Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [v-ing] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am assailed with feelings of irritation mixed with amusement at the number of pilots who , despite cheerfully paying many hundreds if not thousands of pounds on their chosen hobby , carp on about having to fork out three or four quid over the odds in selected landing fees , or as in the case of correspondent K. Foster £46 for a medical combined with an ECG . |
| 2 | Along with learning to scuba dive , swim with dolphins , become an astronaut or climb Everest , one of my ambitions has always been to take time out to become really familiar with the business end of a recording studio . |
| 3 | As bedtime approaches , it 's as well to linger in the toilet to empty your bowels , or if your nerves are causing stomach jitters , take something , such as Imodium , to calm the situation down before going to sleep . |
| 4 | Alternatively , you can switch off by listening to music , or think about something peaceful . |
| 5 | The last revellers had finally been seen off at nine in the morning ; they and Margot had done some cleaning up before going to bed , though Ken had anyway had a couple of hours ' sleep between three and five , when he 'd fallen into a deep slumber on the wicker couch in the conservatory . |
| 6 | On Oct. 9 , Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka presented to the Sejm ( lower house of parliament ) the socio-economic programme which her government had drawn up since coming to office in July [ see p. 39016-17 ] . |
| 7 | ‘ It does n't necessarily add up to going to bed . ’ |
| 8 | Inevitably one night she ended up by going to bed with him . |
| 9 | He switched all the door and window alarms on before going to bed and crashing out . |
| 10 | ‘ Help me get out of going to Gran 's on Sunday . ’ |
| 11 | If you went out to dinner , you did n't think of how to get out of going to bed with him , it was how to get out of the car without kissing him . ’ |
| 12 | And er that er very often the criminal fraternity are looking at it as a ways and means of getting out of coming to court . |
| 13 | But is it not a fact in the real world that we prepare for war during peacetime by keeping our armed forces equipped and ready , rather than disbanding them and waiting until war breaks out before beginning to re-arm and train new forces ? |