Example sentences of "he [was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took a briefcase with him , as if he were going back to the Works . |
| 2 | His face was a mask of alarm and he was looking back to the office door and the cabinet which was pushed up against it . |
| 3 | Fortescue dropped the manuscript he was reading on to the table . |
| 4 | He was holding on to the hand of one of the passengers who was bleeding rather badly . |
| 5 | Mr Hyslop had had little idea how badly he was injured until he was heading back to the station in the van . |
| 6 | She intercepted Dieter just as he was emerging on to the terrace . |
| 7 | Once , on a day of snow and melting slush , he was walking back to the Marylebone Road when the Asshe carriage passed by , with Johnny at the reins . |
| 8 | He was dancing up to the youngest dog again , sideways this time , head on one side , goading him . |
| 9 | Now he 'd told me he was going up to the Cathedral . |
| 10 | She never fussed when he said that he was going down to the country and did n't know when he 'd be back . |
| 11 | He was going back to the Cluanie Inn . |
| 12 | Aggie got the mousetraps , and the only thing they caught was her Harold 's big toe one night when he was hurrying down to the lavatory in the backyard . |