Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [v-ing] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll get you a paintbrush , ’ she muttered , all but taking to her heels in her haste to get away from those penetrating eyes . |
| 2 | So when referring to me in future , dear brother , remember that although I wear the cloth , Henry George Farrier is still underneath it . ’ |
| 3 | We also generalize about the taste of the discriminating and set up standards , useful as guides as long as one does not credit them with greater authority than a considered choice which violates them , but not without the suspect motives and tyrannical pretensions of standards in morals ; if you show signs of food-and-wine snobbery , I had better when listening to your recommendations take care to distinguish what I sense on my tongue from an affected taste . |
| 4 | Since we had to renew so much of the timber , we thought we would turn that to good account , rather than trying to We do n't want it to look as if it 's five hundred years old . |
| 5 | The same increasing central control and rationalization can be seen also in the introduction in 1720 of a regular tariff for the purchase of commissions ; in the 1750s of the custom of numbering regiments rather than referring to them by their colonel 's name ; and in 1792 of a common system of drill , based on that of Prussia , for the whole army . |
| 6 | With the exception of items made in Srinagar ( Kashmir ) and Jaipur , Indian rugs are usually marketed under the name of the Persian weaving group whose design has been copied ( i.e. , as Indo Isfahans , Mirs or Bidjars , etc ) , rather than according to their place of origin . |
| 7 | They 're normally char er classified according to their gating properties rather th initially , rather than according to their ionic specificity . |
| 8 | A third set of variables , which will not be discussed here , were included in the model because they influenced the form and severity of the disorder rather than contributing to its onset . |
| 9 | I 'd like businesses , rather than coming to me saying they ca n't get what they want from schools , to be like Unipart and go out an find what they want . |
| 10 | On the rare occasions when people criticize you ( see Criticism on page 44 ) and offer you explicit feedback about your behaviour , accept it gratefully rather than springing to your own defence . |
| 11 | It is equally notable that in four other instances , children who later had a choice stayed on with grandparents , rather than returning to their parental home . |
| 12 | According to their report , " dismantling " or " recycling " are often used euphemistically for dumping , as toxic residues resulting from the process almost always end up staying in Poland rather than returning to their country of origin . |
| 13 | A multi-circuit pylon capable of carrying the existing line and the new cable and therefore replacing the present line rather than adding to it could also be considered for parts of the route . |
| 14 | They have been issuing equity instruments ( eg , convertible bonds and warrant bonds ) on the capital markets rather than going to their bank managers for costly old-fashioned loans . |
| 15 | I applied the same methods here , watching people rather than talking to them , and I learnt many new things about the way humans interact . |
| 16 | Second , because its hidden curriculum can be just as undermining to our real intentions as that of the former withdrawal system . |
| 17 | He rang a bell now whilst saying to her , ‘ Would you mind waiting outside ? ’ |
| 18 | The nature of their jobs and the extent of work-related expenses means that incorporation has considerable material advantages for contract computer staff , as well as appealing to their sense of self-esteem as " professionals " . |
| 19 | The impressive energy with which France has been building and renovating museums as well as adding to their collections since 1981 — the year François Mitterrand became President and Jack Lang his Minister of Culture — actually began in the last years of the previous Centre Right administration . |
| 20 | After providing music for the Druid Theatre 's production of Behan 's ‘ The Hostage ’ , she was invited to join Johnny McDonagh 's new group Arcady , and subsequently toured the world for eighteen months with The Waterboys , as well as contributing to their ‘ Room To Roam ’ album . |