Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [adv] [verb] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Businessmen are banding together to bring to book those who illegally dump wagon loads of waste , and the Merseyside Development Corporation have backed the initiative with the introduction of video cameras to monitor the twilight activity . |
| 2 | The facts — that Chrissie has been caught taking food home , the higher than average food costs , etc. — show that things have n't been going entirely according to plan , but what are the causes ? |
| 3 | In all this discussion , whether I am moving round talking to pairs of students at work or talking to the whole group , I see my role as provoking thought and reflection , not as telling students what to think or do . |
| 4 | They 've just made it into a town where people are travelling out to go to work |
| 5 | ‘ The boat I 'm living on belongs to Mr Marshall . |
| 6 | I 'm lying there frightened to death and then I 'm worn out . |
| 7 | Well Bill 's just been on his s er tt supposed to be going over to see to Sue 's laying her paving slabs and everything |
| 8 | ‘ The helicopter I 'd been watching suddenly veered to port and its rotor blades did n't look the same . |
| 9 | The slog , however , is slow and the ghost of RPG is proving hard to lay to rest . |
| 10 | When the glider is desperately low the pilot 's handling often goes to pieces , and he may over-rudder in an effort to get round a final turn without touching a wing-tip or turning any steeper . |
| 11 | Her bronzes are selling so well in Paris that she 's selling up to move to France … putting her unique English home on the market . |
| 12 | So everything 's going really according to plan . |
| 13 | To some constables ‘ common sense ’ is knowing how to talk to people : |
| 14 | Therefore , by the mid-1970s , Cramlington was proceeding much according to plan , with a number of firms being attracted to the area and the consequent job creation being associated with extensive housing developments by both the private and , public sectors . |
| 15 | She had heard that my father was preparing now to go to Somerset to be with the other Hastings folk . |
| 16 | Might have been queuing up for the keep-fit actually , yes I was , I was queuing up to go to keep-fit and there was a woman in the queue saying that about so and so and so , ooh he 's moving she said ! |