Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [adv] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He bounced off towards Doone , who was writing in his notebook , and they were walking together to the big boatshed as I drove away . |
| 2 | Winnipeg was full of racegoing visitors who were contributing handsomely to the local economy . |
| 3 | All of the practices were looking forward to the second year in which the ‘ steady state ’ of year 1 would give way to even greater freedom and opportunity . |
| 4 | Australian team manager Bobby Simpson said his bowlers were looking forward to the second day , when similar overcast conditions were forecast . |
| 5 | By this time , they were looking ahead to the long-term effects on the children of the arbitrary manner in which they had been removed , and the lengthy absence from their homes and families . |
| 6 | It says people were turning again to the old tried and true spices of Guilt and Feeling Dirty and Furtiveness And Stuff in a frantic attempt to resurrect the whole sad affair . |
| 7 | When I left you last month I was looking forward to the second round of the Macpherson Paints UK Championships to be fished at Diglis Weir on the River Severn . |
| 8 | I SUPPOSE a lot of people are waiting to greet the first cuckoo of spring , but I was looking forward to the first hedgehog of spring . |
| 9 | No , I was looking forward to the Open because I 'd been stationed at Formby for my army service and I was anticipating meeting all my old friends from that time . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , Turner was looking ahead to the postwar period . |
| 11 | I was listening carefully to the Hon. Lady before the Hon. Gentleman intervened . |
| 12 | Grand Met was going directly to the new format , but analysts were still working on the old style p&l accounts . |
| 13 | One moment she was quiet in the corner of the cage and the next she was flying across to the front corner of her cage , frantic with some purpose the bars and wire mesh would never allow her to achieve . |
| 14 | As he prepared for murder , he was doing so to the incongruous background of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir 's rendering of The Battle Hymn of the Republic . |
| 15 | In this instance he was referring chiefly to the international press . |
| 16 | It was referring only to the single cross-spar stunter where two bridle points are used fore and aft on the spine . |