Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] to my [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not use a tape recorder for these interviews , though one might have been helpful in some ways , though perhaps inhibiting to my informants in other ways . |
| 2 | ‘ No , I … was just going to my room . ’ |
| 3 | I remember at Oslo just going to my marks when from the crowd came a shout : ‘ Go on , Linford ! |
| 4 | It was n't so much the ageing process itself that sent my spirits plummeting — although greying hair and wrinkles were n't exactly adding to my self-esteem — as the realisation that time is marching on and I had better not waste a moment of it . |
| 5 | ‘ I was just saying to my friend , there she is scribbling again . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I was just saying to my friend Chatterton that it 's really very dangerous to travel on tubes these days . |
| 7 | Yes , I , I was actually just saying to my wife last night , erm , who would have ever thought that in the same year , we could have lost two of the greatest wing-halves , as they were in those days , but I suppose mid-field players they 'd be known as today , who 'd |
| 8 | ‘ I was just talking to my bookie , ’ he said crisply , which was the way he treated money troubles . |
| 9 | Now I suppose this is just appealing to my sense of power or something , being able to walk in and take charge and in a minute or two they 've settled down and they 're not panicking because you 've arrived and all their burdens are on your shoulders and they do n't have to worry any more because the doctor 's there … this I find profoundly satisfying as long as I can , in fact , cope with what 's happening . |
| 10 | But what really concerns me is the area directly relating to my composition . |
| 11 | Cos I was sort of like listening to my music and it was , I think it was about half eight , nine o'clock cos I 'd only got some homework done for ne , to do for next Tuesday , so I thought I 'll leave it |
| 12 | ‘ May the Lord bless you and keep you … ’ and he reeled off the whole benediction , still clinging to my hand . |
| 13 | I have gone forward according to my light . |