Example sentences of "[v-ing] to [noun] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Teachers with interests in , and commitments to , humanities , English and creative and expressive arts felt ill-at-ease with teaching science and mathematics , not just because of their lack of confidence with the subject ( though this was important ) , but also because of their discomfort with the very different pedagogies , very different ways of relating to children they felt were associated with those other subjects . |
| 2 | Thinking Senor Gomorro was about to leave the country without returning to Suffolk they got in touch with colleagues in Oxfordshire . |
| 3 | Before returning to Milan they travelled first to Bologna and Leopold wrote to his wife : |
| 4 | According to Snodgrass they occur in all winged insects but are much modified in the Ephemeroptera and Odonata , presumably because these insects do not flex the wings over the abdomen at rest . |
| 5 | In a psychoanalytic study of the Amazons Bernice Schultz Engle points out that according to tradition they ‘ cared nothing for womanly arts , spent ten months of the year farming , pasturing cattle , and especially in training horses . |
| 6 | According to legend they were young lovers whom the druids forbade to marry . |
| 7 | According to size they can accommodate two or more persons . |
| 8 | At this time there were nine in the housegroup and according to John they were a motley bunch . |
| 9 | Again , according to rumour they step out to hitch rides to Paradise . |
| 10 | According to Mabbutt they are particularly characteristic of the Australian deserts , especially the Lake Eyre Basin . |
| 11 | According to Scott they occupy a ‘ contradictory class location ’ between labour and capital , but essentially they act as a service or lieutenant class for business leaders . |
| 12 | According to police they had 3.7 kilos of heroin , valued at US$7 million on the streets of New York . |
| 13 | On going to bed they began singing , disturbing other inmates . |
| 14 | The 27 finalists are listed below and at the time of going to press they are poised for the grand final in London . |
| 15 | no use going to York they ca n't . |
| 16 | With a vigour amounting to tactlessness they put dissension and argument into film debate , too long overshadowed by blind acceptance of yesteryear 's taste . |
| 17 | They 're restricted And twenty four hours before flying to Fairford they 'd used up all their practice time . |
| 18 | I suppose cos it 's coming to Christmas they do n't bother . |