Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [adv] [v-ing] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Upstairs the young postulants were now retiring to bed in the long dormitory . |
| 2 | Four secondees were still struggling to settle-in some six months after their appointment , but most secondees adjusted within three months and went on to enjoy the scope to shape their jobs , to use their expertise and to become part of a team . |
| 3 | Lights were already beginning to diamond out of the shadowed pine woods on the lower slopes . |
| 4 | The remainder of these unfortunates were already contributing to family incomes as labourers , shop boys , glovers , house-servants , rag collectors and so on . |
| 5 | Alternatively , if a firm made its issue thinking share prices were indeed going to rocket ( for that is what the low yields implied ) , then it could be worth its while to take the cash and invest it back into equities or other financial instruments . |
| 6 | Our spirits were already beginning to flag when I received a letter from Eliot dated 2 June : |
| 7 | Air quality manager Peter Shawcross said the results were currently being examined and evaluated and that interesting facts were already coming to light . |