Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [adv] [verb] to [noun sg] " 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 | They 've just made it into a town where people are travelling out to go to work |
| 4 | I 'm lying there frightened to death and then I 'm worn out . |
| 5 | ‘ The helicopter I 'd been watching suddenly veered to port and its rotor blades did n't look the same . |
| 6 | The slog , however , is slow and the ghost of RPG is proving hard to lay to rest . |
| 7 | So everything 's going really according to plan . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ! |