Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [v-ing] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The majority of businesses have less than ten employees and an increasing number of them are turning to IT as a low cost way to improve productivity and recordkeeping . |
| 2 | A discussion in our house on ( let's say ) the necessity of buying a new fridge will move swiftly to the education system ( via the rival claim of school fees to the purchase of the fridge ) and whether a move to another area might obviate the need for paying them , taking in a quick discourse on the immorality of contributing to the divisive education system in this country anyway ; this will lead to the if-we-sold-our-suburban-villa-we-could-buy-a-Georgian-manor-house-in-the-country conversation ; which will in its turn move on quite quickly to the horrors of British Rail and the greatly increased subjection to them that such a move would entail ; then we get to leaving all our friends behind , and to debating whether having them to stay at the weekends would not be perfectly satisfactory ; which will remind us that two or more of them are coming to dinner that very night and we 'd better get down to the off-licence ; then it 's shall-we-get-Muscadet-or-the-Chardonnay- again and for-heaven's-sake-get-enough which will get us back to the fridge , on account of last time we got the Chardonnay , I did n't put it in it soon enough . |
| 3 | For the next few months Mr and I are going to home in on a theme for these services . |
| 4 | I am writing to second her proposal ! ! |
| 5 | The reason I am writing to Mamma is to show her that I know my duty and that I am with the deepest respect her devoted son . ’ |
| 6 | Shelley warned , ‘ But I am going to bed soon . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Mama , I am going to work , not to attend social occasions . ’ |
| 8 | And during that time I am going to work out a way to keep us safe while we complete the job that will make us rich . ’ |
| 9 | To rapturous applause he told them : ‘ For the next two-and-a-half hours I am going to work your asses like you 've never been worked before . |
| 10 | Then I am going to sleep by the fire . ’ |
| 11 | I am going to supper with my former Port Manager colleague , , and a lifelong friend of his called , who is also retired but spend her working life dedicated to teaching and helping spastics . |
| 12 | I am going to heaven . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Yanto Gates , ’ she squeaked , ‘ if you think I am going to hare around the country in all winds and weathers in a contraption like that , you 've got another think coming . |
| 14 | I am going to speech therapy , ’ he explained . |
| 15 | Well , I 'm trying to sort of monitor my diet really erm |
| 16 | and I just did n't agree with it and I 'm trying to sort of , they say in your subconscious you do sort of look at and the last person erm , will look at you , you get |
| 17 | Obviously it would depend on the issue , I mean , I 'm , I 'm trying to sort of help here . |
| 18 | I 'm shivering to death out here . |
| 19 | Moving to number two on his list and I 'm referring to table one . |
| 20 | Look I 'm talking to daddy , I 've not seen him ye for a while . |
| 21 | Tuesday a I 'm coming to town cos |
| 22 | Now , I do n't expect Matthew to support that for one moment , but what I 'm saying to committee is that is our pragmatic solution at this moment . |
| 23 | . If I take the same example , waiver of premium , erm , and I 'm relating to knowledge that I will have got through the plan your future document , if I use Andrew again if I may , if I say to you , Andrew , erm , you explained earlier that erm , if you 're off work through ill-health , your employer will actually pay you for six months , and then it stops . |
| 24 | I 'm going to school dead brainy and everyone 's going |
| 25 | I 'm going to school to study . |
| 26 | I wan na go , I 'm going to school tomorrow but I 'm going to come home for lunch . |
| 27 | you better teach me how to make gravy if I 'm going to polytechnic , because I do n't know how to do it |
| 28 | I 'm going to second that . |
| 29 | Certainly I 'm going to press it , why should n't I press it ? |
| 30 | At least with smack , I know how long I 'm going to turkey . |