Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [v-ing] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this it resembled the British constitution itself , which , as apo-logists delight in explaining to foreigners , is nowhere embodied in a single document having the force of law . |
| 2 | I paused before replying to her , because if you pause before replying to people it gives them the foolish idea that you 've actually listened to what they 've said , and I said of course darling . |
| 3 | They also act by binding to class II MHC molecules and stimulating large numbers of T cells through their V elements . |
| 4 | The aim of this research is to examine the strategies which prisoners and their families adopt in coming to terms with custody and its various social consequences . |
| 5 | He is recorded as having said that no way would the Winslades get back their rightful estate save by going to law , ‘ … which by poverty they shall never be able to do ’ . |
| 6 | That you know through going to church ? |
| 7 | When viruses succeed in binding to cell membrane receptors they still have to enter the cell and break up into separated proteins and genetic material before they can replicate . |
| 8 | Even if parents succeed in coming to terms with letting their children go , their best efforts are likely to be undermined by the ‘ dirty washing ’ gambit , or proprietorial claims to ‘ my room ’ which the child will not relinquish . |
| 9 | Unwind before going to bed — TV , radio , crossword , light reading , taking the dog for a walk , listening to music , etc. can all help . |
| 10 | These strategies for grappling with the explanation of most liberal democracies ' stability do little to reduce the problems that Marxist theorists confront in coming to terms with an enduring political alternative to state socialism , and one which most Western Marxists seem to find preferable to the Stalinist forms of state socialism . |
| 11 | We still talk of yielding to animal passions . |
| 12 | I believe in going to bed when you are really tired , not when you think you should . |
| 13 | The need to make it clear so that people understand without having to sort of keep coming back and asking again and again , yep , great , thanks . |
| 14 | In the context of the reports that subjects make on going to sleep it is clear that much dreamlike activity goes on which is not associated with the syndrome of EEG , EOG and EMG activity defining REM sleep . |
| 15 | Apply in writing to Buckingham Palace , SW1 inclosing SAE and a recent photograph . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I only disapprove of drinking to excess , Tom . |
| 17 | I suggest you start with flying to Brussels today . |
| 18 | Erm and certainly I think I think in going to neighbourhood panels it was it was to serve a democratic process of tenants being able to panels local to their that area and I think in that sense erm it has been successful and certainly , I think as far as we were concerned er , it avoids the perhaps intimidating nature of , of tenants appearing in a large centre of the various panel which er I think was er , certainly one of the members wishes when we started on a neighbourhood basis but , yes it was our intention and , I would think that it 's quite reasonable to ask us to bring the report to the next meeting er with a better explanation of how the council works so far . |
| 19 | ‘ Generally Designers start by going to Art School where they begin doing Basic Design before , later , they specialise in some form of three dimensional design . |
| 20 | These revelations come from talking to Personnel managers who admitted they often have to force over-stressed employees to have time off . |
| 21 | ‘ Well ! ’ says someone , ‘ I know what you mean by talking to God but what do you mean by listening to him ? |
| 22 | The difficulties that many girls and boys have in talking to parents about sex and contraception often make it a subject to be mutually avoided . |