Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sold three and one of the reasons why and I think we got tremendous opportunity to develop an enormous part by just going in and speaking to people to explain to and they can relate to write lots and lots of and you can get a good grip we wo n't do it overnight , it is something you have got to develop . |
| 2 | he 's bound to be coming in and wanting to be starting that job |
| 3 | I mean , you expect to be going in and listening to Bon Jovi and , and Free , and you know in the background do n't you ? |
| 4 | What we are suggesting is that such an education does not add up to learning to be independent , to participating in and contributing to one 's own community , either as a child or later as an adult , as the aims of education purport . |
| 5 | To relax would mean giving in and conceding to a common prejudice which does nothing to enhance women 's esteem . |
| 6 | as long as it is a round trip commencing in and returning to the United Kingdom . |
| 7 | Generations of the same familyes have worked at Cowley , in recent years the numbers employed have declined , two of the works are due to close he says , The opening of Act 2 is a song which dela swith the lethargy that is seeping in and coming to terms with being out of work . |
| 8 | I looked out of the window and it was the back garden of Dr Jane 's house , and when Mrs Pitt came up to serve me and I complained Dr Jane laughed , and it was really Dr Jane all the time and the whole place was horrible and dark and dirty and when I got outside to follow my friends the ones who were usually in the dream there were n't any people and we were in a sort of studio and the village and the inn it was so obvious now I felt a fool for going in and sitting down and expecting to be served was the crudest sort of cardboard stage set like a model for a child 's history lesson and the colours were horrible and it smelt of a sort of horrible glue and — — |
| 9 | I boosted again , head down and shouting to myself inside , screaming mentally , my voice like a press , screwing down tighter to squeeze a final effort from my legs . |
| 10 | It depicts an outline map of Anglesey with airship SZ.234 superimposed , its trail rope hanging down and pointing to the location near Llangefni which is now part of RAF Mona . |
| 11 | He was far too used to people backing down and deferring to him . |
| 12 | Thank you very much and thank you for coming down and talking to us today . |
| 13 | Kath left them at the lift , and as the doors closed she caught a glimpse of him crouching down and talking to the little lad , his warm brown eyes kindly and concerned . |
| 14 | When they left it was clouding over and beginning to drizzle . |
| 15 | He lay there for a moment before rolling over and getting to his knees . |
| 16 | Using ancient techniques , they teach you how to make love for hours ( does n't that take away the man 's fun of rolling over and going to sleep after 45 seconds ? ) . |
| 17 | Worrying about , concentrating on and listening to the head noises will make them seem even more prominent and dominating . |
| 18 | The Government are hoping to carry on and according to the Secretary of State for the Environment the people will have to put up with the tax until 1993 . |
| 19 | She flapped an ineffectual hand at the swarms of small , irritating flies that hovered above the path , landing on and adhering to her warm face in a most unpleasant manner . |
| 20 | Alright alright alright , I 'm turning off and going to work . |
| 21 | There 's still some who want the shrieking , whirling dervish of the old Associates days and refuse to give him any credit for growing up and wanting to just get on with it . |
| 22 | Growing up and learning to be independent can then be happier and healthier . |
| 23 | Perhaps a retired person , with no family can honestly say ‘ Right , I 'm selling up and moving to the Isle of Skye . ’ |
| 24 | Whether this is good or bad remains to be seen , but the country has now opened up and according to the law , the owner of a Rembrandt drawing or a Cranach painting may sell it to anyone offering the right price . |
| 25 | And I really feel like going back putting my feet up and chatting to you a bit more because we have n't chatted enough have we ? |
| 26 | No , but I really feel like going back and putting my feet up and chatting to you a bit more , cos we have n't chatted enough have we ? |
| 27 | This is less Ben Elton-speak than naked ambition to be an admired state-of-the-art comedian who can acknowledge the wrongs of the world , shift with the politics of the time , try out new techniques ( in this case performing in theatres with a captive audience rather than in a back room full of hecklers getting up and wandering to the bar every 20 minutes ) and be funny . |
| 28 | ‘ Where to ? ’ demanded Jenny , jumping up and rushing to the window . |
| 29 | This is an unpleasant discovery which may shock you into giving up and returning to the relative comfort of Stage 1 . |
| 30 | The drivers , now cut up and veering to the Left , find voting for the party that has championed the self-employed harder to do . |