Example sentences of "[verb] he [was/were] [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Laura 's just an old friend , ’ he said , knowing it was hopeless , that he had blown it or rather that Laura had blown it for him , and found he was speaking to the back of her neck . |
| 2 | But he found he was listening to the sonata through a hiss . |
| 3 | ‘ I imagine he was referring to the Independence Day celebrations , ’ her husband had told her as he 'd led the way into the apartment . |
| 4 | Mark says he was accompanied to the flat , but then realised he did n't have the right keys … he claims he offered to find Graham , but the officers broke in straight . |
| 5 | While they were saying so , Marshall was contacting Mrs Tavett and learning that her husband had said he was going to the surgery that morning but had not been home since . |
| 6 | ‘ I assumed he was going to the apartment to pick up some papers , ’ she said vaguely . |
| 7 | er , so I 've a , is n't it , it 's a case of no news is possibly good news again , erm , I 'm trying to get in touch with the National Co-Organiser for Carl and John without er any success erm , I know he was going to the erm , the British Section just erm , he was gon na check on them and what actions were forthcoming but er , I have n't heard about that erm , I dare say there 's some on the way erm , the erm , the other few points were erm Jackie 's talk last month she mentioned that erm she was gon na give sort of the more forms sort of side presentation and stuff at their centre in North London , I 've got ta date for that now , it 's erm the eighteenth of March , which is a Wednesday so eh , I 'll certainly be going , if anybody else is interested that 's er , that 's the date er , it 's , it 's not entirely to do with but it , it has a link in , erm we were mentioning campaigns last month , I believe there 's a fourth coming one on , indigenous peoples , which , er , it 's , it 's all sort of triggered off by erm the er five hundredth anniversary of Columbus discovering the Americas erm , the erm cast and the whole of all the sort of the Region and Action networks and the Americas are , erm gon na have a big link in with that campaign so , erm , I , I 'd really like to see us sort of getting involved with that , yes , and , I mean , I 'll be involved to an extent anyway , cos some of the actions that I 'll getting will be sort of addressing the issue of indigenous people 's but erm , erm , they if , if nobody else is wiling to take it on , I 'll , I 'll , I 'd certainly be prepared to erm , sort of co-ordinate that campaign , erm , having said all that , erm I mentioned to a few people that erm , erm in the process of buying a house , so erm I could be moving in well hopefully as little as two months time so erm , I mean if er is as quite as it has been for the last few months , I probably wo n't have any problems , but erm , sod 's law it 's bound to pick up just as I 'm moving house |
| 8 | Your analogy would be more accurate if you 'd talked of a mechanic saying he was going to the boot of my car to check the battery , having of course meant to say the bonnet . |
| 9 | Wyllie , who stood down as a candidate for the All Black job after a confidential letter from NZRFU Chairman Eddie Tonks criticising him was leaked to the press , returns to what he loves most , working with clubs to develop the skill and the knowledge of the average club player . |
| 10 | When she got a little closer she saw he was talking to the -man she 'd had the brush with when she first came in , and she hesitated in her progress . |
| 11 | Knowing he was referring to the drugs , Polly recoiled as though he had struck her . |
| 12 | He got off with him and he knew he was going to the station to sign off and he asked him , ‘ Did you pay your fare on the car ? ’ |
| 13 | She knew he was going to the Mnarja festival at Buskett , and she saw no reason why the betrothal customs should stop her from going too . |
| 14 | Actually there 's Paul , the guy who 'd given me a lift to the concert and , and he mentioned going to the , the film I saw , erm but I knew he was going to the pub , he always goes to the pub afterwards . |
| 15 | Ignorantly , I thought he was referring to the great Catholic/Protestant divide . |
| 16 | What do you think he was saying to the photographer ? |
| 17 | But as the months passed he was reduced to the expedient of holding his meetings in the street before small groups of the curious and the hostile . |
| 18 | The fact that it lacked heraldry around it was a sign that he belonged to no particular lord , though the blue sash announced he was attached to the Household of Ralarth . |
| 19 | I bet Alex wishes he was going to the pantomime today . |
| 20 | I think he was coming to the end of his management with Les Conn at the time . |
| 21 | The USC claimed by Jan. 1 to control large areas of the capital , with the President pinned down in a bunker at a military base south of Mogadishu airport ; later reports said he was confined to the presidential palace . |
| 22 | She knew all about Gesner — he 'd got a girl pregnant last year and everyone in the Company said he was appalling to the new leading lady , although she had n't noticed it herself . |
| 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 | Mr Koc said he was taken to the airport by Mr Ata Nur Kuntar and given a packet containing £2,500 , plus an envelope with three £50 notes in it as pocket money . |
| 25 | Mr Koc said he was taken to the airport by Mr Ata Nur Kuntar and given a packet containing £2,500 , plus an envelope with three £50 notes in it as pocket money . |
| 26 | The Feldwebel said he was going to the lavatory . |
| 27 | Well he says he 's going to the , he said he was going to the on Friday and they would be finished by Friday . |