Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] to his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lady Bell said her son had been returning to his Land Rover , parked on the opposite side of the road to the farm . |
| 2 | No , we 're going to his mum 's |
| 3 | The officer 's life was ‘ almost certainly ’ saved by the fact that one bullet became embedded in a radio handset he had been holding to his ear . |
| 4 | His life had almost certainly been saved by the fact that one bullet had hit a radio handset he had been holding to his ear . |
| 5 | He had been so proud and happy to be returning to his family with the news of his impending marriage , yet now he was leaving home as an outcast . |
| 6 | How can this be happening to his grammar ? |
| 7 | All the time she dashed through the streets , fighting her way through the hubbub , Wilson looked for Mr Browning , knowing he must have heard by now and would surely be rushing to his wife 's side . |
| 8 | It was not as if she would be going to his home . |
| 9 | The squire 's white velvet purse had weighed him down , and though he had slipped it out of his jerkin and felt it sink past his feet , coins still seemed to be clinging to his armpit . |
| 10 | Also the person who has helped us sort out maybe come to sensible engineering conclusion on the minor problem , but be saying to his chief , there was a problem with the York though I just managed to sort it out . |
| 11 | ‘ His approach showed no respect and I 'll be talking to his coach . ’ |
| 12 | On the landing , looking out over the High Street , Aziz , wearing new brown overalls bought for him by the headmaster , seemed to be waving to his friend . |
| 13 | ‘ Both worrying about the troubles of the world and how to cure them , but John 's been talking to his dad about this Spanish business and other things and he 'll work things out soon . ’ |
| 14 | The publican replied that he 'd been talking to his dog . |
| 15 | He could see by the dark light that came down from the night sky , a sky that glowed with vivid city lights , that on stands in nearby cages other eagles were listening to his story and staring at him silently . |
| 16 | She had assumed they were going to his friend 's colourful flat but they had been on the motorway for several miles and the road signs said they were travelling north . |
| 17 | Mungo 's clammy pyjamas were clinging to his chest . |
| 18 | He was subtly changed now that they were flying to his mountain abode . |
| 19 | But by a proud assertion of " independence " , an eighteenth-century artisan more likely would have been referring to his ability to maintain a wife and family at a proper standard without recourse to charity or poor relief . |
| 20 | And Mr Irving , seen here at a neo-Nazi rally , is sticking to his view that the gas chambers are a myth … |
| 21 | What 's happening to his grammar ? |
| 22 | As his crew starts to fragment , seeking bigger rewards on either side of the law , Superia is looking to his studio engineering course and his rapping for escape . |
| 23 | He is writing to his sister , narrating the extraordinary tale that he has been told by Frankenstein . |
| 24 | Local sales manager Tony Gwyther , who is writing to his MP Walter Sweeney in protest , snapped : ‘ Many people ca n't meet their mortgage repayments , yet we have a council spending on this criminal scale . |
| 25 | We have to allow for some license : he is writing to his brother in Paris about this street pick-up and doing his best to make it palatable . |
| 26 | Eleven o'clock on a Sunday morning and the Reverend Steve Parcell is tending to his flock . |
| 27 | Once established , even man finds it difficult to change his trend of mind , even if he is aware that it is leading to his downfall . |
| 28 | ‘ Vitor d'Arcos is going to his team-mate 's aid , ’ the commentator shouted . |
| 29 | And I would n't do it to Russell when Russell 's going to his mother 's because I 'd |
| 30 | The paramount value which Semai place on avoidance of conflict or confrontation precludes a direct response , so a strategy of passive resistance is adopted : the person who is being importuned begins , without responding directly , to turn slowly , almost imperceptibly , around , until the one who is importuning him is speaking to his back . |