Example sentences of "was [verb] to [pron] the " in BNC.

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1 It has not happened since the end of the Second World War , but before the 1987 election , when some commentators were predicting a hung parliament , much thought was given to what the Queen would do about forming a government if they turned out to be right .
2 It was explained to her the day they moved in . ’
3 Was writing to her the nearest he could be ?
4 I fully understood what she was saying to you the day you visited Kinghorn , which is why I almost burst out laughing . ’
5 As I was saying to you the other day , laddie , because I was aiming to be a fighting man I would n't get married .
6 If I was left to it the first pint would go about
7 With a broad smile , he explained , ‘ When I was talking to him the other day , and I happened to mention that an old friend of my sister 's was coming to Ireland , and that I was going to show her round Dublin , and that we 'd agreed to meet here , and about how scatty … ’
8 I mean she does n't does n't see a lot of her erm you know and but she and she was talking to her the other day because she does n't like to get involved or say a lot but
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