Example sentences of "he is [adv] [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is probably going to the château . |
| 2 | Do not immediately put him on the lead , for this will reinforce the idea that when he comes back to you , he is immediately going to be taken home and , in future , will associate coming to you with the end of the walk or game . |
| 3 | He is also writing to John McGregor , the Education Secretary , urging him not only to abandon the idea of additional CTCs but to hand over those in the pipeline to local authorities . |
| 4 | Erm there 's another Econ Soc the Economic Society putting on a lecture at five o'clock on Wednesday er in A forty two and the topic there is What 's Happening to the Distribution of Income in Britain and he is also talking to the Public Sector . |
| 5 | If the sentence-grammarian wishes to make claims about the ‘ acceptability ’ of a sentence in determining whether the strings produced by his grammar are correct sentences of the language , he is implicitly appealing to contextual considerations . |
| 6 | For as the election draws ever-nearer , he is being asked to make what for him must be the ultimate sacrifice : from time to time , he is actually having to be nasty . |
| 7 | Therefore , he is now going to the place where the satellite is . |
| 8 | To the end , he is merely listening to his subjects , respecting without judging them and keeping us , as readers , flush against them , indulging in their foibles and sharing their fantasies . |
| 9 | Obviously , though , he is still acclimatising to the berth at international level . |
| 10 | Were this competitive process to run its course to completion — in other words , were all decisions to become fully dovetailed — each participant would no longer be under pressure to improve the opportunities he is currently offering to the market , since no one else is offering more attractive opportunities [ … |
| 11 | Racing is in the blood , and while a driver still thinks he can do it , at or near the top , he is always going to be tempted . |
| 12 | He is constantly talking to you about your performance , about how you are reacting , building up your confidence throughout the training session . |