Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [pos pn] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked tall in her long white nightdress , her long dark hair hanging down her back to her waist . |
| 2 | No wonder the Omanis are cautious about opening up their country to foreigners , including tourists . |
| 3 | I 'm not opening up our file to you , Bill . |
| 4 | For while his victory certainly overturned the basic tenets of any horse race — he won because he was so far behind at the crucial moment — still he gained that victory by adapting to the circumstances which had suddenly presented themselves , by his jockey 's quick and skilful manoeuvring by his jockey , by jumping accurately and by keeping up his gallop to the end . |
| 5 | By mid-forenoon they could see Dunbar 's towers ahead ; and by noontide they were under the outer castle-bridge , with Ramsay shouting up his name to the watch and asking for the Countess Agnes . |
| 6 | The two men were so different — opposites even : Lajos acting out his tragedy to the world Christopher-Stefan self-contained , self-reliant , intensely private , yet looking out rather than in . |
| 7 | The landed gentry abandoned the parish , selling off their land to speculative developers . |
| 8 | She found herself pouring out her unhappiness to that odd but kind lady and when she had finished the headmistress sat back and looked at her sympathetically . |
| 9 | A letter to Rohde contains , half-way through , the sign " N.B. " and , at the end , the following : " At the point marked N.B. , a message came calling me into town as soon as I reached the foot of the page ; now returned , I am trembling all over and can not free myself of it even by pouring out my heart to you . |
| 10 | US West Inc , which last week was talking about the multimedia database system it is developing with Oracle Corp ( CI No 2,166 ) , is stepping up its commitment to infotainment by agreeing to pay $2,500m for a 25% stake in Time Warner Inc 's Time Warner Entertainment affiliate — in which Toshiba Corp and Japanese trader Itochu Corp each has a stake — to seal a deal under which the two companies will collaborate to develop electronic superhighways — full-service cable networks offering interactive programming , entertainment and information . |
| 11 | Stepping up its commitment to the Unix market , this announcement follows a stream of similar agreements including ports to Novell Inc 's NetWare and Univel Inc for UnixWare . |
| 12 | Japan is the only one of the 37 Ramsar signatories not to involve environmental organisations in drawing up its report to the convention . |
| 13 | ANYBODY who pursues competitive sport to Olympic level before building up their business to £90 million turnover might be said to have earned success through hard graft . |
| 14 | While he looked the back door opened , and a woman came out , calling over her shoulder to someone in the house , as she came . |
| 15 | It has just taken the unusual step of calling home its ambassador to Guatemala ‘ for consultations ’ . |
| 16 | Rosalind had written the letter breaking off her engagement to Richard , but during her short meeting with her new boy-friend realised that he was n't the right one at all and that Richard was — but that with the letter in the post she had found out too late ! |
| 17 | She turned , joining the line of boarding passengers , holding out her pass to the tiny Han stewardess , then moved down the aisle towards her seat . |
| 18 | ‘ Thanks , young lady , thanks a lot , ’ he said , holding out his hand to Mary . |
| 19 | He was on his feet , holding out his hand to Nick who went to him and took it trustingly . |
| 20 | He was kneeling down by the wall holding out his hand to me . |
| 21 | It was a familiar sight to see her running up and down the side line refereeing , or getting out her bike to cycle out to the reserve to organise Guides . |
| 22 | More recently , at the end of 1990 the regional brewing giant Greenall Whitley announced that it was closing both its breweries at Warrington and Nottingham ( formerly the independent Shipstone 's brewery ) to concentrate solely on running pubs — contracting out its beer to be produced by former rivals Allied Breweries . |
| 23 | And it 's coming down my shoulder to my hand . |
| 24 | I knew that I was alone , and I found myself saying over my name to myself to intensify my individuality to bring about a conviction that though alone I was strong . |
| 25 | Girls from orthodox Muslim and Sikh families feel this most strongly ; they also fear that through some misunderstanding their parents might try to withdraw them from school altogether , cutting off their lifeline to the outside world . |
| 26 | but the young father has no intention of giving up his son to them . |
| 27 | So I 'll just say thank you to the management of the Seraglio for allowing this conference to take place in such pleasant surroundings , and to you ladies for giving up your weekend to be here . |
| 28 | Like other oil companies , Shell is under pressure to trim costs and by cutting back its contribution to the exploration drilling costs it will have saved £3 million . |
| 29 | Even if I 'm like giving out my name to a customer sometimes I write down Lynne and it 's like what did you write that for . |
| 30 | Instead , she 's got Tommy and Iain dancing around her flat to UB40 at full volume , heavy on the bass , psyching themselves up for another night of action on the by-ways of Pinner Green . |