Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [pron] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I was advised to imagine I was telling it to a good friend and not worry about what other people might think . |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't say I was taking you to a hotel , ’ he replied evenly . |
| 3 | Gaitskell became excited at the prospect and instructed me with great firmness that as soon as I had received the ‘ discovered ’ documents I was to show them to no one but to come straight to him , so that he should be the first person to know who the culprit was or what information was available that would lead to the culprit 's identity . |
| 4 | I was committing myself to a policy . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I suddenly felt that I was doing it to a bunch of people that actually understood what Lear 's pain was about , whereas I do n't standing on the stage at the National Theatre ’ : Brian Cox 's concerns about audience reactions and the nature of the dramatic experience are echoed by others . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought you were taking me to the police station . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I believe that someone knew you had the sack with you and that you were taking it to the outlaws . ’ |
| 8 | However , if you were to help yourself to a reasonably generous helping of watercress as part of a salad meal , it is unlikely that your portion would weigh more than half an ounce . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | A sob , swiftly repressed , rose in her throat ; she was condemning herself to a life as lonely as the seagull 's looked , but it , at least , could find a mate — she would never be able to do that . |
| 11 | Her decision was extremely painful , for Beatrice believed ( as it happened incorrectly ) that she was committing herself to a celibate life for ever : |
| 12 | We were escorting him to the door when there was a loud explosion at the side of the house . |
| 13 | If they were to report it to the company the whole crew could lose their jobs . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ If they were taking him to the police station , why did they walk three miles . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | FOUR years after it was burned it to the ground in a disastrous fire , a Catholic church is rising from the ashes . |
| 17 | ‘ He was feeding them to the tigers ! ! ’ |
| 18 | In 1964 Mr Wilson presented himself as a radical figure , but by 1974 he was comparing himself to a family doctor , and hoped , in his own words , ‘ to achieve … peace and quiet for the country ’ . |
| 19 | Yet now he was praising her to the skies . |
| 20 | He was taking himself to the limit and then pushing on from there . |
| 21 | He was leading her to the edge of the dance-floor . |
| 22 | Soon he was showing them to the leading head-hunters in employment agencies . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | With horror she realized he was carrying her to the top of the stairs . |