Example sentences of "and [v-ing] to a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The name Empire Flying-boat rings with nostalgia and is linked forever with exotic destinations , superb food , attentive service and surfing to a halt on one of Africa 's great lakes or the brilliant waters of a tropical sea . |
| 2 | Her own perception of herself ( courageous , persistent , and sticking to a course no matter how unpopular ) is matched by the public perception , according to Gallup surveys on the personality images of various leading British politicians . |
| 3 | As we went away to the sounds of Mrs Otto 's profuse good-byes , I reflected on the nature of the relationship between her and Otto , almost the opposite to what one might have expected : the gallant captain going off to sea where his authority was absolute and his orders brooked no delay , and returning to a wife whom he clearly adored but where the roles were reversed . |
| 4 | Pearson hoped that the sense of authenticity in his films would ‘ carry feeling and understanding to an audience , ’ but it was odd to imagine he could achieve genuine popularity by avoiding suspense and dramatic conflict . |
| 5 | Now here when you end up with a lot of having arguments and listening to a lot of arguments a lot of them are like win lose . |
| 6 | He was wearing very old clothes , smoking a Gauloise cigarette and listening to a Beethoven quartet on the car radio , and I thought , ‘ Oh boy , just how many ways can you be a snob simultaneously . ’ |
| 7 | When I get out of my train at Victoria and look about me at the other two hundred — mostly strangers , not least so those whose names as early schoolfellows dawn on me when they disappeared , — I sometimes think that one or two of us ought to speak out instead of just voting and making a remark in the complaint book once or twice a year and writing to a newspaper less often . |
| 8 | The butler seized the glass where upon the fairies tried to regain the cup but realising that they were no match for this mortal they finally abandoned the struggle and vanished , leaving the butler with the glass cup and according to a ballad by the German poet Uhland with this warning . |
| 9 | The commercial function had previously been subordinate to operations , and according to a manager involved , its philosophy was ‘ to sell what the operating departments produced ’ . |
| 10 | Liver biopsy specimens were taken whenever rejection was suspected clinically and according to a protocol — usually at 7 , 14 , and 21 days , 6 months , 1 , and 2 years . |
| 11 | The feudal summons had some attractive features from the nobility 's point of view : service without pay by virtue of tenure and according to an oath of homage was considered an honourable obligation ; and whenever a feudal muster was ordered the tenants-in-chief were entitled to levy scutage on their own tenants . |
| 12 | The company was owed I£180 million for supplies exported to Iraq since 1986 , and according to an announcement by O'Malley on Aug. 28 , 1990 , the group owed over I£450 million to 33 banks . |
| 13 | The fires caused only minor damage , and according to an engineer at the plant there were no effects on the environment . |
| 14 | Trow Gill is dry , a grass slope rising and narrowing to a breach in the cliffs at the top , a passage through it being made up a tumble of boulders . |
| 15 | Each time the tension starts building up round Grimes , either in his person or in his absence , and eventually the mood erupts in an orchestral interlude descriptive in some way of the horror and introspection of Grimes 's existence and leading to a scene in which that existence is laid bare in monologue . |
| 16 | The Liberal loyalties of the older generation of miners ' officials had been challenged not merely by the idea of independent labour representation but also by the notion of direct action , based on industrial power and leading to a system of " workers ' control " which would supplant parliamentary institutions . |
| 17 | Not only does one wonder what embarrassment might have occurred to warrant it but the propriety in not claiming the Ladies ' door and leading to a lavatory in the way the men 's clearly does , is a reminder of the delicacy of those times . |
| 18 | In a statement announcing his resignation from the CPSU after its central control commission had recommended his expulsion because of " actions contravening Party statutes and leading to a schism in the Party " [ for Yakovlev 's leadership of the Democratic Reform Movement see p. 38347 ] , he said : " I want to warn society that an influential Stalinist clique has been formed within the leading nucleus of the party , which is against the political course of 1985 [ the year of Gorbachev 's accession ] … |
| 19 | In particular , the establishment of a multidisciplinary panel motivated to develop a practice model , with clear objectives , membership and identification of task , appeared to be particularly important factors in sustaining development work and leading to a practice model which became established across the disciplines . |
| 20 | On the western coast , where extensive marshes are to be found in Cardigan Bay , the succession of plants differs in some respects from that of the east coast , but the general process of deposition encouraged by plants and leading to a sequence of changing plant communities is similar . |
| 21 | Perhaps money has become too much of a god — to the exclusion of good common sense , and leading to an abdication of responsibility . |
| 22 | If they can do this , a change of plan at an early stage can usually prevent the situation from developing and leading to an accident . |
| 23 | Later excavation under the direction of Dr. Euan MacKie found that the work of building the circle was never completed and owing to a miscalculation or perhaps an unfavourable omen , was abandoned . |
| 24 | This would solve the problem choosing a new amp and getting to a gig only to find it to be a wimp . |
| 25 | TAKE a bag of used banknotes , legitimately acquired and amounting to a quarter of a million pounds . |
| 26 | Mannheim 's comparison between belonging to a generation and belonging to a class also provides a model for the analysis of other important ‘ common locations ’ , such as those constituted by ethnicity or gender . |
| 27 | Most foliage houseplants need a period of rest in mid winter , so keep feeding and watering to a minimum until new growth starts in the spring . |
| 28 | But , before she could stop herself , she was leaning forward and pointing to a couple of the sketches in particular . |
| 29 | Tammy helped Michael stagger naked and bleeding to a road where a passer-by stopped to summon help . |
| 30 | Establishing some limits on the number of feeds in a day and moving to a schedule of roughly four-hour feeds for a 6-month-old baby is perfectly reasonable instead of demand feeding continuously . |