Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [to-vb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manufacturers and specialists are struggling to respond to constantly changing requirements , he said . |
| 2 | In this respect , a famously offensive passage by Rousseau on the education of girls may be seen as , after all , no more than realistic for period and place : recommending that girls be taught to break off games they are enjoying to return to work without complaint , he writes : |
| 3 | We live in a ‘ market economy ’ and many one time ‘ command economies ’ are endeavouring to change to the same arrangements . |
| 4 | yes , Casey there 's something I 've been wanting to say to you . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been wanting to speak to you about that business the other night ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been wanting to speak to you for some time , Jekyll , ’ said the lawyer , ‘ about your will . ’ |
| 7 | Police have been wanting to speak to Mr Ashworth since 35-year-old Denise 's body was found in her flat above the Lion Tavern , Moorfields , on Thursday . |
| 8 | I am writing to appeal to you or your readers . |
| 9 | I am writing to respond to Mr Dave Ayres , whose article appeared in your February 1992 issue . |
| 10 | I am writing to reply to your correspondent H Wilson ( Letters , 10 April ) who attacks my advocacy of tactical voting published in your issue of 3 April , and my contention that there was little to choose between the Labour and Liberal Democrat manifestos . |
| 11 | With Britain 's roads becoming more crowded and dangerous , cyclists are looking to escape to the countryside in the Forest of Dean . |
| 12 | The snag is that many local managers are refusing to agree to this concession . |
| 13 | Right-wing columnists are refusing to rally to Mr Major in his hour of need . |
| 14 | They have failed to endorse the Australian move and are refusing to contribute to the compensation fund . |
| 15 | ‘ I am refusing to accede to your request on the grounds that it will make you insecure ’ |
| 16 | So you 're wanting to go to that swimming class on Monday ? |
| 17 | We 're going to watch to the end . ’ |
| 18 | Make sure it 's at a point on the video tape where it can be recorded immediately because there wo n't be time to find the right point , and also make sure you bring with you a watch because you 're going to need to be very tight on , on times , so try and remember to bring a watch with you . |
| 19 | you do n't think the other thing is that people who erm you know there there is everybody 's got wedding fairs in their own area , first of all , they 're going to go to those anyway and buy from their own local person . |
| 20 | You 're not serious that they 're going to go to nothing could always go down a hundred . |
| 21 | Well was n't Dawn saying about they 're going to go to France this year or something ? |
| 22 | Cos at lunchtime we 're going to go to Tesco 's . |
| 23 | I do n't know what you 're saying we 're going to go to the shops |
| 24 | If we 're going to go to the quiz on Monday night we shall have to learn our way round yo and our A fours and A two six wo n't we ? |
| 25 | I got your stock see , I 've got your stock , you 're either gon na shut your case or you 're going to the , you 're going to go to the house or you 're going have to move me from that objection that I 've hit you with , then the objection that you 're comfortable with , now that 's what closes are about , it 's dancing people from one objection to another , let me put you on another objection then , seeing as you 're not too happy with that then |
| 26 | You 're going to go to sleep are n't you ? |
| 27 | It might be quite warm and we 're going to go to sleep in the car . |
| 28 | Erm you 're going to talk to your mum . |
| 29 | ‘ Now , ’ one of them said , ‘ we 're going to talk to you . |
| 30 | I mean you 're going to talk to us . |