Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] to the point " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore I did n't know what was going on to the point where I carried on working in a prefabricated hut hard by the administration block during a very successful students ' occupation in summer 1976 . |
| 2 | 3 The children 's parents tell their version of the story , starting at the moment when they see the stains on Lollo 's gear , and going on to the point where they realise they ( or their children ) have discovered super penicillin . |
| 3 | I have been using the playhouse for about ten years now and going back to the point that someone made earlier about sex well about erm racism sexism is does n't that count as censorship . |
| 4 | Because , going back to the point earlier on , erm , when I was taught I say , it was a local nurse from th er , the clinic that taught us I mean I 've nothi , nothing against elder women in their fifties and whatever , but I mean , there again , one , it should n't always be females who teach about sex , it should be males , and it should be younger people to relate |
| 5 | And it 's going back to the point that Mr Curtis I think misunderstood me , that 's basically that if you concentrate new growth in one location you have the ability to plan to serve that development by public transport , whereas if you spread it out to all the points of the compass , you know , two hundred houses in one direction of York , two hundred in the opposite direction would become very mor more difficult to serve than would a concentrated er chunk of development , and that 's as simple as that . |
| 6 | Erm another thing is , going back to the point about erm er when you 're a child grown-ups often do rather unpleasant things to you and expect you to comply . |
| 7 | I said I always imagined the pattern starting at the N1 cam and spreading out to the point cams . |
| 8 | Another criterion that works well is to continue delegating up to the point where subordinates either actually object , or begin to fail to deliver successful results . |
| 9 | Always keep coming back to the point from which you start , and try to select other roads to follow . |
| 10 | Er oh yes abortion yes now coming back to the point about abortion . |
| 11 | Now , coming back to the point you were making about them paying your suppliers and such like , erm , all the standard is looking for is that you use proof suppliers , that you get what you want , when you want it . |