Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [conj] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Construction Industry Research and Information Association ( CIRIA ) has been given the responsibility of gathering together and adding to what is known about the risks . |
| 2 | It depicts an outline map of Anglesey with airship SZ.234 superimposed , its trail rope hanging down and pointing to the location near Llangefni which is now part of RAF Mona . |
| 3 | She flapped an ineffectual hand at the swarms of small , irritating flies that hovered above the path , landing on and adhering to her warm face in a most unpleasant manner . |
| 4 | There was a car waiting , but because of the fog they abandoned the idea of driving down and went to the railway station , caught a train with minutes to spare , picked up the car that was waiting for them the other end , rang the studio from the car phone to let them know where they were , and ran into London Weekend Television . |
| 5 | It had provided that the deal could be varied in writing only and had to be signed by Mr Gillespie and by a director of the purchasing company acting with the authorisation of its board . |
| 6 | Certainly , it is usually more comfortable for the salesperson to call upon old contacts , but the nature of much industrial selling is that , because product life is long , sustained sales growth depends upon searching out and selling to new customers . |
| 7 | Pausing there and turning to the judgment , Lord Denman C.J. stated , at p. 682 , that the court did not proceed on any doctrine as to relation of principal and surety . |
| 8 | I mean , you expect to be going in and listening to Bon Jovi and , and Free , and you know in the background do n't you ? |
| 9 | I sold three and one of the reasons why and I think we got tremendous opportunity to develop an enormous part by just going in and speaking to people to explain to and they can relate to write lots and lots of and you can get a good grip we wo n't do it overnight , it is something you have got to develop . |
| 10 | The abolition of national service , Commonwealth immigration , the entry into the labour market of the ‘ baby boom ’ generation , and the increasing numbers of married women remaining in or returning to work all provided additional supplies of labour . |
| 11 | Alright alright alright , I 'm turning off and going to work . |
| 12 | Du n no probably going home and going to sleep . |
| 13 | You 're going home and going to sleep ? |
| 14 | However , it 's always nice to be asked , and since so much of life consists of filling in that essentially dull period between waking up and going to sleep , it 's quite exciting to be wooed in the form of a tempting jaunt-ette to parts foreign . |
| 15 | There 's still some who want the shrieking , whirling dervish of the old Associates days and refuse to give him any credit for growing up and wanting to just get on with it . |
| 16 | Growing up and learning to be independent can then be happier and healthier . |
| 17 | What I principally object to are all our dreary , smug books about growing up and coming to terms with oneself , that … are merely another brand of conformity … . |
| 18 | Perhaps a retired person , with no family can honestly say ‘ Right , I 'm selling up and moving to the Isle of Skye . ’ |
| 19 | Leave to cool slightly in the tin before turning out and transferring to a wire rack to cool completely . |
| 20 | Leave to cool slightly in the tin(s) before turning out and transferring to a wire rack to cool completely . |
| 21 | Leave to cool in the tin for 15 minutes before turning out and transferring to a wire rack to cool completely . |
| 22 | If you insure all the property in your flat against theft , fire etc. you have less of an incentive to make the place thief-proof and to check over it carefully before going out or going to bed than if you were not insured . |
| 23 | Finding out the answers to these questions is best done by going out and talking to parents and others . |
| 24 | You can bring some variety and social contact into your life by simply going out and talking to people . |
| 25 | Lawrence feels like going back and saying to her ‘ It 's all right , do n't take any notice of that mental lunatic ’ ( p. 304 ) , thereby offering a new inflection of the erotic triangle : intervening between Swift and Celia , Lawrence displaces his own anal neurosis on to Swift while offering his healthy ideal self to Celia — or rather he seeks to become his ideal self in her eyes . |
| 26 | Much to their surprise , when it was still pitch dark they were all disturbed by lights being turned on , the slamming of car doors , and their owners rushing around and shouting to each other with the raised voices of excitement and hurry . |
| 27 | ‘ It must make house cleaning an awful lot easier and you do n't have furniture to polish or any of those silly little ornaments lying around that have to be dusted every day . |
| 28 | The county council has since planted trees on that piece of land which has stopped gipsies from camping there but led to them using the verge instead . |
| 29 | he wanted to be the decision maker , and he wanted to make the decision on every single thing himself and then he was turning round and saying to his secretary , well ca n't you do anything ? |
| 30 | ‘ My job is to effect the disentanglement , with the University having a clear view of how successful the press is , and the extent to which it is calling on or contributing to University funds , ’ says David Martin . |