Example sentences of "[Wh adv] he [be] [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reg Butler sat beside a roaring gas log fire , smoking a fat cigar and wondering when he was going to be able to retire , relax , play golf , take in the odd West End show like other successful men of seventy-two . |
| 2 | When I came out , they told me the court dates of when he was going to be adopted . |
| 3 | Sometimes they used it on him when he was waiting to be served by a barman , or even when he was just standing waiting to cross a busy street , but mostly it was when he was talking to somebody official . |
| 4 | Such as on pgs 37–38 where he is talking to Louis and Mike . |
| 5 | ‘ I need to know where he 's travelling to . |
| 6 | missed where he 's going to . |
| 7 | In the following pairs of examples , ( a ) represents normal placement and ( b ) contrastive : a ) I want to know where he s travelling to ( The word ‘ to ’ , being a preposition and not a lexical word , is not stressed. ) b ) ( I do nt want to know where he s travelling from ) I want to know where he s travelling |
| 8 | How did Lee think he could see where he was pointing to in the dark ? |
| 9 | Stan persuaded me to play truant and take a two-week holiday to Italy where he was going to caddie for Craig Defoy . |
| 10 | You never really knew where he was going to be at . |
| 11 | On Sunday night the driver would take me back to Verona and Eric would somehow get to Rome , where he was going to be working . |
| 12 | Erm not knowing where he was going to , to park his bottom . |
| 13 | She wondered why he was speaking to her in such a quiet , gentling tone , then realised how stiffly she was holding herself . |