Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] [v-ing] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our picture shows , L to R : ( Chief Engineer with P&O , subsequently Technical Services Division and Three Quays Marine ) ; ( Secretary to Albert Morris before going to sea as an assistant purser in 1954 ) ; ( Chief Engineer , P&O , subsequently Deputy Engineer Manager ) ; ( ex-Manager , Islay Kerr in Singapore until transferring in 1967 to P&O Lines as General Manager , retired as Managing Director OCL South Africa in 1985 ) . |
| 2 | When he went to look at Anna before going to school her eyes were once more as blue as the sky , and she curled her fingers round his as if she did n't want to let him go . |
| 3 | John L Phillips , the second new vice-president , qualified as a chartered civil engineer , lectured at the Royal Military College of Science and was an assistant county surveyor in Avon before turning to farming in 1972 . |
| 4 | After the débâcle at Acre he retired to Cyprus , whence he visited Armenia and Jerusalem before returning to Grandson and finally to England in 1296 . |
| 5 | This bar was run by an old woman who for twenty years had run a Legion brothel in Algeria before retiring to Orange after the Legion moved to mainland France . |
| 6 | And it was Wise who next went close with a free kick from near the corner spot which caught the wind and eluded Southall before bouncing to safety . |
| 7 | Realizing that time was passing , the subject was dropped until later that evening when , after the dinner guests had departed , they were enjoying a nightcap with Wendell before going to bed . |
| 8 | Peter , 19 , from Penbury , Kent , had been spending the summer in northern Kenya before going to university . |