Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [pron] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I thought you were taking me to the police station . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I believe that someone knew you had the sack with you and that you were taking it to the outlaws . ’ |
| 3 | Mind you , she was starving herself to the point of endangering her life and had to be hospitalized , but er oh no , her hormon her hormon well her hormonal changes went into reverse , they absolutely did . |
| 4 | We were escorting him to the door when there was a loud explosion at the side of the house . |
| 5 | If they were to report it to the company the whole crew could lose their jobs . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ If they were taking him to the police station , why did they walk three miles . |
| 7 | He told us what sport it was to take her to the ‘ Houtsize ‘ 0use ’ in London , first putting her on the Inner Circle , getting off smartly himself , and leaving her to go round and round until his amusement wore off . |
| 8 | FOUR years after it was burned it to the ground in a disastrous fire , a Catholic church is rising from the ashes . |
| 9 | ‘ He was feeding them to the tigers ! ! ’ |
| 10 | Yet now he was praising her to the skies . |
| 11 | He was taking himself to the limit and then pushing on from there . |
| 12 | He was leading her to the edge of the dance-floor . |
| 13 | Soon he was showing them to the leading head-hunters in employment agencies . |
| 14 | It was odd , but Greg noticed Bill Clough 's eyes following them sharply : he was saying nothing to the purpose so there was no reason why he should n't watch them , but Greg , following his lead , did wonder whether Hilary 's mutterings were not of a rather different kind from Desmond 's . |
| 15 | With horror she realized he was carrying her to the top of the stairs . |