Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [verb] [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This happens , for instance , when the volkstümlich tunes so popular in early nineteenth-century bourgeois domestic song ( where they signify according to romantic conceptions of nation and community ) are used by working-class singers for disaster ballads ; when sentimental Tin Pan Alley ballad melody is ‘ gospelized ’ by Ray Charles or Otis Redding ; or when the heavy four-four of the quick march ( goose step ? ) is appropriated by the early punk bands as a mode of critique . |
| 2 | It 's forty one more in your book and loans , than she does according to that book . |
| 3 | We told her that once she started going to the loo every time . |
| 4 | I really thought that was funny because , once you start listening to their music with that in mind , suddenly almost everything they say starts to become very cryptic . |
| 5 | Funny is n't it how we meet people , how you can know them for ages then you just sort of talk to them , or once you start talking to them you realize that you 've got |
| 6 | The Ruff-stuff 's tracks swept off to the right so we kept walking to the left . |
| 7 | It was also a story about people and , if I keep returning to Morocco , it is not just because the Atlas offer superlative climbing and trekking but because the Berber ‘ Highlanders ’ are a very special people : incredibly hardy , had-working , lively and friendly . |
| 8 | If I cut according to my cloth and did n't |
| 9 | I felt wonderful , and it was at that moment that I realised that if I started taking my athletics seriously , if I started training properly , if I started listening to Ron , then maybe I could do something in the sport . |
| 10 | Yeah er and er I 'll be quite frank with you erm until I start talking to you in your background would n't come anywhere near what we want . |
| 11 | One of these involved plying a woman with drink until she fell reeling to the floor , where glass after glass of liquor was poured over her until she became ‘ merely a confusion of filth ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ I certainly sha n't speak to her until she starts replying to my letters , ’ said Lord Grubb , cued in so that it was possible to say it at last . |
| 13 | cos she keeps saying to me oh when you have that bloody tank she keeps nagging and nagging to have it . |
| 14 | A lot of information has been crammed into this guide and if you intend going to the Continent , then this is one item you should definitely put on your list of things to take . |
| 15 | While Camping Gaz fuel is widely available and UK users should have no difficulty in finding a supply , if you intend heading to more remote parts , even of Europe , it 's another story . |
| 16 | ‘ If you get talking to any New Yorkers they 'll tell what a lousy dirty city it is all full of crime and weirdos and garbage . |
| 17 | I was wondering if you fancy going to Ming 's tomorrow evening ? |
| 18 | If you keep listening to the radio , you 'll probably hear any news as quickly as I do . |
| 19 | ‘ If you keep talking to me he might think we have n't seen him , ’ Benny hissed out of the corner of her mouth . |
| 20 | So if you avoid trying to muck the switchboard up if you could between 9 and 9.30 and 1 and 2.00 . |
| 21 | If you practise listening to yourself speaking on tape , you win be used to the timbre or magnification of your voice . |
| 22 | A lot of people thought that it was n't commercial , but if you start pandering to that sort of stuff … ’ |
| 23 | A lot of people thought that it was n't commercial , but if you start pandering to that sort of stuff … ’ |
| 24 | If you start writing to councillors and start complaining that Sites of Special Scientific Interest are being damaged then broader interests are going to become involved . |
| 25 | Dec. 31 , 1996 : Deadline for decision on whether and when to move to stage three of EMU , if a majority of countries had achieved sufficient convergence of their economies ; deadline for UK to notify the EC if it intends moving to stage three of EMU . |
| 26 | Most people prefer to avoid pursuing a claim if it means going to court because of the expense , which can sometimes end up being more than the amount of money in dispute . |
| 27 | Having harvested a quick crop ( Hong Kong 's pride ) , the Taiwanese are now ken to learn more — even if it means going to the length of copying someone else . |
| 28 | A reporter 's job is to stay put and tell us what she can , even if it means crawling to objectionable people . |
| 29 | Cos he started writing to her . |
| 30 | ‘ Because I like going to different countries . |