Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] a [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Six of the engineers had swum to the northern bank where they were fastening a rope to a great elm tree . |
| 2 | People were fastening a rope to the ring . |
| 3 | The four , of Bangladeshi origin , were returning a video to a store when they were attacked at the junction of Commercial Road and Deancross Street . |
| 4 | If we said we were in favour of the teaching of grammar , some teachers would think we were advocating a return to old-fashioned exercises in parsing and clause analysis . |
| 5 | All their trumpets tilted up from the ground , as if together they were sounding a blast to the sky . |
| 6 | The West Midlands Area Tories , to which organisation Arden belonged , were holding a dance to the music of the Majorettes , but David did not fancy being enveloped in clouds of blue tulle . |
| 7 | After reading your All I want is a room somewhere , I decided to write in case any of your readers were considering a home to Carla . |
| 8 | The senior , Flying Officer Jimmy Coutts , was married to a farmer 's daughter and they were expecting an addition to the family at any moment . |
| 9 | When he spoke it was as if he were dictating a letter to her , concentrating on the correctness of his grammar and syntax . |
| 10 | So , so erm wh which , you know , made me smile and I 'm sure it did everybody else but whenever you were asking a question to Martin you , you started laughing as you were telling it erm and that 's I do n't think that I would actually have |
| 11 | They were taking a trip to Canada and the States and were to be staying with Cassie 's Canadian aunt and uncle . |
| 12 | You can only , you , you would n't know that it you were hearing a C to a C , you would n't know you were actually hearing a diminished second would you ? |
| 13 | Mike Lynch , of the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals , said whale watchers were posing a risk to the animals — and placing themselves in danger — by trying to track them from boats . |
| 14 | He believed that our problem was one that faces many great enterprises today and he believed that by helping us , who are seen and heard in so many places , he and his bank were making a contribution to our cultural life . |
| 15 | ‘ Could you tell me first , ’ said Mahmoud , ‘ why you were making an expedition to Luxor ? ’ |
| 16 | In St Albans last year two IRA terrorists blew themselves up as they were planting a 5lbs to 7lbs Semtex bomb destined for Royal Marines bandsmen . |
| 17 | encouraging offenders to except responsibility for what they have done , but also to take the opportunity to do something positive about that and in that were delivering a service to the public and to the offender , so I think things are improving |
| 18 | A police spokesman said : ‘ The woman and a colleague , recently joined and under instruction , were answering a call to a burglary when they came across the incident involving a taxi driver and his fare . |
| 19 | We were planning a visit to Hong Kong for several months , as Michael was to be a visiting professor in the University there . |
| 20 | In 1965 , Marcos had the Filipinos and the US State Department solidly behind him , while international aid agencies were beating a path to his door . |
| 21 | Peter Wright , who missed Boroughmuir 's friendly against Hawick as he was resting a knock to his left shoulder which he had aggravated when he tripped at work , completed most of the session and is confident he will be 100 per cent for the heavy scrummaging routines on Wednesday night . |
| 22 | The war was proving a windfall to Sharpe , as it was to so many other half-pay officers in both armies . |
| 23 | Their disruptive behaviour was proving a headache to Mr Jones until he discovered the elephants could be kept at bay if he fed them with their favourite fruit pears . |
| 24 | The high cost of housing in the north London area was proving a barrier to the recruitment of people with the rare technical skills it required . |
| 25 | ‘ Oh , yes , ’ said Loretta , realizing that her reaction was proving a disappointment to Bridget . |
| 26 | He did n't like the look of that rascal who was touching a taper to the base of the gun . |
| 27 | Even now a Master Artificer was engraving a wall-tablet to be mounted in the Teuton Chapel . |
| 28 | He was applying a match to some kind of heater , and from a small counter in the far corner there was a distinct smell of coffee pervading the atmosphere . |
| 29 | ‘ I had arranged with Sister Stevens that on the next occasion that Len presented with either a hangover or a stomach upset I would refer him to the occupational health centre where they would suggest counselling , as I believed Len was becoming a danger to himself and everyone else . ’ |
| 30 | It was her duty to tell me — a ‘ mother 's duty ’ — that my obstinate refusal to comply with Jean-Claude 's wishes meant I was becoming a burden to him . |