Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] to [art] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ferguson marked his return by latching on to an Alan Main clearance to beat Murdoch to the jump on the edge of the box , and head in the fourth . |
| 2 | Signing on to the DSD scheme , for instance , puts one more barrier in the way of a foreign firm wanting to sell in Germany . |
| 3 | Sacheverell 's defence counsel in 1710 did not deny that their client had defended non-resistance , but tried to define non-resistance as applying only to the Crown-in-Parliament , rather than the monarchy itself . |
| 4 | Although Peru in 1990 probably bore little resemblance to the place described circa 1948 in our tomes , we were immediately obsessed with an area sloping down to the Amazon Basin to the east of the Andes . |
| 5 | By 1737 he had begun to acquire over 200 acres of what was regarded as desolate heath-land sloping down to the River Mole near Cobham in Surrey , and he turned it into an ornamental park , Painshill Park . |
| 6 | I 'm not allowed to go jetting off to the Caribbean , that 's all . |
| 7 | NURSES from South Tees are jetting off to the U.S. this month to find out about baby care , American style . |
| 8 | That means a potential 200,000 customers will be jetting off to the States . |
| 9 | This may be had through two main channels , either by applying directly to the SIB or by applying indirectly through Self Regulatory Organization 's ( SRO 's ) . |
| 10 | It meant driving up to the London Passport Office a few times and waiting around there for interminable periods , but I hoped that it was going to be worth it . |
| 11 | The row was sparked as the French head of state went on national TV to declare any attempt to delay signing up to the Maastricht Treaty by Mr Major would be ‘ unacceptable ’ . |
| 12 | Last year , before signing up to an IMF deal , Ethiopia 's government sent a team to visit eight African countries and decide for themselves what works . |
| 13 | In her desperation she had been on the point of walking out to the Lock but there was no need to do that now . |
| 14 | Then he 'd been walking back to The Randolph when he suddenly felt he just could n't face his excessively sympathetic countrymen , and he 'd called in a pub and drunk a couple of pints of lager . |
| 15 | Once , on a day of snow and melting slush , he was walking back to the Marylebone Road when the Asshe carriage passed by , with Johnny at the reins . |
| 16 | To begin with those relating mainly to the Prague School , there seems , first , to be no objective way of determining what limits can be imposed on the description of the text 's structure . |
| 17 | Relating solely to the Greater York area . |
| 18 | For a moment I thought of driving out to the Jackson house , and beating out of the lawyer whatever information he had . |
| 19 | PCTE was developed by the Commission of the European Communities in 1983 , has been implemented across Europe and is now filtering through to the US . |
| 20 | ‘ Innes Place had been vacant ground for a long number of years , and the planning people insisted that there never had been houses fronting on to the Donegall Road , ’ Mr Smyth explained . |
| 21 | The houses in the High Street went stravaiging down to the Gallowgate and the Saltmarket , to which last place no sane citizen would go as it was full of cutthroat robbers , avoided even by the police . |
| 22 | While I 'm paying for your time , we 'll discuss whatever I think necessary , ’ and if that was n't enough to send her temper soaring , ‘ So , for a start , you can begin by telling me why , when I know as fact that two men at least hang their hat up in your home , you 're so intent — the glasses , the schoolmarm hairstyle — on living up to the Miss Frostbite label they 've pinned on you here ? ’ |
| 23 | All had their sails up and all were looking out to the Solent , not back towards the red foils approaching them at 35 knots . |
| 24 | NATO 's objective would be to conclude the follow-on CFE and CSBM negotiations as soon as possible , looking ahead to the CSCE follow-up meeting in Helsinki in 1992 . |
| 25 | Now our final report looking ahead to the Chelsea Flower Show , which opens next week . |
| 26 | With both Holloway and national coach Ian Birtwell looking ahead to the England v Canada international at Wembley on October 17 it was natural to hope for a good start to the new season against incoming U.K. tourists . |
| 27 | MANCHESTER United central defender Gary Pallister , looking ahead to the Rumbelows League Cup semi-final clash with his old club last night warned his teammates : ‘ We 've a fight on our hands . ’ |
| 28 | I 'm looking forward to the CCC match . |
| 29 | Being a bit of a senior citizen , I 'm looking forward to the Oldie , Richard Ingrams 's great new magazine for the Zimmer-frame set . |
| 30 | Dr. Tolba , widely respected for the critical role played by UNIP in achieving the Montreal Protocol on ozone depletion , is looking forward to the London Conference on Climate next June aimed at toughening up the Montreal guidelines . |