Example sentences of "were [v-ing] [adv] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The doves were fluttering upwards to the music , and his Maria Filippa — an unusual diva , wearing spectacles — with Pericle on her arm in a lace bonnet and button boots , was greeting him under the olives . |
| 2 | They were drawing closer to the barrier now and Donna began looking for Julie , praying that her sister was waiting , hardly daring to contemplate what she would do if she was n't . |
| 3 | At twenty past ten Sandison put his book away and sat back to watch the people who were walking down to the square . |
| 4 | Heinrich and Martha were walking back to the Reach hand in hand . |
| 5 | Then they were gliding in to a crown of diamond lights and it was time . |
| 6 | When our 'plane touched down at Ibiza Airport , we were looking forward to a couple of weeks in the sun , hoping that the children would be amused and we could just relax . |
| 7 | I did , however , remember us asking the children if they were looking forward to a fortnight in Umbria . |
| 8 | We were looking forward to a meal and a quiet evening in Dover when a radio message via Dover Coastguards informed us that another suspect vessel had been spotted heading west through the Straits after sailing from Belgium where she had given the local customs a false destination in Sweden for a large consignment of spirits loaded . |
| 9 | This situation could make receptiveness on ATB courses questionable but the people concerned were certain that if they were looking forward to the course they would ‘ switch over ’ fairly easily . |
| 10 | Staff there were looking forward to the event until they realised that the Princess regularly went fox hunting . |
| 11 | We were looking forward to the vacation , to Christmas , to what you called ‘ New Year 's ’ . |
| 12 | He was n't here very much , as you know , but we were looking forward to the end of his army service and then we would have settled here . ’ |
| 13 | She said patients and staff at the hospice were looking forward to the visit . |
| 14 | That 's why we were looking forward to the Family Day . |
| 15 | Those who sat nearest were listening intently to the answer . |
| 16 | Meanwhile back at Tenbury , the holly and mistletoe were fetching up to a pound for a pound in weight . |
| 17 | Then a half-turn astern , and they were heading confidently to the depot ship Omega . |
| 18 | Just under twenty minutes later , with Kirsty having won the contest easily , the two of them were heading downstairs to the breakfast-room . |
| 19 | La Dolce vita had turned unimaginably sour and it was not long before the Italian stallions were heading back to the English First Division . |
| 20 | Her buttocks were twitching rhythmically to the music . |
| 21 | Britain under Harold Macmillan was booming and new Austins and Morrises were flooding on to the country 's antiquated roads . |
| 22 | Were going up to the test match at the Oval , Clive likes that . |
| 23 | Neighbours said they were going back to the country . |
| 24 | ‘ We were going back to the hotel when it happened . |
| 25 | He had never forgotten the day in the bide shed when Nutty had told him the horses were going back to the knacker 's , and the fearful panic that had exploded inside him , worse than any brushes with the police or his father , worse than anything he could ever remember . |
| 26 | It did not matter that they were going back to the house of the Scarabae . |
| 27 | There they were going down to the car . |
| 28 | I think the army thought they were going in to a situation where they could they could help , they saw themselves if you like as the referees er as a neutral party in between two sides . |
| 29 | They could only leave the zone if they were going directly to the slaughter house . |
| 30 | They could only leave the zone if they were going directly to the slaughter house . |