Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [to-vb] [indef pn] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alternatively , of course , as many people do , you could use the capital for a worthwhile project such as improving your home ; or , if you were planning to give something to your grandchildren , this could be an opportune time to settle it on them . |
| 2 | He was struggling to pull something to the top of the dunes . |
| 3 | The starting dose was adjusted to induce one to two bowel movements per day , loose enough to ensure complete daily emptying of the lower bowel and prevent pain or stool soiling , or both . |
| 4 | She was not looking in their direction , her head was turned to say something to whomever she was with , her short hair blown straight up by the wind as they went into the little newsagent 's , leaving McLeish a clear run to get Catherine back to the Yard . |
| 5 | She sounded pleased to say it and Tug stared at her , with a wild hope that she was going to explain everything to him . |
| 6 | I thought he was I thought he was going to do something to himself . |
| 7 | ‘ But by then I suppose he was having to say anything to the jury to save himself . |
| 8 | Mother , of course , was allowed to say anything to anyone . |
| 9 | And I was trying to explain something to her in German . |
| 10 | The Security Council always tut-tutted when anybody suggested that it was trying to starve anybody to death , but if sanctions were going to be effective then people would die because they did not get enough to eat . |
| 11 | Melot 's Arab spy was engaged to guide everyone to the Wadi Fetilia which was the only practical route down the escarpment on to the coastal plain . |