Example sentences of "[adv] he [be] [v-ing] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah he 'd got some letters , apparently he were going to Post Office later for stamps and everything and er got this letter and seeings I 'd only got three he give me his , give me twenty four pence for a stamp so I walked to Post Office , I thought well I do n't want no penny or tuppeny stamps . |
| 2 | An hour later he was standing to attention in a depleted square of those who had survived the battle . |
| 3 | An environmental campaigner is demanding that Severn Trent Water should refund seven million pounds in charges because he claims it 's not doing its job properly.Julian Jones says the authority is failing to control pollution … and the local community could spend the money more wisely.And now he 's going to court to claim the water charges back . |
| 4 | If he had been simply playing the girl game , she reasoned , he would be getting steadily more intimate , and here he is reverting to deference . |
| 5 | Stan persuaded me to play truant and take a two-week holiday to Italy where he was going to caddie for Craig Defoy . |