Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But on that morning my happiness was clouded by something he said to me as we were walking home to lunch : ‘ Your parents know about you , Jim — you know that , do n't you ? ’ |
| 2 | In those days all aircrew had to take a six monthly Basic Efficiency Examination to ensure they were keeping up to date with equipment and training procedures . |
| 3 | One day we were at the top of the highest hill on the island , and we were looking out to sea . |
| 4 | Her eyes were looking out to sea . |
| 5 | Leigh , who drew a quarter 's salary in March 1565 , was another graduate of the University of Cambridge ; good boys from the School were going on to University . |
| 6 | Sharpe and Harper were going back to war . |
| 7 | Some little groups were going off to west and east , but most hung on with a sense that the next thing now demanded to be done . |
| 8 | And then there was a study into and area of Belfast where most of the men were unemployed and it was the women who were going out to work in the factory and it was found to be the other way round , and the women spoke more of a non-standard than the men did when the men were staying at home . |
| 9 | Did he not know that 33 per cent of married women were going out to work , and that did n't mean they were competing to do Mrs Griffiths-Jones ’ dishes ? |
| 10 | ‘ I did n't realize you were going out to dinner . |
| 11 | Ken went to the man 's flat before they were going out to dinner . |
| 12 | Top designers from all over the country were getting together to stage something that , it was already forecast , would be the money-raising event of the year . |
| 13 | After all , we were coming up to Christmas , season of goodwill . |
| 14 | And I was downstairs with Lottie ; and we were taking coats , do you see ; people were coming in to lunch or dinner — I forget — we were taking the coats , and a man went upstairs — I do n't know who he was — and he had a big head , and it was completely bald ! |
| 15 | The approach of evening and release from the heat had transformed the city through which they rode , and the tree-lined streets that had been scorched and deserted on their arrival were coming rapidly to life . |
| 16 | The telephone would ring at one o'clock , just as we were sitting down to lunch . |
| 17 | Her husband had just finished the day 's work at his butcher 's shop and they were settling down to supper . |
| 18 | I was bored with Aubagne and was looking forward to Orange . |
| 19 | They 're convinced Marc was looking forward to life , not trying to end it . |
| 20 | He had worked hard all his life and had served his country for four years and was looking forward to retirement in the home he had worked for all his days . |
| 21 | I swear that dog was looking out to sea with his blind eye . |
| 22 | This now returned and it seemed that her meeting with Tom and Peter had been like a dream from which she was waking up to reality . |
| 23 | As we turned Bass Point with a good view of the Predannack helicopter base , my concentration was drawn by a helicopter which had lifted off and was heading out to sea , at our level and across our path . |
| 24 | A three-man crew from the independent Southport Lifeboat Service was called out following reports that a shrimp rig driven by Joe Ross was heading out to sea . |
| 25 | His voice was spiralling up to laughter . |
| 26 | She did not go on to express the next thought in her mind : thank goodness Annabel was going away to school , and very soon the association would be closed , for its continuance would create an impossible situation . |
| 27 | My ! that would be something to cope with , if it got round the unit that he was going up to Lemon 's place . |
| 28 | Naturally she had not wanted to go out with him , but both her mother and father stressed how nice it was of him to take such an interest in the fact that she was going off to university and wanted to take her to the pictures as a treat . |
| 29 | Modigliani was pleased when Zbo responded quickly to his pleas for money and told his dealer he was going back to work : ‘ I must explain — though real explanations are impossible in letters — that there has been a ‘ vacuum ’ . |
| 30 | And did James ask you when you was going back to school ? |