Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [adv] [conj] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then they were giving up and going to America , they were going They had a sister . |
| 2 | he wanted to be the decision maker , and he wanted to make the decision on every single thing himself and then he was turning round and saying to his secretary , well ca n't you do anything ? |
| 3 | He asked you to pretend that he was staying here and going to the symposium on a daily basis . |
| 4 | Ministers said they were encouraged by reports from candidates that the party 's vote was holding up and appeared to be firmer than Labour 's . |
| 5 | Air France , like many airlines during this period , was expanding rapidly and transferring to jet equipment , and at the same time some ex-military wartime pilots were reaching retirement age . |
| 6 | He had decided to find out when Adam was coming back and drive to Heathrow and meet the plane . |
| 7 | But , before she could stop herself , she was leaning forward and pointing to a couple of the sketches in particular . |
| 8 | When they left it was clouding over and beginning to drizzle . |