Example sentences of "is [v-ing] [pron] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although people generally consider me to be a very tolerant person , my moody male boss at work is driving me to the end of my tether . |
| 2 | My mate who is driving me to the match tomorrow says he wants to go straight to the ground so I wo n't be able to get to the Adelphi . |
| 3 | Something is pushing them to the side of their own lives . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Lieutenant Lapointe is escorting me to the opera on Wednesday , ’ she announced defiantly . |
| 5 | The problem is getting it to the surface , and in rural areas the best way is by handpump . |
| 6 | Locke 's philosophy about property accepted the settlers ' point of view : in his theory it is the man on the spot who is doing something to the land ( though mainly by directing the labour of the people he has brought over at his own expense ) who is justly entitled to ownership . |
| 7 | But in the second the word ‘ ride ’ suggests that the man is doing something to the horse . |
| 8 | Everyone is being extra nice to me and , best of all , Pa is taking me to the yard tomorrow . |