Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [v-ing] to [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , if they start to have an illness and it develops we 'll obviously be talking to their doctor , I mean if it 's apparent that they 're blind on the form , well then , obviously we would looking the amount we paid , or , or , erm , basically come to some agreement on that . |
| 2 | Oh I 've just been listening to your conversation with Dennis and Iris . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've just been speaking to my sister . |
| 4 | Erm I I 've just been talking to me husband about it . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've just been talking to your aunt on the phone . |
| 6 | We understand that she will shortly be returning to her home in London . |
| 7 | The day that would soon be drawing to its close had been one of the most wonderful he had experienced : the theft , the murder , the link between the theft and the murder — yes , all now known . |
| 8 | The King of Blefuscu , however , replied that I was too strong to be taken prisoner , and that I would soon be returning to my country anyway . |
| 9 | Sole has retired from rugby at the age of 30 , when prop forwards such as he should just be coming to their prime . |
| 10 | Although the three-part series is aimed at older teenagers , we deliberately sought the opinion of younger children who would still be listening to their stereos when the show is transmitted at 8.30pm — half an hour before the traditional watershed for adult programmes . |
| 11 | A major highway , Interstate 80 , which crosses the southern edge of the flats , may also be contributing to their depletion by causing new patterns of drainage for the salt water . |
| 12 | And those bits again , either tuck them in out of the way or better still fold them over and put a big plaster over the top to get them right out the way so no ends are left dangling , remember for most people you 're doing this for they 'll probably be returning to their place of work , okay , so they need to be safe to return to work , everybody okay on that lot ? |
| 13 | All the time she dashed through the streets , fighting her way through the hubbub , Wilson looked for Mr Browning , knowing he must have heard by now and would surely be rushing to his wife 's side . |
| 14 | A SCHOOLGIRL who was savagely raped just five days ago is returning to her classroom today . |
| 15 | While all things else are gathering to their homes , |
| 16 | As many progressive ( but in reality reactionary ) politicians have recently been finding to their cost , greater freedom of opportunity , so far from furthering equality , has only stimulated emulation and the appetite for symbols of success . |