Example sentences of "[pron] were [adv] [v-ing] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had stood in the queue at Heathrow , a very new Condor on his back , eyeing others who were obviously preparing to go to warmer places than we were . |
| 2 | So you were just lying listening to music in between the chair and the couch ? |
| 3 | Maybe I could stack it up and set the place alight , so that they — and that terrible female they were now conspiring to bring to life — would perish in the flames , together with all Frankenstein 's instruments and notes . |
| 4 | The leading frog realized that if they were ever going to get to the new flower and survive there , there 'd need to be a lot more than one frog . |
| 5 | The girls wept as they left the shop but soon they were eagerly planning to apply to one of the factories such as the Meccano which was now on war work . |