Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [pers pn] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said to me once , when he was driving me to school , that there was nothing left to believe in these days . |
| 2 | MUM-TO-BE Lynne Adams , 36 , gave birth to a girl on the M5 yesterday as husband Phil was driving her to hospital in Taunton , Somerset . |
| 3 | Helen was driving her to suicide , I could see that . |
| 4 | His constant invasion of her privacy was driving her to distraction . |
| 5 | No you we , you was relating it to power in this country to any country and saying |
| 6 | His ulcer had finally blown up and the doctor was rushing him to hospital . |
| 7 | The chief executive of Merseytravel , which operates the service , emerged from a crisis meeting and conceded a crippling financial burden was forcing it to back closure plans . |
| 8 | ‘ You can go and see Mrs M , ’ said my mother and I wondered whether her sense of grievance towards me was inclining her to spite . |
| 9 | I said to her , I was saying it to Mum earlier , if that was me with a family , I 'd wake up to the fact that you 're pa , I , I I , there 's too many here . |
| 10 | He said he was taking him to obedience classes but he was n't . |
| 11 | The next landing stage , this one at a tree-covered spur projecting from the opposite shore of the lake , bears the sign " Tellsplatte " ; nearby is a memorial chapel to the folk hero who is reputed to have leapt ashore at this spot escaping from an Austrian-manned boat that was carrying him to prison . |
| 12 | And er I was showing it to chap next to me , tall chap , he took a fatherly interest in showing me how to work you know when foreman was out and er ooh he said there 's a bloody Taffy . |