Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] [adv] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He called out : ‘ I ca n't hold on any longer , ’ then fell straight on the ledge below , bounded out into the air , turning a somersault backwards , and pitching on to a grass projection some 30′ lower down … |
| 2 | As though to underline her thoughts , and reverting suddenly to a much earlier observation , he said : ‘ Do all the women in your time wear next to nothing ? ’ |
| 3 | Most of these seemingly alert young men , acting as sentries for their sleeping comrades , are soaked to the skin and looking forward to a little sleep themselves before the final push against the enemy . |
| 4 | The new team will find financial markets in a high state of excitement and looking forward to a cut in interest rates . |
| 5 | I 'm missing you all very much and looking forward to a time of sharing and renewal with you in April . |
| 6 | In less than two hours he could be free , safe and looking forward to a future . |
| 7 | and looking forward to a new year . |
| 8 | but Swindon are on their way … and looking forward to a home tie against Oldham Athletic from the premier league in round three … |
| 9 | He looked at her , and she saw him come erect , the magical mechanism of the male penis , lifting and filling out to a great rod the colour of a dull sunset . |
| 10 | Miss Huntley claimed to have spent the Saturday by herself in and around her flat , doing a bit of shopping and cleaning before meeting a few friends — only one of whom appeared to have an address — and going on to a party around ten o'clock at night . |
| 11 | Canada dominated the scoring , leading 22–6 at the interval and by 19 points in as many minutes with outside-half Gareth Rees , back after a winter in France , scoring the first nine and going on to a 20-point afternoon . |
| 12 | After eating a full breakfast , he performed his awesome feat of batting before , in the evening , taking part in a doubles tennis match , visiting the theatre and going on to a supper party ! |
| 13 | It 's exciting ; going back together and going back to a country which hopefully is changing . |
| 14 | Er , it is not just an additional committee , on the part of the West region , it is in fact the total reorganisation of a number of meetings , and getting down to a far more business-like thing . |
| 15 | In the story , Frank had to be seen shooting through the roof of the church moments later and holding on to a cross , before being rescued by a helicopter . |
| 16 | He may be a grandfather who has survived heart surgery and likes nothing better than spending time with his family but , like a retired gunslinger who can only be pushed so far , he gives the impression of still being capable of strapping on a Colt 45 and facing up to a gaggle of tobacco-stained desperadoes . |
| 17 | The redundancies were , the company says , incurred largely by its manufacturing operations , which it is currently scaling down and moving out to a smaller site in Alabama . |
| 18 | Two days later in what was a completely strange country I found myself doing this audition piece and I can remember very clearly sitting in the antechamber afterwards and the registrar popping her head round the door and saying balefully to a group of us sitting there , ‘ Sorry , none of you ’ . |
| 19 | To the massed spectators in the stands , flung in an instant from joyous acclaim of a Royal winner to horrified , dumbfounded silence , Devon Loch had seemed to leap at an imaginary obstacle before slithering to the ground and skidding along to a halt , the momentum throwing Francis up on to the horse 's neck . |
| 20 | Erm , two er three points would I like , erm , picking up a couple of comments earlier , and coming back to a , I think if we use a cricketing analogy , a long hop I 'd like to bowl at you Chair , and you may hit it in Mr Wincup 's direction . |
| 21 | Trains will have a power car at both ends , each capable of starting the train on a maximum gradient of 1 in 40 and accelerating rapidly to a maximum operating speed of 300kph . |
| 22 | The sloop apparently ran straight on to the top of the bank under sail in spite of the fact that the top of the bank is 10 m ( 30 ft ) above the level of high spring tides.Jutson ( 1939 ) has pointed to a series of generally narrow platforms cut mainly in almost horizontal rocks in New South Wales and extending up to a height of 10 m ( 30 ft ) or more . |
| 23 | It 's picking up signals of what your mental and physical state is and referring back to a lot of experience — all of these things make a kind of gut instinct . |
| 24 | HOLIDAY HEARTBREAK : But returning home to a burglary can be avoided |