Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [to-vb] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everything below , we were sure , was exactly as it would have appeared in centuries past-apart from one major anachronism , a bright yellow construction crane , which was attempting to plant the last monolith in the stone circle . |
| 2 | She was damned if she was going to make the first move . |
| 3 | By Spain , Jackie was beginning to feel the first twinges of the ulcer which was to hamper him for some time and keep him out of racing properly — and out of Belgium altogether — until July . |
| 4 | Although he undoubtedly did not see it as such , what Jesus Christ was really doing was fighting to uphold the Second Choice as specified in this book . |
| 5 | In 1989 the government was preparing to implement The Next Steps under which many departments carrying out executive functions would be converted into independent agencies . |
| 6 | Well as usual we could n't remember the last time you came , I was trying to think the last time |
| 7 | She was planning to go the next day . |
| 8 | His father , who works in Oman , was planning to catch the first flight home . |