Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] [v-ing] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He reads the Koran , he attends daily prayers , and occasionally , when there is a gap in the conversation , he babbles of going to Mecca . |
| 2 | ‘ And that starts with going to work , perfectly normally . ’ |
| 3 | The hesitation which the average individual has in going to Court and giving evidence should not be under-estimated and if there is , therefore , an inclination to avoid that the Tender provides the agent with a basis for persuading the client to accept . |
| 4 | ‘ Perceptual learning , then , consists of responding to variables of the physical stimulation not previously responded to ’ ( Gibson and Gibson 1955 , p. 34 ) . |
| 5 | And , as she walked innocently along a street to collect holiday snaps before returning to Lancashire , she was cut down by a bullet meant for a soldier . |
| 6 | He investigates by going to places , tackling people , often but not always by shooting or slugging them , and often but not obligatorily so by going to bed with them . |
| 7 | The problem with device drivers is that they have to be installed in your CONFIG.SYS file , and it is usually helpful to have an install routine guide you through the process — lord knows , just about every other program you come across these days insists on writing to CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT . |
| 8 | Where the Sales Department insists on selling to people we would n't want to touch with a barge pole ! |
| 9 | Bell , who played on the wing for Queen 's in his first season out of school , will be available for Ballymena when the All Ireland League commences before returning to Loughborough University . |
| 10 | It could be said that to understand what he means by prayer is to understand what he means by talking to God . |
| 11 | Such an approach would preclude an understanding of what Gandhi means by talking to God . |
| 12 | which goes across according to attainment targets . |
| 13 | Most often he falters by trying to second-guess himself and his audience , and sound like he did 10 years ago . |
| 14 | Too superstitious you are , that 's what comes of going to church so much , mind . ’ |
| 15 | You can learn a certain amount by reading , but the best advice comes from talking to people . |
| 16 | All three writers deal with a haunting problem which humanity faces in coming to terms with its lot . |
| 17 | There was a direct connection with the shipyards , not only in terms of orders by British owners ( who now build abroad to a far greater extent than any other non-flag of convenience maritime nation ) , but through the training of engineering officers who traditionally served their time as fitters in the yards or engine works before going to sea . |
| 18 | When it comes to going to bed at night I do all the wrong things — and I 'll bet you do , too . |
| 19 | Nicholas Humphrey 's project , to establish a theory of how consciousness evolved , begins by returning to sensation . |