Example sentences of "[v-ing] and [verb] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corbett bathed in the guest-house 's one and only tub before dressing and going down to the buttery for ale and a bowl of bread and fish boiled in milk . |
| 2 | He nodded at her now , and again said , ‘ By ! ’ before turning and running on to the stage . |
| 3 | 6 At first , Birdie 's shy , but then she jumps onto the perch I 'm holding and sidehops over to the treat dish . |
| 4 | ‘ We had been drinking and went up to the bedroom . |
| 5 | I turned without stopping and crawled back to the deep end , looking back as I breathed to make sure she was following . |
| 6 | He passed under the rock where Ellwood was sitting and went down to the narrow spit where he always stood to fish . |
| 7 | Even as he did so six glistening , shiny black figures came over the railing , rolling and flopping on to the deck , like excited seals . |
| 8 | Then she convinced him he was to say no more about leaving and get back to the story he had been working on when the row blew up . |