Example sentences of "[v-ing] to [art] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Walking to the shops instead of taking the car or bus , or walking up the stairs instead of using the lift are comparatively painless ways of working towards greater things . |
| 2 | You can now start venturing away from your measured route and start looking for additional ways to clock up the extra miles — try walking to the shops instead of driving ; try parking the car further away from work and walking the rest of the way ; or getting off the bus or train one or two stops from your destination and walking the rest of the way . |
| 3 | The elderly person interviewed may take a delight in explaining to the children exactly how certain things were used or how they worked . |
| 4 | Unless I get answers to my questions then you and the rest of the crew will find yourselves explaining to the police instead . |
| 5 | What 's happening to the speed now ? |
| 6 | Nor is the dragon entirely inappropriate in a story relating to a king supposedly descended from a sea-monster . |
| 7 | The impact of other legal requirements relating to the curriculum also warrants mention here . |
| 8 | There was force in the Crown 's argument that , strictly , the making of a statement in circumstances in which a person had already been charged and , in part at least , was intending to speak about matters relating to the charges already put did not fall within paragraphs 12 , 13 and 2 of Annex D. However , the Code must be read as covering this situation . |
| 9 | Grievances relating to the forests therefore figured prominently in the ‘ Petitions of the Barons ’ brought forward at the Parliament of Oxford in June 1258 . |
| 10 | By a respondent 's notice dated 28 February 1992 the father contended that in the event of the appeal being allowed in part the order should be varied so that the local authority pay to the father a sum representing the costs incurred by the father in the family proceedings court and that sum to be calculated by a costs draftsman by reference to the Legal Aid in Family Proceedings ( Remuneration ) Regulations 1991 or alternatively , to an order that the local authority pay to the father a sum representing in relating to the proceedings below calculated in the same way but excluding all or part of the costs incurred on 27 and 28 January 1992 . |
| 11 | the structured thought patterns I found that the most important because when I was up at the table on the second presentation I was able to have my thoughts relating to the layout already and with in fact just the single element of the subject shown on my paper I could immediately focus on that and in fact give the details of that right the way through . |
| 12 | The questionnaire will be divided into matters relating to the applicant personally and matters relating to the firm within which the applicant works . |
| 13 | The questionnaire will be divided into matters relating to the applicant personally and matters relating to the firm within which the applicant works . |
| 14 | Subject to any provisions of Scots law , with which we are not acquainted , this point should be put to the Inspector of Taxes , although the absence of a formal record relating to the dividend admittedly weakens the case . |
| 15 | If it is sloping to the right so much that it is nearly parallel with the diagonal it will never be completed unless drastic action is taken . |
| 16 | If it is sloping to the right so much that it is nearly parallel with the diagonal it will never be completed unless drastic action is taken . |
| 17 | But if the essence of the spiritual life is dying to the self then the religious man must sacrifice . |
| 18 | I am returning to the UK later this year ( I will be living in Hertfordshire ) , having spent six years abroad because of my husband 's employment . |
| 19 | After the Merlin was inspected by Aviation Jersey it was shipped back to the USA for rebuild by Vintage V12 , returning to the UK later in the year . |
| 20 | Neighbourhood police are supposed to spend as much time as possible per shift walking their beat , even taking tea-breaks at some appropriate place on the round , returning to the station only for their main meal break and when a criminal , such as a shoplifter , is apprehended , although this is rare . |
| 21 | It is important to realise the fact of ‘ dormitory ’ villages now so widely spread over England ; from any of the Essex towns one can see , as soon as works close down , a long string of bicycles returning to the villages outside … |
| 22 | As the queen-dowager had informed them , she was but paying a brief visit to the palace , out of respect for her young lord and would be returning to the sanctuary very shortly . |
| 23 | SUVA ( AP ) — Major General Sitiveni Rabuka , leader of Fiji 's two military coups , said he was returning to the army rather than accept the post of civilian deputy prime minister . |
| 24 | George , returning to the house rather earlier than he might have expected , put his head under the cold tap and let the delicious water course over him . |
| 25 | He has also earned the respect of the players who know that Nigel can hold the key to them returning to the side quickly . |
| 26 | Mr. Bridges has asked a couple of pertinent scientific questions — but let's hear more from him before , perhaps , returning to the audience here in the studio for some more of their opinion . ’ |
| 27 | As there was little point in returning to the rendezvous now that the pursuit had started , they went back to Kabrit . |
| 28 | The narrator , returning to the box shortly afterwards , finds that the signalman has been run over by a train . |
| 29 | On returning to the ward somewhat shaken myself I made the patient as comfortable as I could and asked to speak to the ward sister , who was fortunately very experienced and prepared to believe what I told her . |
| 30 | As the robber ran into and along the road , I followed at a distance of about 10 yards , keeping to the pavement so that the line of parked cars stood between us . |