Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] to [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , I was prattling on to your dad , saying when we claimed it back when we claimed it back we 'll bring it early but |
| 2 | Hanging on to her temper , and , it had to be admitted , her rioting feelings , with an effort , she retorted , ‘ To someone like you , perhaps . |
| 3 | ‘ I have n't any serious plans to marry him , if that 's what you 're asking , ’ she told him as levelly as she could , and had the hardest work in the world in hanging on to her temper when his glance flicked from her through the open door into her sitting-room . |
| 4 | They glanced at Tabitha encumbered with Perks , forcing their claws from her arms , standing on one foot trying to shake one that was hanging on to her leg . |
| 5 | Sister explained to me , ‘ The poor old dear 's in a fine twitter as she thought the bus was stopping , not starting — ’ Sister shot off to meet an anxious young woman with a baby in her arms and a small tearful boy hanging on to her skirt . |
| 6 | And please let them be hanging on to their gossip and porter . |
| 7 | Shifty-Eyes could n't do much about it as I was hanging on to his foot . |
| 8 | Schellenberg , who felt that he was only hanging on to his sanity by his fingernails , said , ‘ But , Reichsführer , what if Devlin does n't wish to be persuaded ? ’ |
| 9 | He swung himself astride the dragon awkwardly , because Rincewind was hanging on to his belt . |
| 10 | There 's this man and woman walking by with lots of shopping bags and a little boy hanging on to his Dad 's belt . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , Jim Courier was last night hanging on to his world No 1 ranking and survival in the $2.5m IBM ATP World Championships by his finger tips . |
| 12 | HE SAYS : ‘ Hanging on to your hair helps but I have n't got any of the old films on tape and it is just as well , ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ Did they make up all those pictures of blondes , brunettes , redheads , hanging on to your arm ? ’ |
| 14 | and there was this ginger and white cat hanging on to our fence |
| 15 | She 's tucking in to your toffee . |
| 16 | Edward was tucking in to his meal . |
| 17 | Cooking down to you boy ! |
| 18 | Climbing on to her back , he used the halter shank to whip her into a lumbering unaccustomed trot , as he made his way back to the stable-yard . |
| 19 | Apparently IBM , which offers the AP/6000 office package on the RS/6000 , is not at all perturbed about ICL muscling on to its territory with OfficePower . |
| 20 | The three of them are spending Christmas with us , which will be lovely , but no doubt a bit fraught , as one highly active child will be joined by one ditto kitten , who thinks nothing of leaping on to your lap at mealtimes , digging her claws into your legs for support . |
| 21 | She was desperate to move now , physical awareness returning suddenly to her body and making her realise that she was numb in her left leg and stiff everywhere else . |
| 22 | Walking along to her room , she quietly closed the door . |
| 23 | Within minutes of checking in to my room , the toilet overflowed . |
| 24 | You will be all right walking alone to your house ? ’ |
| 25 | The Latino dropped his gun , his hands leaping halfway to his throat before his knees lost their strength . |
| 26 | it increases the complexity of the description without , in my view , contributing much to its value . |
| 27 | The hon. Gentleman said that it was happening elsewhere to his knowledge . |
| 28 | It is happening elsewhere to my knowledge . |
| 29 | The half-acre of kitchen garden was as full of lilacs and wild raspberry canes , unpruned morello cherries and azaleas reverting easily to their ancestry , as it was of vegetables . |
| 30 | David responded to the teasing by walking over to his mother , putting an arm around her thin shoulders and dropping a kiss on to her smooth hair . |