Example sentences of "[noun] were [adv] [v-ing] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two men who had come in to quaff down great glasses of cidre were now returning to their scythes in a field opposite , to join a line of sodden reapers there . |
| 2 | She supposed the tensions and upsets of the day were finally getting to her . |
| 3 | And people were just saying to me what 's the matter ? |
| 4 | In other words , when the New Ireland Forum was being assured by Bishop Daly of the intention of the Roman catholic church in Ireland to support full civil and religious rights for Northern Ireland protestants , the bishops were effectively reserving to themselves , as a body of luminaries with a direct access to the inner structures of social reality , the right to declare what actually constituted a civil and religious liberty or right and they were doing so on the grounds of what they considered good for society . |
| 5 | The singer was ready to start , and some couples were already dancing to her tapes . |
| 6 | She did n't like it , but she could n't back away without making it very obvious that her nerve-ends were definitely reacting to his closeness . |
| 7 | Me and the aliens were finally getting to him . |