Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [v-ing] to [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must have pleased the powerful church of Canterbury , with which he seems to have wished to be on good terms , and been gratifyingly displeasing to that of London . |
| 2 | We 're still talking to each other . |
| 3 | C S Lewis says , ‘ Lovers are always talking to each other about their love ; friends hardly ever talk about their friendship . |
| 4 | And they are now working to this timetable for the road . |
| 5 | In fact , the Turkish government has recently encourage their use , and a growing number of Anatolian weaving groups are now returning to these traditional dyes , in spite of the fact that good quality synthetic dyes are reasonably cheap and plentiful . |
| 6 | We are now adding to this service . |
| 7 | I 've got ta , I think people are so un-organised with Christmas , you 've got to be organised , you 've got to say like , you know , I 'm only going to those shops , you know , if like like now , say so we went in Boots |
| 8 | But it may not be enough according to some industry commentators . |
| 9 | I 'm just coming to that . |
| 10 | I 'm just talking to this stupid microphone . |
| 11 | But now I 'm finally getting to that burner . ’ |
| 12 | group are kindly attending to this at our next meeting . |
| 13 | Now , sixty one of you said you liked it and you 've been meekly listening to this wha er how would you reply to , to all those various views ? |
| 14 | Cal and her mum were hardly speaking to each other . |
| 15 | Her eyes were rapidly adjusting to such tones . |
| 16 | If you were now talking to each other tonight round the table in the restaurant or at the bar in the hotel okay . |
| 17 | Yeah I mean me I it may be inappropriate at this moment in time to say we will do it now because of obvious reasons but prior to the recession it was an ongoing thing that the the board were in through the general manager were actually writing to many companies . |
| 18 | But , there will also be many instances where the oven is only working to half or less than half of its full capacity for most of the day . |
| 19 | China 's existing network is already aiming to more than treble in size to 1m lines this year , but this still represents only about five or six phones per 100 people . |
| 20 | ‘ I notice now the accent is already switching to more mobility as they come to terms with the new laws , ’ he explained . |
| 21 | Some people involved in the scene argue that S&M , with its ritual power plays and role reversals , is genuinely threatening to those in authority . |
| 22 | 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 . ’ |
| 23 | It 's like talking to that wall |
| 24 | ‘ The boss is really getting to all of us , now . ’ |
| 25 | This environmental movement today is really saying to all of us , erm in order to avoid building platforms off the coast of the United States , we are willing to risk sending our sons to the sands of the Middle East to die perhaps for the preservation of a life style , that some of us are unwilling to develop here in our own country . |
| 26 | My body 's simply reacting to that . ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | And everyone else 's contracts are therefore according to these conditions of service . |
| 29 | Victorian days involved 12-hour shifts and six or seven-day weeks , and we are certainly returning to those arrangements . |
| 30 | ’ I was mostly reporting to that woman leader , Sergia ’ |