Example sentences of "[pron] [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rosemary , playing safe , refused to go out with him unless I came too so in the end we used to make up a foursome with Henry 's pilot , Jimmy , and with me sticking to my policy of not getting involved . |
| 2 | If you choose one of these kinds of carpets they should be laid on the paper to stop them sticking to the floor . |
| 3 | Oi Dan I 've got ta , I 've got ta play you , I 've got ta play you later on of me apologizing to the Norwegians . |
| 4 | It is believed the platform of the hoist toppled over the first floor balcony sending them crashing to the ground floor . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm building my working life around my family , ’ I could imagine them explaining to puzzled spouses . |
| 6 | A good video always leaves me itching to ‘ have a go ’ ! |
| 7 | ( My ex-husband did not want me working in Oman with him , and even when I was in the UK arranging the divorce he took steps to prevent me returning to Oman to teach until he had himself left the country in 1987 . ) |
| 8 | Both the Seller and the Purchaser shall each keep confidential and shall not without the prior consent in writing of the other disclose to any third party any technical or commercial information which it has acquired from the other as a result of discussions , negotiations and other communications between them relating to the goods and the Order . |
| 9 | In other words , nothing relating to the second NTSB recommendation in the Windsor accident report had been done . |
| 10 | There is nothing relating to the facts of any of the specific complaints of the second to seventh defendants which requires separate consideration . |
| 11 | A resolution was passed that " nothing relating to Total Abstinence be introduced into the News and Reading room lectures . |
| 12 | ‘ We must destroy the hole and prevent them returning to our universe , ’ the Doctor said . |
| 13 | Erm , I think at the back of some people 's minds there was this pressure , you know that 's why a few did return to work and I mean I can understand some of them returning to work but not necessarily for the reasons they 've stated . |
| 14 | He has also earned the respect of the players who know that Nigel can hold the key to them returning to the side quickly . |
| 15 | He knows it chiefly as a source of seasonal traffic jams about which Marjorie sometimes complains ( the University day begins too late and finishes too early to inconvenience Vic himself ) and of distractingly pretty girls about whose safety he worries , seeing them walking to and fro between their halls of residence and the Students ' Union in the evenings . |
| 16 | ‘ Am I goin' to be by meself ? ’ asked Dolly in disgust . |
| 17 | How can they hear without someone preaching to them ? |
| 18 | Am I drawing to you ? |
| 19 | Perhaps it was just someone pretending to be Viola for security reasons . |
| 20 | Accordingly , it is not clear what rights are accepted by the transferee ; he may have accepted non-existing rights relying upon fraudulent information in a receipt message transmitted to him by someone pretending to be the carrier . |
| 21 | On the contrary , it was precisely the excessive femininity , laid on with a trowel as it were , that created the effect of someone pretending to be a woman , someone in fact rather desperately hoping to be taken for one . |
| 22 | He 's wonderful ! ’ she said and looked at the counsellor like someone confessing to her girlfriend that she has fallen in love . |
| 23 | ‘ What I want our music to achieve for someone listening to it has become more ambiguous . |
| 24 | My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus |
| 25 | Basically you will listen for maybe seven minutes then you switch off for two minutes then you switch on again and then you try and think well what was I listening to seven minu well you know , three minutes ago what was probably said in the last two minutes . |
| 26 | We followed a pleasant bridle path through trees and soon found ourselves listening to the sweet bubbling song of a black cap . |
| 27 | They may be made redundant or their marriage may break up ; even the loss of regular overtime can have a disastrous effect on someone living to the limits of his or her income . |
| 28 | They may be made redundant or their marriage may break up ; even the loss of regular overtime can have a disastrous effect on someone living to the limits of his or her income . |
| 29 | We saw in the first chapter how we can understand more about ourselves according to our type of personality . |
| 30 | First of all we have to time ourselves according to the buses which are one an hour out of the village into town , which is just a five minute journey . |