Example sentences of "be [v-ing] to the end " in BNC.
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1 | You can pack it up , but you can still see the front so you know how near you 're getting to the end of your job . |
2 | ‘ We 're coming to the end of the millennium . |
3 | You and the management will agree that you 're coming to the end of that assignment and you get you get a new one . |
4 | You literally get a phone call to say er we 're coming to the end of this assignment here 's your next one . |
5 | ‘ Self-determination is the right of all people in the world , including Germans , but it only makes sense when one does not lose sight of the concerns of others … we are coming to the end of a century which has seen the special responsibility of Germans for some terrible things . ’ |
6 | The majority of Tom Troubadour 's opponents are coming to the end of much busier campaigns , and the novice Merry Master may prove the main threat . |
7 | The students are coming to the end of their additional assessments now : they 've been working on their projects since December . |
8 | Open prisons like Leyhill house offenders who are coming to the end of their sentences . |
9 | 11.57 / 3 Now some of the trees he planted are coming to the end of their natural life and the present Duke of Marlborough has begun a restoration programme to replace them and keep the landscape gardens they were originally laid-out . |
10 | The majority of our buildings were built in the 60s and 70s and many of these installations are coming to the end of their life , ’ said Mr Eyton-Jones . |
11 | I shall not take any more interventions , as I am coming to the end of my speech and many hon. Members wish to speak . |
12 | The House will be relieved to hear that I am coming to the end of my list of telephone calls . |
13 | A Royal Ulster Constabulary spokesman said : ‘ Although he may have been coming to the end of his racing career , he was potentially valuable for stud purposes . ’ |
14 | disappointing an and frustrating th that this type of thing is happening , I 'm pleased I 'm coming to the end of me service because the time will come when somebody 's got to speak out , and I think the time has or come when at I can speak out , damn the consequences . |
15 | Overall , it could by the end of the transitional phase claim that it had changed the basis of economic competition by removing many restrictive practices and that it had eased some of the pain of economic decline by its policies towards those aging coal and steel plants that were coming to the end of a useful life . |
16 | We were coming to the end of the day , and the light was starting to fade . |
17 | They were coming to the end of the motorway — which went nowhere , after the fashion of the country , having been built to please a politician it was said — and both of them knew a bar . |
18 | No , it 's it 's going to the end of the interview . |
19 | Mind you it 's getting to the end of the run as well is n't it now ? |
20 | Also , if the DA is coming to the end of his/her four-year term , seeking the death penalty may improve their chances of re-election . |
21 | And now George is coming to the end of his opening address . |
22 | Somewhere it is coming to the end |
23 | Strach , I think , is coming to the end of his career and I think McAllister has to start coming into his own . |
24 | ‘ I know Belfast has just been bombed , and London , but maybe Hitler 's coming to the end of his resources . |
25 | ‘ Andy Gregory has been a brilliant scrum-half , but he 's coming to the end of his career and can only be a short-term buy for Doug Laughton at Leeds . |
26 | at our next meeting is there anyone else you need to consult before making the decision to proceed now at this point , it 's coming to the end of the first appointment , you 're pretty sure you 're on your way so the pressure is off , he 's feeling fairly relaxed and hopefully he 's enjoyed the whole sale process with you , so what should his re his response be ? |
27 | But I mean it 's , now it 's coming to the end of January people are starting to get paid again and starting to have paid off their Christmas . |
28 | and secondly it 's coming to the end of the financial year and this is when they want to spend the money . |
29 | It was the year of the Queen 's Silver Jubilee and the Prince , just twenty-nine , was drawing to the end of his first year as a full-time working member of the ‘ family firm ’ . |
30 | I was listening to the end bit , I was saying what were we about at the end . |