Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [v-ing] [adv prt] to [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is n't quite wrong , Bill , for it to be said that Councils should be spending up to their capped level . |
| 2 | Well that would certainly be my favourite , we we 'll be coming up to our hundredth anniversary are n't we fairly soon ? |
| 3 | ‘ He 'll be running back to his cow of a wife now and laughing about the way he conned the owner 's wife . ’ |
| 4 | He could n't be expected to manage much more than an hour on his feet , after which he 'd be living up to his name , although not — Diane hoped — to his reputation . |
| 5 | A fourteen year old criminal at the centre of a row about trips to Spain paid for by social services may be going back to his grandparents ' home there for Christmas . |
| 6 | But very soon now the brents would be flying back to their breeding grounds in Arctic Russia . |
| 7 | Down in the basement , Mark expertly kitted us out with mountaineering skis , boots , skins and harscheisen ( crampons for skis ) — we would be skiing in to our climbs . |
| 8 | For the first time this year , Messrs Cronin and Co will be looking up to their opposite numbers and it will be essential that both blockers and sweepers are doing their job . |
| 9 | If the glider is facing across the wind with the into-wind wing held down , the wind will be blowing on to its top surface , producing an extra down-load . |
| 10 | yeah , he , he said oh I can just about fit you in , I said oh that 's good because otherwise er I said to my friend that will be coming back to her house instead . |