Example sentences of "[v-ing] to [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said nothing , merely walked away leaving them to push it open and then shut it after them , and on Philippa explaining to his departing back that she wanted to look for her earring and take back the vases and one or two things ‘ out of his way ’ , he said as ungraciously as he could ‘ I suppose so ’ . |
| 2 | The origins are often to be found by watching and listening to what goes on in the Soccer Specials — the trains and coaches which fans hire to transport themselves to away games . |
| 3 | A dozen other blacks from the Star and Garter hang off from us , listening to what goes down . |
| 4 | On Christmas Eve , listening to herself making yet more excuses on the telephone , explaining why they could n't make it to a family party , hearing her sister 's disappointment . |
| 5 | Well I ai n't gon na sit here listening to you rabbit on just cos mum wanted that filling up ! |
| 6 | At first I could not believe you thought this was the house and later … well , I enjoyed listening to you going on about it . |
| 7 | Wanting to something to do totally differently . |
| 8 | According to it did not seem to make much difference to tax on income differentials , rich peasants were still about two and a half times better off than poor peasants . |
| 9 | A neighbouring school may decide to cut back on special needs provision or transport to the swimming baths or some other expensive provision and an influx of recruits from that school may be looking to you to pick up the bills . |
| 10 | County are in danger of suffering their second relegation in successive seasons , and Pavis said : ‘ People have been writing to me asking when I 'm going to sack the manager . ’ |
| 11 | Further to our meeting earlier this week , I am writing to you to outline how KPMG Peat Marwick ( ‘ KPMG ’ ) may assist you with your plans to establish a significant presence in Europe in [ ] services . |
| 12 | As promised , I am writing to you to explain why your Board and its financial advisors Purchase and Szell consider the Anglo-Welsh takeover bid to be wholly unacceptable and why we strongly recommend you to reject it . |
| 13 | I am writing to you to pass on some information regarding Clown Loaches . |
| 14 | And and and quite honestly the parts of the organization they were going to I do n't perceive as being any more secure . |
| 15 | Finding accommodation and getting to it proved as easy as falling off a log ; there were free-phone backpacker ads in the airport , we rang one of them and they had a ( free ) minibus waiting right there , which took all of us including bike . |
| 16 | They had fallen , both of them , he could picture it exactly in his mind , and he could remember Kairallah , calling to him to get back to the car . |
| 17 | Always stress what can be seen to cohere and fit together before attending to what does not fit . |
| 18 | But erm in the back of my mind there comes that she 's saying to me do n't get involved , do n't get involved . |
| 19 | ‘ They are children on the brink , at the end of their tether , and we ca n't be saying to them come back in 50 weeks . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ OK , ’ he said , returning to his chair and signalling to her to sit opposite . |
| 21 | Diving to me has never seemed particularly energetic , and certainly one does n't swim at speed when sports diving . |
| 22 | It was touching to me to see how she would sometimes act helpless because she loved him being , as he often was , masterful with her , as well as tender ; and for his part it was easy to see that he thought her a wonderful woman and admired every inch of her . |
| 23 | Dr Neil looked down at the bent blue-black head , and some idea of the enormous concession she was making to him struck home . |
| 24 | The device of syntactical cross-reference through pronouns , auxiliary verbs , etc ; referring to something mentioned before . |
| 25 | Since we had to renew so much of the timber , we thought we would turn that to good account , rather than trying to We do n't want it to look as if it 's five hundred years old . |
| 26 | However , the waiter in the Piazza del Campo had taken Hugh 's camera off their table and was waving to them to sit closer . |
| 27 | Willis had noticed Woodie 's return , and could be seen gesturing behind the window of the deckhouse , expressing joy , pointing him out to Janet , and waving to him to come on in . |
| 28 | Keep meaning to she does n't He 's oh oh ! |
| 29 | Erm okay well in that case er what sort of time scale are we working to I mean how soon do you need somebody here ? |