Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] a [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This existing history of ‘ miraculous ’ cures is just a hint of what may be available to the human mind struggling to find a way to greater self-help in coping with ill health and adversity , if only the vitally necessary ‘ faith ’ were more easily grasped and held on to . |
| 2 | If you do n't feel like phoning send an sae to Metro 1.4s Questions , Daily Mirror , Blackhorse Road , London SE99 7TY and we 'll send the questions to you . |
| 3 | Torrijos seized power four years later , vowing to put an end to what was perceived as a long era of national humiliation . |
| 4 | In some cases this only extends to personal or physical independence , but for many people ageing represents a threat to their independence in the much wider sense of losing control over how they wish to live their lives . |
| 5 | He remembered wanting to write a farewell to Piper . |
| 6 | There needs to be a facility whereby one is automatically informed that the entry at which one is looking has a cross-reference to it in another part of the dictionary , and whereby one is immediately given a display of this cross reference ( or all of them , if there are several ) if one wants to check it . |
| 7 | It is as if one is seeking to give an answer to the question : What advantage does morality bring ? |
| 8 | It 's usually the parents not wanting to repeat a joke to the daughters |
| 9 | I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for the sympathy that he has expressed , and I share his sense of encouragement , brought about by the action taken by individual members of the community and groups which are seeking to call an end to the terrible experiences that we have all had . |
| 10 | The University of Strathclyde is seeking to appoint a successor to Professor Sir Graham Hills , who retires from the office of Principal and Vice-Chancellor in 30 September 1991 . |
| 11 | ‘ Besides , he 's wanting to take an army to England , to overthrow Henry Tudor and set the Duke of York on his rightful throne . |
| 12 | If the Court of Session could make an order of the same nature , it was better to resort to its jurisdiction ; if it would not make such an order , the English court would hesitate the more before seeking to make an order to be effective in Scotland . |
| 13 | The Bulgarians sombrely suggest that she is a dead mother looking for her own baby , while the Spanish say she is the GHOST of an aunt or grandmother , looking to make a gift to her descendants . |
| 14 | The Arsenal manager , facing up to the worst sequence of League defeats at Highbury for 16 years , is refusing to become a hostage to the reputations of what he calls ‘ name players ’ . |
| 15 | Moreover , by November 1983 American soldiers had gone into action in the Middle East , as the major element in a United Nations force attempting to open a way to peace in the Lebanon , long battered by civil war ; and in the tiny Caribbean island of Grenada , where , following a coup within the island 's Marxist-dominated government , the Reagan Administration — fearful of Cuban activities — had sent in the Marines , an action condemned by the United Nations . |
| 16 | He also bought a couple of helicopters for transport when he was attempting to win a seat to the Nigerian senate — in the days when Nigeria still had elections . |
| 17 | ‘ You still have n't told me the purpose of this call , ’ Alyssia pointed out , deciding to put an end to this surface veneer of politeness . |
| 18 | Apple Computer , the Cinderella company that has risen from the backyard to a worldwide name in six years , is going to give a computer to every public and private school in the state — that 's about 10 000 computers with a retail value of almost $20 million . |
| 19 | And he was going to give a rocket to Show-Off , whose performance on the publicity front had been absolutely dismal . |
| 20 | * Ask rhetorical questions only when you are going to give an answer to them ( see p. 84 ) . |
| 21 | ‘ And who 's going to put a stop to it ? |
| 22 | Now he does not tell her that he is going to put a knife to that child 's throat and burn his body to ashes . |
| 23 | I 'm on to you , Burns , and I 'm going to put an end to your little game — once and for all ! ’ |
| 24 | I can announce today that we 're going to put an end to the unco-ordinated and inefficient activities of public utilities digging up our roads . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm going to send a message to Anthony . |
| 26 | And I 'm , I 'm faxing erm I 'm sorry , I 'm not gon na fax it , I 'm just going to send a letter to national office about The Savoy in First Leisure . |
| 27 | ‘ I am going to describe a girl to you . |
| 28 | I was not even going to get a lift to Thurso out of it . |
| 29 | You 're going to get an invitation to Jadey 's party . |
| 30 | Billy Meredith , the ‘ Prince of Dribblers ’ and the club captain , was suspended for a season for attempting to offer a bribe to an Aston Villa player . |