Example sentences of "[v-ing] to [pron] [conj] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ted had given up all hope of enlarging his holding and was concentrating his efforts on farming his existing soil , making a reasonable living from his multiplicity of vegetable crops , when a letter arrived one day explaining to him that if he still wanted to buy the adjoining land , the owners were interested in discussing the matter . |
| 2 | ‘ The army will concentrate on Quatre Bras , ’ the Duke of Wellington seemed to be speaking to himself as though he groped towards a solution of the problem Napoleon posed , ‘ but we sha n't stop him there , and if so , ’ Wellington 's gaze flicked across the map , then settled , ‘ I must fight him , ’ he paused again to lean over the map for a few final seconds , ‘ here . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , come , Neil , ’ said Matey , speaking to him as though he were eight again . |
| 4 | He stood up , face scarlet , looking at her and speaking to her as though she were the whore he had called her . |
| 5 | He was clinging to her as though she was his mother , his head resting sleepily on her shoulder , buckling the brim of his hat . |
| 6 | My tutor was saying to me that when he did his degree twenty odd years ago , he knew everything there was to know about chemistry , but because it 's growing , because it 's new , you 've always got to keep up with it , whereas history does n't change , does it , apart from you add a bit on to what happened last year ; with chemistry it 's constantly changing , you 've always got something new to learn , you never stop really . |
| 7 | At the end , you might slowly count yourself up from 1 to 5 , suggesting to yourself that when you reach the number 5 you will be wide awake , feeling refreshed and at peace . |
| 8 | ‘ Okay , ’ I say , when Frank 's finished talking to me as though I 'm a Sun reader . |
| 9 | Sh and she really , and she makes me laugh when she said , talking to someone and when they start working again she turns round to the next person at the other side of her ! |
| 10 | I keep thinking to myself that if somebody had been there I would have managed , but there was n't . |