Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [adv] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are flashing units for flashing up to abutments or , if desired , these can be reversed to run into gutters . |
| 2 | We will pay you 2,000 for seeing through to completion the data files from the submitted ASCII files for the first four titles of Reading for English , 50% of this on signature of this letter and 50% on delivery . |
| 3 | The ROK armed forces were to be developed so as to be capable of handling internal dissent but the issue as to its capacity for reacting effectively to North Korea was side-stepped . |
| 4 | Californians have a reputation for latching on to fads , and it 's true — yet a lot of what they preach is eminently sensible . |
| 5 | What is our mechanism for keeping up to date ? |
| 6 | By contrast , general purposive browsing describes the academic researcher who indulges in a similar activity of looking over books but with a serious purpose in mind , such as keeping up to date in his field or looking for new ideas . |
| 7 | IN A culture and a century that have doubts about matching up to Prince Hamlet , feeling fitted at best to the role of attendant lord , it 's astonishing that Shakespeare 's Henry V should become , except at a time of national emergency , a resonant figure of any sort . |
| 8 | He says all the stuff about storming off to Paris and missing practices were rumours spread by Wilko . |
| 9 | After appearing close to agreement they diverged on 8 April when the Americans proposed further change to permit more flexibility in consultation . |
| 10 | After returning briefly to London , Sir Alastair was in Cardiff on Friday evening , 19 February , for the Annual Dinner of the Welsh Section , for which there was a capacity turn-out in excess of 200 members and guests . |
| 11 | Then after returning home to Gloucester , Nigel , 29 , will start restoring his other five models . |
| 12 | Yussuf applied to Owen , who after swearing aloud to Allah that never again , under absolutely any circumstances , etc. , etc. , found the necessary money . |
| 13 | After going on to Nettlestead Green you cross the River Medway and River Beult to arrive in Yalding . |
| 14 | Every year on the Wednesday evening , after going up to bed , I used to stand at my window and gaze towards the fair some five hundred yards away , watching the flickering lights and hearing the screams and music , feeling quite sad that the show was over for another year . |
| 15 | Green was greatly encouraged by West 's suggestion that he should become an artist himself , and soon after going back to Manchester began taking painting lessons . |
| 16 | After dashing off to Canada last November , the Duchess of York jumped into a jet bound for New York , before hopping over the Atlantic for a bit of shopping in Paris . |
| 17 | Then , after flying back to Heathrow , I stepped off the plane and ten miles from my front door on the drive home , I had a head-on crash . |
| 18 | She had plenty of time to ponder things last night after flying off to Perth where she and Jeremy Bates are the stand-bys for next week 's Hopman Cup . |
| 19 | ‘ I saw the Greek Islands from my cabin , ’ said Sir John after flying in to London last night . |
| 20 | PROUD dad Phil Stancliff lost half his blood after plunging on to church railings before his daughter 's wedding . |
| 21 | After falling behind to Penrice 's goal , struggling Palace rallied superbly to produce their second consecutive League win . |
| 22 | Anyone born on February 29 has a special reason for looking forward to Leap Years . |
| 23 | I feel a resistance to trying to send money to the USA for passing on to Guatemala , and would prefer to send you something to pass on to Bruce , if you agree . |
| 24 | The government of the majority Russian- and Ukrainian-populated " Soviet Socialist Dnestr Republic " was unhappy at what it saw as the Moldovan government 's policy of drawing closer to Romania and imposing Romanian culture and language on the whole republic . |
| 25 | People typically watched a bit of many things instead of sticking rigidly to films or sport or news . |
| 26 | Most of the big names since then — including Clint Black , Alan Jackson , Trisha Yearwood , Reba McEntire and , especially , Garth Brooks — have made a virtue of sticking close to country 's roots . |
| 27 | Conspiracy was an old common law offence , frequently charged and much in need of bringing up to date . |
| 28 | A multi-tribal alliance of their own is their only chance of hanging on to power when white rule ends at last . |
| 29 | Social phenomena have a disconcerting habit of climbing up to positions of eminence from which they conveniently repudiate their humble origins ; we must not be misled by this . |
| 30 | For if he considers himself in some small way a specialist , not only can he spend a good proportion of his time teaching what he likes and probably , therefore , understands better , but he also has more of a chance of keeping up to date on his chosen subjects , particularly if he has support , as many of the teachers I observed had , from local subject advisers , associations or selective in-service programmes . |