Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then when he took to chasing he produced one of the best performance by an Irish horse at Cheltenham when going down narrowly to Garrison Savannah in the 1990 Sun Alliance Novices Chase — and Garrison Savannah the following won the Gold Cup and finished second in the National . |
| 2 | pulling up short to lip at a tasty twig , |
| 3 | Many local officers and shop stewards confessed to a bad conscience about seeing temporary workers coming in and then going out again to unemployment . |
| 4 | quite keen , well it is n't as if I 'm gon na stay for a year , he 's sort of thinking sort of you know going out there to work and I |
| 5 | But by that time four of the enemy ships were wrecks , one was aground and two of the remainder sufficiently damaged to make it doubtful whether they would ever reach their home ports — which was most evidently the hope of the survivors , as they went through the difficult , desperate business of turning in the confined space and heading back out to sea . |
| 6 | as I say Pam and her husband are going back down to villa erm in June I mean Val wants me and Rudy to go down to the villa , they 're going from July to the end of September this , this year , probably for longer , but erm |
| 7 | Rapidly moving on then to number nine , when can crisis cover be added ? |
| 8 | Okay , moving on then to item twelve , er , marked M , the Children 's Plan , ninety four , ninety five . |
| 9 | Stepping out on to grass she turned and knew that she was one of the few in all history and legend who could safely look a dragon in the eye . |
| 10 | The Volvo left the ground for precious seconds , flying through the air before finally crashing back down to earth with a sickening jolt that jarred every bone in her body . |
| 11 | She wanted to postpone any thoughts of coming back down to reality for as long as possible . |
| 12 | ‘ When you create chances , especially against Hearts , and do n't take them , then you ca n't have any complaints , ’ admitted McLean after literally coming back down to earth . |
| 13 | The headmaster gestured towards the window , still uncurtained , but giving out on to pitch blackness . |
| 14 | Or , rather , that was my excuse to myself when the letter first arrived and sent me sailing up on to Cloud Nine . |
| 15 | Still , it has the characteristic qualities of the Shire 's ‘ high style ’ : plain language , proverbial sentiment , a closeness to immediate context reaching out simultaneously to myth , a brave suggestiveness at once hopeful and sad . |
| 16 | For lid sitting down on to container , the single excursion in the container relationship must be opposite to that for the lid and one of the possible five in the other relationship . |
| 17 | Suddenly the sound of a door , of someone coming in from outside , brought Leith tumbling , falling back down to earth . |
| 18 | But had it not been to rid herself of her aura of wealth and privilege which had created her feeling that she was the darling of the gods — although the same gods knew how brutally they had treated her — that she had come to the East End to work , and to live as though she really needed to , and to survive on the pittance which she had earned , without bolting back again to luxury and comfort ? |
| 19 | In the past , perhaps , it has been perfectly natural to return after work to an empty flat or house and relish the orderly atmosphere and the peace and quiet , settling down alone to TV , music or a book . |
| 20 | Flowering in early to mid-spring , Narcissus cyclamineus , with its reflexed petals , makes a cheerful display |