Example sentences of "is [v-ing] [pron] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this time of year , when everyone is pledging themselves to improve the sorry lot we call our lives , I have decided to give up lying . |
| 2 | If it is to put pressure on broadminded intellectuals to persuade their leaders to change their policies , it is having the opposite effect , and is causing them to support the nationalist government . |
| 3 | What appears as a hint in Brief History forms the high concept of Soul : science , it contends , is in the throes of a revolution that is turning it to face the Deity . |
| 4 | Erm all he 's been doing here is getting me to find the sides . |
| 5 | And finally : ‘ Do n't merely talk , like some gasbags do , about shedding the last drop of your blood for your country — the difficulty with them , when the time comes , is getting them to shed the FIRST drop of their blood . ’ |
| 6 | This policy of jobs at all costs is doing nothing to meet the needs of women . |
| 7 | " He is taking me to see the book . |