Example sentences of "[adv] be [v-ing] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I 'd better be getting down to the bus … |
| 2 | Although he was nine years old and would soon be moving up to the big school , Frankie was still frightened of the dark . |
| 3 | Twenty-three-year-old Jill Yate took the opportunity of telling her boss that , although she had had a wonderful year travelling around Europe , she was beginning to feel homesick and would soon be going back to the United States . |
| 4 | No cos they 'll still be popping out to the an will we not ? |
| 5 | The history specialists in the secondary school for the area may also be able to offer advice , especially as pupils from the catchment area will ultimately be going on to the secondary school . |
| 6 | I will definitely be hanging on to the sweat-stained handkerchief that Tom Jones tossed to my mother back in the Sixties . |