Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [adv] [v-ing] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mellowed by two bottles of beer , he was convinced that Hank was telling the truth ; his mind was already going to work considering how to double that forty thousand . |
| 2 | The wind was now gusting to Force 11 and visibility still poor . |
| 3 | The exchange rate policy was highly damaging to manufacturing . |
| 4 | Maybe because the teddy boy fashion was just beginning to edge back in ; it was around the time of Roxy Music 's Spaceman Ted look . |
| 5 | Whelan showed considerable grace and skill up front but the strategy of putting high balls into the West Ham box was never going to work with their defensive blanket , and a highly competent goalie . |
| 6 | The broad thoroughfare was now corning to life . |