Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trafalgar House , BR 's favoured partner , is reliably understood to have rejected the idea of building a terminal at Stratford and to be sticking to the final route chosen by BR . |
| 2 | When she examined his eye she saw the splinter , a tiny coil of metal shaving which appeared to be sticking to the iris . |
| 3 | Oh no er necessarily not , because er depending on the details of the er formula that all the words that er come out of the discussions today , er it 's got to be discussed by the members at grass-roots level , and if we 're not happy with it , we will be sticking to the action er certainly up until when the ballot is taken and if it is voted against er any deal that is struck at the moment , we will continue the action , and I think this will be not only in Oxfordshire , but up and down the country , the strength of feeling nationally is very strong . |
| 4 | Staff in this store in Abingdon may be preaching to the converted . |
| 5 | He 's been visiting Oxford to promote his book and he hopes he wo n't just be preaching to the converted . |
| 6 | They seemed to be pandering to the silliest stereotypes . |
| 7 | We wo n't be disturbed for an hour and a half at least — Kate 's out , and then she 'll be seeing to the meal . |
| 8 | Maeve would be seeing to the barns , ensuring stock was slaughtered , the meat dried , salted and hung high in the kitchen to smoke , preserving it for the long winter months . |
| 9 | For the Conservative party which is in essence a party of power , huge historic perspective , huge experience of power , ever to get itself in a position where it 's perceived to be struggling to the point of self destruction , would have its political consequences and they would be dire . |
| 10 | A company requiring someone with organizing skills might ask you what skills you 'll be bringing to the job . |
| 11 | ‘ And the lettering underneath it says : ‘ Fun-loving , globe-trotting millionaire playboy Richard Arnold will be jetting to the Florida sunshine next week to witness the launch of Arnsat 1 , the first communi — ’ she hesitated , ‘ — cations sat … ellite built by Arnco Inter … national Group . |
| 12 | He gazed up in the air and appeared to be musing to the ceiling . |
| 13 | It was a real exciting year ; all the stuff was brand new and you could be driving to the gig and hear your record on the radio . |
| 14 | JAMES BOND soon be returning to the big screen for his first film since 1989 . |
| 15 | As the queen-dowager had informed them , she was but paying a brief visit to the palace , out of respect for her young lord and would be returning to the sanctuary very shortly . |
| 16 | It would also leave Lewis as possibly a minor player in the world heavyweight scene which could be returning to the chaos that surrounded it before Mike Tyson brutally united sports richest prize . |
| 17 | Adults who prefer sex with animals may be returning to the stage when there was little distinction between humans and animals , and use an animal as a substitute for sexual relations with a parent . |
| 18 | We shall be returning to the treatment of functions in language teaching in Section Two . |
| 19 | I have now bought a Tesoro Laser B1 ( that has both auto and manual ground adjust ) and will be returning to the site to see if the extra performance of this machine turns up any more finds . |
| 20 | Beyond this point the observer would be returning to the north pole . |
| 21 | That 's when I decided to gamble on the chance that you 'd soon be returning to the hotel to freshen up before the start of the evening . |
| 22 | Lucy felt a surge of excitement , not only because here was the opportunity to see a kiwi in its natural surroundings , but also because she would be returning to the bush with Silas . |
| 23 | ‘ Then I shall drive you to Wellington , where I 'll meet your parents and inform your father you 'll not be returning to the office . |
| 24 | I hope that the hon. Gentleman had the opportunity to tell the gentleman that he might well see me in future as I shall be returning to the town in which I was born . |
| 25 | No , it will not be the gas board in the Republic of Ireland , and I suspect that I shall be returning to the subject of gas all afternoon and most of the evening . |
| 26 | FOLLOWING its highly successful run at the King 's last year ‘ Buddy ‘ , The Buddy Holly Story will be returning to the theatre this summer . |
| 27 | I could get myself into trouble with a colleague of yours in another town but er I am hopeful , so as I say , er on the seventeenth of January then we could be returning to the situation and I understand in nineteen seventy four when there was a sergeant and six constables here in until the demise of the Urban District Council when they were all moved to . |
| 28 | You 'll be returning to the glamorous world of rock as soon as he returns . |
| 29 | She still had n't admitted to the other woman that she was n't at all sure she 'd be returning to the music business . |
| 30 | Armagh businessman Mr Adrian Stinson will step into the shoes of Mr Brian Musgrave , who will be returning to the Department of Economic Development . |