Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Margaret Stanhope saw by the watch that never left his wrist that their unromantic interlude would soon be drawing to a close . |
| 2 | In the hollow below , Bigwig seemed to be drawing to a close . |
| 3 | The clear danger was , however , that certain factions within the party leadership would not be so tolerant as Su Xiao Kang hoped and that the freer intellectual atmosphere of 1988 might be drawing to an end . |
| 4 | There were some signs in 1990-91 that Japan 's long-running dispute with the Soviet Union might be drawing to an end . |
| 5 | When she examined his eye she saw the splinter , a tiny coil of metal shaving which appeared to be sticking to the iris . |
| 6 | Oh no er necessarily not , because er depending on the details of the er formula that all the words that er come out of the discussions today , er it 's got to be discussed by the members at grass-roots level , and if we 're not happy with it , we will be sticking to the action er certainly up until when the ballot is taken and if it is voted against er any deal that is struck at the moment , we will continue the action , and I think this will be not only in Oxfordshire , but up and down the country , the strength of feeling nationally is very strong . |
| 7 | The speaker appears to be generalising to a time which includes her own experience . |
| 8 | We wo n't be disturbed for an hour and a half at least — Kate 's out , and then she 'll be seeing to the meal . |
| 9 | For the Conservative party which is in essence a party of power , huge historic perspective , huge experience of power , ever to get itself in a position where it 's perceived to be struggling to the point of self destruction , would have its political consequences and they would be dire . |
| 10 | The operator is assumed to be reacting to a situation in a control room , containing a great variety of dials , charts , and computer driven displays together with the controls needed to take action in any part of the system . |
| 11 | He was thought to be reacting to a resolution passed by the European Parliament on March 12 which deplored the " unacceptable repression " of opposition in the country . |
| 12 | A company requiring someone with organizing skills might ask you what skills you 'll be bringing to the job . |
| 13 | He gazed up in the air and appeared to be musing to the ceiling . |
| 14 | It was a real exciting year ; all the stuff was brand new and you could be driving to the gig and hear your record on the radio . |
| 15 | Her younger brother was sent by Teresa later in the day to say she would not be returning to a house where a dangerous lunatic lived and no one could expect her to — she would rather forfeit that week 's wages than wait long enough to give notice . |
| 16 | ‘ We want him to be returning to a club which is guaranteed European football next season and , who knows , should we win the semi-final he might be able to lead out the team for the final . ’ |
| 17 | No , it will not be the gas board in the Republic of Ireland , and I suspect that I shall be returning to the subject of gas all afternoon and most of the evening . |
| 18 | FOLLOWING its highly successful run at the King 's last year ‘ Buddy ‘ , The Buddy Holly Story will be returning to the theatre this summer . |
| 19 | Joan Knight will also be returning to the theatre which she has run for the last 25 years , Andrew McKinnon having invited her to direct Tally 's Blood . |
| 20 | Beyond this point the observer would be returning to the north pole . |
| 21 | We shall be returning to the treatment of functions in language teaching in Section Two . |
| 22 | She still had n't admitted to the other woman that she was n't at all sure she 'd be returning to the music business . |
| 23 | As the queen-dowager had informed them , she was but paying a brief visit to the palace , out of respect for her young lord and would be returning to the sanctuary very shortly . |
| 24 | It would also leave Lewis as possibly a minor player in the world heavyweight scene which could be returning to the chaos that surrounded it before Mike Tyson brutally united sports richest prize . |
| 25 | That 's when I decided to gamble on the chance that you 'd soon be returning to the hotel to freshen up before the start of the evening . |
| 26 | Adults who prefer sex with animals may be returning to the stage when there was little distinction between humans and animals , and use an animal as a substitute for sexual relations with a parent . |
| 27 | She would n't be returning to the farm for a while , she told him . |
| 28 | I hope that the hon. Gentleman had the opportunity to tell the gentleman that he might well see me in future as I shall be returning to the town in which I was born . |
| 29 | Armagh businessman Mr Adrian Stinson will step into the shoes of Mr Brian Musgrave , who will be returning to the Department of Economic Development . |
| 30 | I could get myself into trouble with a colleague of yours in another town but er I am hopeful , so as I say , er on the seventeenth of January then we could be returning to the situation and I understand in nineteen seventy four when there was a sergeant and six constables here in until the demise of the Urban District Council when they were all moved to . |