Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] to [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The temple bells were clanging to their climax as Ramlal hurried past the door , clutching his precious document , and laughing to himself at the thought that the God had got nothing from him at all . |
| 2 | If Florian or Nicky were to draw the obvious conclusion from the fact that she and Luke were returning to her apartment together , becoming aware of the affair Luke had wanted to keep secret , now when it was ironically no longer an affair — |
| 3 | Police said the couple were walking to their hotel from a restaurant when a man drove a car up beside them , pointed a gun and ordered them to lie down . |
| 4 | He could see by the dark light that came down from the night sky , a sky that glowed with vivid city lights , that on stands in nearby cages other eagles were listening to his story and staring at him silently . |
| 5 | Because of a lecture I gave last weekend I 've to write a paper on how P R audits can be applied to the military which is great fun and an acknowledgement that people of a senior level were listening to my lecture but , um it 's put quite a bit of work on me . |
| 6 | She had assumed they were going to his friend 's colourful flat but they had been on the motorway for several miles and the road signs said they were travelling north . |
| 7 | Office and factory girls were hurrying to their work , some boarding trams and some walking . |
| 8 | The sun was falling towards the horizon and birds were hurrying to their evening roosts . |
| 9 | Mungo 's clammy pyjamas were clinging to his chest . |
| 10 | The opposition were winning a lot of line-out ball at the back and were getting to our midfield . |
| 11 | It was the psychedelic 60s and drugs were beginning to their part in the Arts Lab , and I recall at one point David lecturing the audience on the dangers of taking drugs . ’ |
| 12 | He was subtly changed now that they were flying to his mountain abode . |
| 13 | You can direct any questions — or objections — to me , as if you were speaking to my father . ’ |
| 14 | Possibly in response to the stimuli given by the bishops ' public statements , the bishops found that local councils were coming to their aid and support in opposing the proposed educational revolution . |
| 15 | This was telling them — trying to bolster their morale — that we were coming to their aid when it was virtually impossible for us to aid them at that time . |
| 16 | wrong , but they did n't like to play cos all those from up the lane were coming to their club sort of thing . |
| 17 | It was not only that animals were suffering to their detriment , but their abusers were themselves brutalised in the process . |
| 18 | ‘ The five survivors in the CR 42 formation were swinging to their right towards and below me , which made it difficult to attack the three planes nearest me , so I chose the outer of the two planes on their left , laid off a deflection and opened fire again . |
| 19 | No , yes you do , do n't lie , I heard you yesterday morning , twelve thirty , you were talking to your assistant in the , about you put the body in my wardrobe said Jane , okay I know something , in fact I know a lot more than all of you . |
| 20 | Now write your ghost story and remember to include all the improvements you thought of when you were talking to your partner . |
| 21 | You were responding to our article about dog licensing and welfare ( License to Kill ) , and your angry , passionate letters ( ‘ tears are running down my face as I write ’ ) clearly showed that dog welfare , and the tremendous problem of strays , are issues which occupy many minds . |
| 22 | Three days later he was confiding to his diary that the night bombardment made him ‘ think of that nightmare room of Edgar Allan Poe , in which the walls closed in one after the other . ’ |
| 23 | Her shift , too , was white , but it was sticking to her body here and there with sweat . |
| 24 | But asked if Mr Onanuga was sticking to his story , Bernadette , 26 , replied : ‘ John is not a liar . ’ |
| 25 | But Anselm had another reason for action : the procedure he had started eighteen months earlier for excommunicating the king if he did not return the lands and revenues of the archbishopric was drawing to its end . |
| 26 | Now it was drawing to its end she gathered the courage to look him straight in the face . |
| 27 | Perhaps , thought Morse , the illicit little office affair was drawing to its close . |
| 28 | They say that as the meeting was drawing to its conclusion , everyone was waiting for a certain person to utter a few graceful words by way of a thank-you to the summit host , Mr Mitterrand . |
| 29 | By the time the eighth ‘ Carry On ’ film went before the cameras when Gentle Jack was drawing to its conclusion , he was established as the honorary patron of the club . |
| 30 | Everything dead ; and she was singing to her doll . |