Example sentences of "be [adv] [v-ing] to [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I stress I am not referring to this incident , but ball-tampering must never be allowed to happen again . |
| 2 | ‘ I am not walking to any hut with you , ’ she assured him with icy defiance . |
| 3 | However , with respect , Mr. Speaker , I have seen your reply in which you said that using the crest of the House of Commons on such material was not an offence , so I hope that you are not referring to that aspect of the issue that the tell-tale Member has just raised with you . |
| 4 | They are not speaking to each other , following a disagreement on the eighth night over whether or not Chris was going to have a third bottle of wine with dinner . |
| 5 | You enjoy yourself by performing to the best of your ability — as soon as you become irresponsible , you 're not performing to that level and , if you 're honest with yourself , you wo n't enjoy it . |
| 6 | ‘ You 're not going to that church tonight ? |
| 7 | You 're not going to any disco . |
| 8 | You 're not coming to this house any more . |
| 9 | We 're still talking to each other . |
| 10 | C S Lewis says , ‘ Lovers are always talking to each other about their love ; friends hardly ever talk about their friendship . |
| 11 | And they are now working to this timetable for the road . |
| 12 | We are now adding to this service . |
| 13 | But it may not be enough according to some industry commentators . |
| 14 | And I said , I 'm not going to that lavatory no more , he said , Where yo where you going then ? |
| 15 | But now I 'm finally getting to that burner . ’ |
| 16 | So ‘ men are going to get off on women anyway , just walking down the street ’ and of course magazines whose raison d'etre is the presentation of the naked or seminaked female body as a spectacle are n't contributing to this state of affairs , are they ? |
| 17 | Cal and her mum were hardly speaking to each other . |
| 18 | If you were now talking to each other tonight round the table in the restaurant or at the bar in the hotel okay . |
| 19 | ‘ I notice now the accent is already switching to more mobility as they come to terms with the new laws , ’ he explained . |
| 20 | she 's not going to this year , she 's erm , in Ruxley there , there was a little pot of seed that had been sowed and they were ready for pricking out , and er one little pot I think was ninety eight P , but there must of been fifty plants in there easily |
| 21 | If she has to deal with him at all , even quite briefly , people start saying ‘ She 's always talking to that man , — who knows why she has so much to say . ’ |
| 22 | It 's like talking to that wall |
| 23 | But Tony is n't listening to this programme at this moment . |
| 24 | Every teacher who makes excessive sacrifices in the time and attention needed for his own personal growth to the demands of the organisation within which he works or to its students is ultimately denying to that organisation and those students the very knowledge , understanding and skill which it is his professional responsibility to offer . |
| 25 | ’ I was mostly reporting to that woman leader , Sergia ’ |
| 26 | It was apparently reassuring to this woman to have her aggression recognized so straightforwardly , because the couple was then able to have intercourse . |
| 27 | While he was still talking to that woman , the dhāmi 's body slowly began to relax . |
| 28 | She was still feeling to some degree quite bemused as she walked along to her room . |
| 29 | He was n't reacting to that ploy . |