Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [be] [v-ing] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All my friends were going to college or getting jobs . |
| 2 | We knocked them out of their rhythm and never allowed them to settle or sustain any momentum and I felt their frustrations were beginning to surface . |
| 3 | But , what , which ones are going to heaven ? |
| 4 | Parke , 17 , needed all his creativity and courage to hold on for a 15-10 , 9-15 , 15-12 , 15-14 victory just when his resources were beginning to flag . |
| 5 | Given no avenues to think for ourselves , we could at least say ‘ No ’ to what others were seeking to foist upon us . |
| 6 | Why is it , then , that so many of our constituents are coming to advice surgeries about bills that they can not afford to pay ? |
| 7 | There is another area in which our ways are beginning to part and that is weekly journalism — current affairs . |
| 8 | That 's including Chippingfield if you had seen it as we saw it when we came here you would recognise how much work has gone into building the town because I was on the the council then I was asked if I would stand for the council which was then only a parish council there was no urban district council that was n't formed for four or five years afterwards and of course , we had to fight for lights everything that , er that we needed we had to fight for because there was no lighting on Netteswell Road where our children were going to school , and there were little ones . |
| 9 | It 's not a big deal in the scheme of things but you get an awful lot of hassle when all your mates are going to university , or start bringing home the bacon . |