Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv prt] [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I completely messed myself up going to altitude . |
| 2 | Lucker fills up and checks the car , whilst I buy some food , zap it through the microwave , and bring it out steaming to the car . |
| 3 | They have learned to play their part in the hierarchy , to receive instructions and carry them out according to strict rules and regulations . |
| 4 | ‘ My last defeat was in New York against Glenwood Brown in 1989 but , instead of putting me off going to a guy 's home town , it seemed to encourage me , ’ said Boucher . |
| 5 | After a few months off , your main worry may be that you wo n't be able to cope with a full-time job , which will probably put you off returning to what you were doing before the baby . |
| 6 | But the accident has n't put him off taking to the road himself . |
| 7 | As the money flowed in , first in a dribble , then in a torrent , Nora began to move it around according to the strategy they had devised . |
| 8 | This is not an equal fight between two evenly matched sides battling it out according to some carefully laid down ground rules of fair play . |