when you slap her tits at quarter to three are they still swinging at quarter to six ? |
| 29 | Again he bowed , once more colouring from neck to brow . |
| 30 | His mouth was wet and his eyes were still flicking from side to side . |