Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [adv] to [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's been building up to this . |
| 2 | After behaving with notable restraint during the election , she had been building up to this . |
| 3 | If this is indeed so , and if it is true that the latency period is in decline as an important cultural phenomenon , then it seems difficult not to conclude that in some very significant respects modern Western child-rearing practices are approximating more to those of pre-Neolithic , pre-agricultural societies like those of the Australian aborigines than to modern industrial ones . |
| 4 | It was a birthday treat he had been looking forward to all week . |
| 5 | He had had only one more year to serve before he could have retired into civilian life , and both he and Isobel had been looking forward to this . |
| 6 | Looking immaculate in a bright red suit she said : ‘ I have been looking forward to this moment for a long time and I am glad to have been a part of it . ’ |
| 7 | Some of the girls had been looking forward to this as to the highlight of the trip , but Clara had been dreading it , and for a classic reason , which was that she had nothing nice to wear . |
| 8 | She had been looking forward to this moment , for it promised a long-sought revenge : a revenge not only against her husband for the bitterness and suffering he had caused her , but also against the harlot , Hannah Gristy , whose lithe body and brazen looks had tempted young Gregory into fornication nearly forty years before , and of whom this insolent little slut was so painful a reminder . |
| 9 | I been looking forward to this all day . |
| 10 | She had n't been looking forward to this session ; yet , deep down , there was a contrary twinge niggling at her sexuality that insisted she might enjoy it . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been looking forward to this , ’ Stephen announced with a kind of childish glee . |
| 12 | I 've been looking forward to this visit for a long time for that reason . |
| 13 | Oh , I have been looking forward to this evening … ’ |
| 14 | Inspector Naseby of all people , who had clearly been looking forward to this moment . |
| 15 | It so happens Kelly and I have been looking forward to this weekend , and I guarantee that men will play no part in it at all . ’ |
| 16 | You 've been looking forward to this wedding for days now . |
| 17 | Yes , I 'm sure he 's a very very happy man tonight , he 's been looking forward to this game tremendously for the last couple of weeks . |
| 18 | Ewan and his parents are coming for Christmas and we are looking forward to that . |
| 19 | And one happy couple are looking forward to another 25 years together . |
| 20 | We are looking forward to some good matches in Europe . ’ |
| 21 | And as there is another three-and-a-half tons to go , they are looking forward to more mudlarks to come . |
| 22 | ‘ The lads are looking forward to this game against Oldham to put things right . |
| 23 | It talks about the heathen being astounded and being envious and jealous because they are going to see peace and harmony and happiness and this is what we are looking forward to this is why we 're not mourning , why we 're not you know all upset because we know this is going to come . |
| 24 | And we 're hanging on to each other trying to get on the plane . |
| 25 | That 's right , yes , the draw 's on T V tomorrow , we 're looking forward to that . |
| 26 | Well we 're looking forward to that one because Kings Lynn , who 've sort of been at the bottom of the league for some time , have really put an interesting looking side together . |
| 27 | I bet they 're looking forward to this tape ! |
| 28 | this week we 're looking ahead to another great sporting event … |
| 29 | Erm again , you say that you 're going round to all the schools and what have you , and again , this can only be extremely good because , after all , this is where |
| 30 | That 's right , , it 's a , it 's a , so my mother and I said we 're going back to that hotel , you know , were very , very kind of luxury type , so we went back to the hotel and my brother and I went into the room where we had a television view on the sea , very beautiful . |