Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] to [being] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simon said goodness knew he did object to being blown to pieces : but , No . |
| 2 | Romance blossomed once again as she realised how close Neil had come to being killed . |
| 3 | There was no blood on the bandage , but as she glanced across the broad sweep of his back Isabel realised suddenly how close Guy had come to being killed . |
| 4 | Limping awkwardly to the window , he watched Tom fight his way through the snow in the farmyard , and he thought of how close he and Carrie had come to being caught in bed together . |
| 5 | Nora found Lady Wardley irritatingly superior but , as her junior in the W.V.S. , had to submit to being patronised . |