Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [v-ing] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time in Nature ( vol 258 , p 548 ) John Parkinson , Leslie Morrison and Richard Stephenson were proclaiming to the scientific world ‘ The constancy of the solar diameter over the past 250 years ’ . |
| 2 | Daddy and Neil were going to the |
| 3 | However , things began to take a downward turn in 1923/4 ; and Young Buffalo was taking to the firewater . |
| 4 | Soper was displeasing to the Free Presbyterians for a number of reasons — his commitment to ecumenism , his left-wing politics — but more than anything it was his rationalism which provoked the ire of conservatives . |
| 5 | Sales agent Lindsay Wright was driving to the village supermarket with his wife Sally and sons Daniel , 10 , and Thomas , 7 , when he spotted the thief roaring away from the jeweller 's shop . |
| 6 | Whilst Hennessy was talking to the soldier outside , Donaldson found a light switch for three unshaded bulbs high in the rafters . |
| 7 | ‘ There , Mr Cottle , ’ Mary Ann was saying to the traveller in jelly , as she passed him the bread and butter , ‘ this 'll put roses in your cheeks . ’ |
| 8 | Toby was referring to the clause which was usually written into contracts between golfers and the manufacturer who supplies their equipment . |
| 9 | On 7 April Irwin was writing to the Secretary of State that the Mahatma 's health was poor and that his horoscope had predicted he would die that year , which would be , he said , ‘ a very happy solution ’ . |
| 10 | If England were looking to the future then some of the players should have been selected years ago . |
| 11 | Mary came in , sat briefly with Alice , said she and Reggie were going to the cinema . |
| 12 | ‘ Sgt Maj Cross was coming to the end of a three-year-posting with the Royal Army Medical Corps . |
| 13 | The BMC re-emerged from its lean years , got a grant and important : it wanted control of the wicked things the MLTB was doing to the ethics of mountaineering . |
| 14 | Joshua Oupa Gqozo , chairman of the Military Council , said that the ANC was resorting to the " politics of aggression and intimidation " . |
| 15 | While the Feldwebel was talking to the driver of the car , the little soldier who was coming as an additional escort stood by the suitcase . |
| 16 | Following confirmation that Alan Noble was returning to the club as chairman in the wake of Dick Corden 's departure , the season drew to a close with a 5–2 win over Exeter . |
| 17 | Assuming Graham was referring to the IMF , Stevens began to explain . |
| 18 | Helen was talking to the Airport Police on the telephone . |
| 19 | Cameron was speaking to the people nearest him , gathering suggestions , prompting , trying to draw in James Menzies , who looked sullen after his poor showing . |
| 20 | Elaine was chattering to the chap with the soulful face as if she 'd never forgotten how to talk . |
| 21 | Hearing that Peggy van Praagh was going to the south of France with a friend and had a spare seat in her car , he asked if he might come too . |
| 22 | St Bartholomew 's church at Covenham was declining to the state of danger when a parish in California asked if they might have it and ship it stone by stone to the U.S.A. This caused much controversy for a while but finally it was decided that it should remain and be safely maintained on its original consecrated site . |
| 23 | The Merseyside convener was aware that President Nate Cocello was coming to the UK for talks with British and European management . |
| 24 | Kraal was referring to the fact that in Scotland golden eagles are enemies of the buzzard , whom they despise and seek to chase off their territory . |
| 25 | Sir Geoffrey was referring to the decision to ban trade unions at GCHQ , a decision taken by a small group of ministers ( himself , the Prime Minister , Lord Whitelaw , Mr Heseltine , then Secretary of State for Defence , with a bit of advice on likely union reactions from Tom King , then Secretary of State for Employment ) . |
| 26 | Cinderella was going to the ball . |
| 27 | Because , although Jesus was speaking to the people there , his words were not just for them , but they 're for us as well and these are conversations that we can well eavesdrop on and learn something , I 'm sure , for our benefit . |
| 28 | Jessamyn was talking to the tall thing . |
| 29 | For this the Getty Oil Company , which paid the bill , got a headquarters and a great deal of publicity , on the whole favourable , since Mr Getty was bowing to the style which England expects . |
| 30 | While in Judaea the compiler of the Book of Daniel was adapting to the situation the old image of the Fourth Kingdom , part iron and part clay ( D. Flusser , Israel Oriental Studies 2 ( 1972 ) , 148–75 ) , Cato was making jokes in Rome against the Greeks . |