Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [prep] be [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plymouth looked to be cruising to victory when striker Dwight Marshall made up for an early miss with two goals in three minutes in the first half of this tie . |
| 2 | ‘ The army will concentrate on Quatre Bras , ’ the Duke of Wellington seemed to be speaking to himself as though he groped towards a solution of the problem Napoleon posed , ‘ but we sha n't stop him there , and if so , ’ Wellington 's gaze flicked across the map , then settled , ‘ I must fight him , ’ he paused again to lean over the map for a few final seconds , ‘ here . ’ |
| 3 | This has long been one of my favourite Schnittke pieces , for its Russian-accented dodecaphony-on-stilts , for the post-Holocaust numbness of its third movement , and most of all for the unholy alliances of its finale , where Webern seems to be jiving to West Side Story and Shostakovich meets Vivaldi for a deadly serious jam session . |
| 4 | From what I 've seen and heard , Graham seems to be looking to a big man with the ball aimed for the sky . |
| 5 | In the hollow below , Bigwig seemed to be drawing to a close . |
| 6 | The one consolation is that , for all the shooting , South Africa seems to be sticking to its promises of independence . |
| 7 | After half a century , the Hashemite adventure in Palestine seems to be drawing to its close . |
| 8 | Mr Whistle seemed to be growing to giant size , his huge head scraping the ceiling . |
| 9 | Gazzer seemed to be talking to himself , not to Marie but , suddenly , he looked straight into her face and said : ‘ Did you tell him where she lived , like you told him about the money ? ’ |
| 10 | Charles seemed to be listening to the brilliant quintet banging out its jazz . |
| 11 | Thomas seemed to be succumbing to Sylvie 's charms as much as to her narrative . |
| 12 | Gloucester seemed to be coasting to an easy 2 points . |
| 13 | Bodie seemed to be warming to him , too . |
| 14 | And after Pearce 's drop goal in the 33rd minute , Wales looked to be coasting to an easy victory . |