Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [to-vb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heron shows in his article a deep sympathy with Braque 's work , which , incidentally , was a sort of painting he himself was seeking to practise at the time . |
| 2 | She was pretending to look at the people who were passing in the street , but Burun was not deceived . |
| 3 | Branson , he argued , was attempting to expand at a faster rate than the resources of the company allowed . |
| 4 | And yet , why had his manner changed so abruptly when he learned that the girl whose hat he had rescued was going to live at Sunset Cottage ? |
| 5 | Now he was going to yell at her . |
| 6 | The chief inspector thought the girl was going to spit at her . |
| 7 | Mr Wolski knew what he was going to do at lunchtime that fine spring day . |
| 8 | He had a notion something damned odd was going to happen at Broadstairs . |
| 9 | He wanted to make music — an angry torrent of sound — and was jealous to the gut of the young soloist who was going to perform at his piano on his stage tonight . |
| 10 | What is undeniable is the determination of the bishop to bring the cult of Benignus under the auspices of the Church , if it was going to exist at all . |
| 11 | Nobbled a horse that was going to run at Winnipeg , instead of one running at Vancouver ? |
| 12 | Not only the Bolsheviks but their ‘ worst enemies ’ , wrote Zinoviev , were convinced that ‘ socialist revolution on a world scale was going to develop at a mad gallop ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ She made it clear no decision had been taken and she was going to look at the Tomlinson Report with a totally objective view , ’ he said . |
| 14 | If you knew that a friend was going to look at that magazine shortly after you , and that the friend would see which answer you had marked , would you seriously tick a ) or b ) ? |
| 15 | Oh that 's what I was going to look at the brushes |
| 16 | He again sensed the wrench he was going to feel at leaving this house and never return to it as home … |
| 17 | Nobody knew who was going to win at the end . |
| 18 | Some said they 'd , they 'd be interested in playing , they knew how to play certain things and others wanted to play others and that 's how we started , and in a matter of a year the new headquarters at er Lowestoft was being opened , by the Dutchess of Kent , and we decided that the band was going to play at that one and you can imagine , and it was all ready and they were playing music , but I 'm not sure what , what quality music it was , and blow me on the week before , the band leader , the conductor decided he could n't play because he had a sprained wrist so we were left without a conductor even , but we managed to get another conductor and we played and I do n't know what it sounded like , but the Dutchess of Kent was very kind , she said the music sounded lovely . |
| 19 | You knew I was expecting to stay at the hotel , and that was the only reason I agreed to come with you . |
| 20 | And when they hit me with the INSET thing it was the summer term , the first half of the summer term and I was beginning to fray at the edges , as far as I 'd just got things going , and it was just like something else on top of a lot of pressure already . |
| 21 | A throbbing headache was beginning to gnaw at her . |
| 22 | I was beginning to feel at home in the desert . |
| 23 | By midway I was beginning to feel at home on the excellent , steep rock , placing my feet in a more balanced way and making smoother , les clumsy moves . |
| 24 | Desperation was beginning to seize at her guts ; Dorothy had tolerated so much from her , but she would not take this . |
| 25 | indeed , was beginning to increase at an alarming rate — the resources to meet the challenge were simply not to hand . |
| 26 | Now that he was starting to feel at home , it was time to start work . |
| 27 | The man was coming to look at it , only now … ’ |
| 28 | Gp Capt R C Hockey sent Air Mail the excellent photograph of what happened at Kinloss on a dark night in October 1943 when an Anson was approaching to land at the same time — and on the same bit of field — as a Whitley was just starting its take-off run . |
| 29 | ‘ I was intending to spend at least one night mid-week at home . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I was hoping to look at them on the plane , but they were at the bottom of the pile and I never got around to it . ’ |