Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly they met burnt chip contamination and had to shut down the production line , a major anxiety as they were producing to a tight schedule in a ‘ Just in time ’ situation . |
| 2 | ‘ That week orchestras around the world programmed the Adagietto as an elegy to Lenny 's memory , ’ Kaplan recalls , ‘ and while the precedent had been set by Bernstein himself [ he had conducted the movement at a memorial service for Koussevitzky and later at the funeral of US Senator Robert Kennedy ] , I was afraid that these ultra-slow , sad performances were helping to a trend into a false tradition . ’ |
| 3 | Investigations came hot on the heels of the new sound and realistic films and by the time of The Public Enemy and Scarface things were building to a crescendo . |
| 4 | At the same time , events across the North Sea were building to a crisis . |
| 5 | Well , the two weeks were drawing to a close and we rounded the point of Sørkapp ( South Cape ) and headed back towards Longyearbyen . |
| 6 | Others will talk about themselves as ‘ he ’ or ‘ she ’ and describe what is taking place as though it were happening to a character in a television play . |
| 7 | They were listening to a speech by the Prime Minister relayed from the United Services Club . |
| 8 | The method of composition helps to explain the feel of the blank verse ; it should be read aloud , in a quiet meditative manner , as if we were listening to a man trying hard to clarify his own thoughts about a difficult topic and at the same lime explaining it to somebody else . |
| 9 | I do n't think they were listening to a word I was saying , they were just watching to see what Dawn was going to do next . |
| 10 | And he started thumping the sand and wailing at the seagulls — real Play for Today stuff — and an elderly couple who were listening to a radio behind a wind-break looked quite alarmed . |
| 11 | Both Institutes were replying to a Customs & Excise consultation paper . |
| 12 | I also heard that you were selling to a surgeon from the hospital . ’ |
| 13 | Its morale had recovered far too well , in that its officers and instructors were turning to a doctrine of offensive warfare at all costs . |
| 14 | Their therapist expressed his satisfaction with their progress , and pointed out how their efforts were leading to a more rewarding relationship and a general sense of well-being for both of them . |
| 15 | And in Japan , Italy , Germany and France large regular government deficits were leading to a steadily growing volume of outstanding government securities . |
| 16 | Stock Exchange members were also concerned that their restrictive practices were leading to a loss of business in international equities , with over 60 per cent of business being transacted outside the exchange . |
| 17 | All these deaths were adding to a stockpile of dolphin oil , which nobody wanted , and meal for poultry food . |
| 18 | Besides , they were pulling to a stop , outside a chain-link fence . |
| 19 | We were in the forest to try to get less deep snow , he was told ; we were going to a campsite that Odd-Knut had prepared . |
| 20 | One day as we were going to a choral concert in Bath Abbey , we were all three walking along the Parade when my mother stopped Dana and said , pointing across the road : ‘ That 's the police station . |
| 21 | This means that food ‘ exported ’ ' to the Vatican ( from a Roman abattoir , say ) is treated as if it were going to a ‘ third country ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ Most people finding that the leather handbag they picked up at the school fete was , in fact , plastic would shrug it off if the proceeds of the sale were going to a good cause , ’ said Mr Richards . |
| 23 | At last some passed me with books ; I stopped them , and found the books to be Bibles : it was all clear now , they were going to a week-day preaching , and shortly after , as the road wound down a glen over a burn , I met the Free Church minister on his way to the place of meeting . |
| 24 | It was November and the nights drawing in , and they went after tea , telling the nans they were going to a friend 's house to play with his electric trains . |
| 25 | We were going to a country pub for lunch . |
| 26 | If they were going to a different body maker anyway . |
| 27 | The girls were going to a concert , so the house was hers that evening . |
| 28 | Like I was just saying if we were going to a |
| 29 | my dad like in South Africa my dad was telling me , when they went out at night , yeah , like if they were going to a restaurant he 'd take a kni he 'd take his gun with him and keep , it 's fucking odd man like my dad walking around with a nine millimetre strapped to his |
| 30 | Benton and his Assistant Editor managed to keep the New Times of Burma going and we could still use the radio , but it was obvious that things were moving to a climax , and I was desperately afraid that violence would develop throughout the country . |