Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] to [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All over the burrow , both the newcomers and those who were at home were accustoming themselves to each other in their own way and their own time ; getting to know what the strangers smelt like , how they moved , how they breathed , how they scratched , the feel of their rhythms and pulses . |
| 2 | You were lending them to this one here . |
| 3 | He was transporting her to another world , and she responded to him with uninhibited abandon . |
| 4 | For several days , maybe up to a week before that , whatever I was doing it was leading him to that decision . |
| 5 | The pater was saying something to that effect only the other day . |
| 6 | He was aping them to some extent , but what was different was that touching quality . ’ |
| 7 | The intention was to reduce it to that rate which would constrain aggregate demand to grow at a rate which could be met by increases in real output . |
| 8 | Alina had assumed that Belov was taking her to another of the buildings , but it seemed now that he was going to lead her out of the settlement altogether . |