Example sentences of "[coord] [was/were] [v-ing] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the ships , large and small , which had been held up for days past , had now unfurled their sails and were putting to sea . |
| 2 | They 'd both jacked in their jobs ( he 's a computer programmer ; she 's a physiotherapist ) and were planning to backpack round the world for a few months . |
| 3 | He looked to be in his early-to-mid-fifties , and was running to fat , and when he took off his topee it was to wipe the sweat from a pink , bald head . |
| 4 | He was being shown round the Abbotsbury Swannery and was talking to swanherd John Fair near a swan and her cygnets when the swan took exception . |
| 5 | The banked roadway was cracking and was turning to mud , as the drainage systems on either side faltered as the crush of decayed twigs and discarded leaves , clogged the filter of water . |
| 6 | The last anyone heard from him was a week ago when he called his brother to say he 'd had an accident and was going to hospital . |
| 7 | He 'd already got it developed and was going to post it to America . |
| 8 | He was marrying one of America 's richest heiresses , who was , Stair had drunkenly informed him , ‘ As ugly as a pug dog , ’ solely for her money , and was proposing to bed Madame Rachel herself as a preliminary to his marriage at St Margaret 's , Westminster , the following morning , the biggest society wedding of the year . |