Example sentences of "about [v-ing] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every few months Hugh de Tracy would mutter about seeing to the building of a proper barbican over the postern . |
| 2 | He 's conscious that safety-critical items such as tyres and brakes must n't be skimped on , but he 's not overly concerned about sticking to the recommended 6000-mile service schedule ; so far the Sierra has on average been serviced every 13,500 miles and has never seen the inside of a Ford dealer 's workshop . |
| 3 | Mrs. Michie : I note your ruling about sticking to the new clause , Mr. Deputy Speaker . |
| 4 | Not so , as last week 's pro-blood sports advertisement in the Daily Telegraph ( talk about preaching to the converted ) amply proved . |
| 5 | Many comprehensives are also nervous about returning to the council embrace , notably the 40 previously earmarked for closure or where their high-profile success has got up important noses . |
| 6 | I had no worry about visiting my surgeon , but I did worry about returning to the Centre with such grave doubts and negative attitude towards their therapies . |
| 7 | Less than six on the Richter scale , he found out later , only a tremor , really , but it was enough to change Creed 's mind about returning to the office . |
| 8 | But Ralph did n't think twice about returning to the school , nicknamed the Killing Fields because so many fledgling careers are buried there with only 40 tour cards on offer . |
| 9 | Newbery felt quite happy about returning to the series on a very irregular basis , but for Cusick enough was enough . |
| 10 | He also has an open mind about returning to the ring at some point to pursue an impressive career with manager Terry Lawless . |
| 11 | Actually for radical gays it was much more about the relationship with the Labour movement ; much more about building social identities ; about relating to the need for social change . |
| 12 | This section gives general guidance about applying to the University . |
| 13 | So she hoovered the floor , made a leisurely and politically correct lasagne , whipped egg whites , chilled good wine , luxuriated in the lion-gold tobacco Dionne had brought her from France , wondered about writing to the manufacturers about distribution in England . |
| 14 | It is also evident that , unlike Carter , Reagan had no inhibitions about tending to the needs of congressmen in return for their support . |
| 15 | By entering ‘ the race … to show that the Government is wrong ’ Ukepra is clutching at straws and defying the accepted principle that marketing any product is all about listening to the demands of the consumer and satisfying those demands . |
| 16 | John discloses that there were also practical problems about adding to the family while standing for Parliament . |
| 17 | However , there is a serious difficulty about adding to the number of MPs linked to the government . |
| 18 | If you feel you would like to go to a group but feel uneasy about going to the first one alone contact me and I will arrange for someone to take you and introduce you . |
| 19 | He would have liked to telephone Marshal Guarnaccia who had gone back down to Florence but he did n't want to block the line , and in any case the Marshal had said something about going to the prison . |
| 20 | Last-minute decisions can be made about going to the cottage in the country , but a little more planning is needed to arrange a trip abroad . |
| 21 | She was uneasy about going to the pet shop . |
| 22 | It Not so much move around , er some people , the age group you 're talking about going to the blues , because do n't just think that it 's it is prominently West Indians or blacks , that go , but there 's white people go as well . |
| 23 | if we 're talking about going to the you can go down to play the course there , you 'd only get one round played . |
| 24 | Was , was everybody embarrassed about going to the pawnbrokers or did n't did n't some people |
| 25 | ‘ What about going to the police ? |
| 26 | And I can see the problem about going to the police . |
| 27 | this morning when , where we all watched it for the first time together and as , as Richard said you know , I 'm , I 'm squeamish about going to the dentist , so , and it cos er , it 's basically there 's a scene in the bar where they 're pulling this guy 's tooth out |
| 28 | I had a phobia about going to the dentist , and the doctor wanted to give me tranquillizers but I did n't want to take them , so I actually went for hypnotherapy which helped . |
| 29 | I asked him about going to the Highlands and seeing the wonderful colours there and he just looked at me and said ‘ too amorphous ’ . |
| 30 | It 's , it was , it was er er sheer coincidence that Beverley had been to Crete the year before and I said to Jackie we 've been to Yugoslavia four years , do you want , do you want a change or do you wan na go back to Yugoslavia , she said well I 'll , I 'll have a look , I said how about , how about going to the Greek islands for a change |