Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [adv] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Enough to remind her of the consequences of submitting so easily to a man who despised her . |
| 2 | And slick pictures of pretty young people who seem to have nothing better to do than make amateur porn videos — often appearing in up to a dozen different tapes . |
| 3 | It would n't be on walking much further to a bus stop somewhere else , especially in the winter when it 's raining and snowing . ’ |
| 4 | In less dramatic contexts , for de-clawed cats kept indoors ( and robbed of all outdoor pleasures ) , even the simple act of climbing up on to a chair or a window-ledge may prove hazardous . |
| 5 | Climbing up on to a high bastion , I looked down over the shimmering interior of the fort and thought of the words that must once have been a set text for the cavalrymen stationed here : |
| 6 | Idle — or perhaps not so idle — mention may be made on the radio news of a distant tropical depression known to be forming somewhere close to an exotic and encouragingly far away island — Yap , maybe , or Truk , or the northern Matianas . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes — bedroom , bathroom , a door opening on to a section of enclosed veranda , and an open veranda beyond that , looking down on to a rather beautiful tropical garden . |
| 8 | Shrugging off the severely cut navy blue linen jacket of her new designer suit , she tossed it over on top of her briefcase , before sinking down on to a sofa and sighing with relief as she slipped off her high-heeled blue court shoes . |
| 9 | In a moment , they were far enough out that they could see miles down the rocky shoreline … and they could see the other boaters scrambling up on to a piece of rock . |
| 10 | Then , gliding slyly over to a nearby telephone , he sends new orders to a quivering goon with the immortal Bond film catchphrase : ‘ Prepare my battle-sub immediately . ’ |
| 11 | Jess looked round the big kitchen ; at the dresser full of blue and white china ; the copper kettle hanging steaming over the fire ; the tubs and jugs and iron pans ; the rough whitewashed walls and the big sash window looking out on to a rising kitchen garden . |
| 12 | Bar/Breakfast room looking out on to a small patio . |
| 13 | There was no room service and we were breakfasting in the hotel dining-room at a table looking out on to a square adorned by several yuccas and some dusty oleanders . |
| 14 | Instead she found herself remembering things she had disliked about the flat — the row of closed doors in the long dark passage , the kitchen looking out on to a brick wall , the occasional stiflingly hot summer evening when she had longed to be in the country . |
| 15 | In 1990 we heralded the dawning of a New Europe — in 1992 we can advance as true Europeans , looking forward especially to a closer partnership with our friends in Dieppe , Rouen and Lille . |
| 16 | In this case , due to the form of key and the end-folding digits chosen , end-folding is acting very similarly to an order-preserving algorithm . |
| 17 | In Germany , this spirit often takes the form of a ‘ bergmonck ’ or huge , pale monk who wards off travellers venturing too close to a mine rich with lodes of gold . |
| 18 | ‘ Here we are , ’ announced the Brigadier , emerging suddenly from his world of private woes and turning right on to a grassy track running between two olive groves . |
| 19 | Canada 's disappointment at going so close to a memorable Davis Cup triumph was shared no doubt by Neal Frazer and his Australian team , who had faced the long journey to Cyprus for what was always likely to be a somewhat meaningless match against a no longer credible Yugoslav side , without players from Croatia , even before the injury to Slovodan Zivojinovic , in the first match . |
| 20 | During the afternoon she worked hard and realised almost with dismay that she was going home not to a comfortable evening by the fire but to yet another Lenten service at which her uncle was to be the preacher . |
| 21 | Pull out leftwards from beneath the overhang to gain a groove , followed by a crack , leading directly up to a big ledge . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm going straight on to a gig . ’ |
| 23 | We 're going out , we 're going out probably to a strip party |
| 24 | But on the other hand I think the erm social work is now going back again to a situation where it 's really rather more specialized . |
| 25 | Well I think you 're moving on now to a sphere where perhaps C I D could you know help you on that . |
| 26 | During its 1947 eruption , the Icelandic volcano Hekla ejected ash at a rate estimated to be nearly 100,000 cubic metres per second during the first half hour , slowing down subsequently to a more modest 30,000 cubic metres per second . |
| 27 | We want to turn state companies into shareholding companies by moving perhaps on to an Italian model of state participation in industry , so we can create a situation where companies would be owned by a combination of the state , private shareholders and foreign investors . |
| 28 | This is quite easy to do on an animation stand , with the camera pointing down on to a flat board which supports the artwork . |
| 29 | Despite the obvious influence of Impressionism in the appearance of Walker 's pictures she also worked under the umbrella of ‘ decorative symbolism ’ — belonging more specifically to a tradition dominated by Puvis de Chavannes , which was authoritatively identified in relation to Augustus John by David Fraser Jenkins in his essay ‘ Slade School Symbolism ’ for the Barbican exhibition catalogue , the Last Romantics ( 1989 ) . |
| 30 | He and others set up a rival ‘ underground ’ publication , the Shilling Paper , which , though a great success on its own terms , was useless as a credential for getting straight on to a Fleet Street paper such as the Sunday Times . |