Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] [v-ing] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Altho the players marks were as expected … you cant take anything from these normally as I reckon they do them from match reports rather than from going to matches … the one thing they CANT lie about is the shots/corners scores … and here goes … |
| 2 | Most ministers at first were more interested in spending money than in getting to grips with the nation 's economic problems . |
| 3 | This is the sort of thing my mob is supposed to be ironing out and they dare n't admit they 've even been involved — except by whispering to people like Sprague . |
| 4 | What better way of starting such a series than by talking to Asa Briggs , Lord Briggs , prominent author and historian , previous Vice-Chancellor of the University and now Provost of Worcester College , Oxford ? |
| 5 | I had n't seen John at all since before going to hospital . |
| 6 | As for reporting to Daddy , you go right ahead , though you might find that what he has to say is n't much to your liking . ’ |
| 7 | As for going to church , why , I ca n't afford it , — besides to tell the truth , I do n't like it well enough . |
| 8 | They were all ready , spruce and clean as for going to church , Sunday trim . |
| 9 | These remarks emphasize the role of surveillance in pollution control , for enforcement is conceived of as a matter of prevention as much as of responding to rule-breaking . |