Example sentences of "[Wh pn] was [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , Fiona was thought to be a suitable bride for my father-just the right age , pretty and vivacious enough it was thought to appeal to a man who was beginning to be known as a confirmed bachelor . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I see , ’ said Cornelius , who was beginning to . |
| 3 | I was writing to my MP who was writing to the Secretary of State who was writing to the High Commisioner and it just went on . |
| 4 | I was writing to my MP who was writing to the Secretary of State who was writing to the High Commisioner and it just went on . |
| 5 | I was talking to a man with a stammer who was training to be an estate agent when Gillian was brought across by the organiser . |
| 6 | And he said he was unable to resist orders from a drowned boyhood friend called Delroy , who was speaking to him from ‘ beyond the grave ’ . |
| 7 | Neil Cochrane knew immediately who it was who was speaking to him . |
| 8 | She was equally sure that she had not known who was speaking to her brother too . |
| 9 | Spoiling his grand posture as little as possible , he glanced quickly sideways into the crowd to see who was speaking to whom . |
| 10 | With an effort she wrenched her gaze away , forcing her attention to the person who was speaking to her . |
| 11 | ‘ Darling , this is Miss Huntley , who was expecting to lunch with Angela today . |
| 12 | Elizabeth was walking with Betty behind the doctor and April , who was clinging to his arm and , as it were , daintily tripping up . |
| 13 | He turned to Sally-Anne who was clinging to his arm , and said , ‘ I know a small chop-house near here , and when you have eaten you may tell me what happened , and how you came to be on your own , under attack . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ There was somebody else there — somebody who was pretending to be ‘ Smee ’ . |
| 15 | I forgot to say that the guerrilla who was pretending to be a madman had let Sis . |
| 16 | Like Viola in ‘ Twelfth Night ’ , Rosalind was played by a boy , who was pretending to be a girl , who was disguised as a boy … |
| 17 | There was a surrealist episode involved a gnarled coach , an attractive young woman who was trying to be a hooker ( rugby variety ) and a small boy who wanted to be a scrum-half . |
| 18 | He sounded like a man who was trying to be brave after his marriage had just fallen apart . |
| 19 | A great man in those days who was trying to be encouraging told me I had a terrific eye for English weather . |
| 20 | ‘ I think you 'll have to , ’ said Fenella , who found the idea completely appalling , but who was trying to be practical and sensible and make it sound safe for them to go so that they could get Nuadu . |
| 21 | ‘ You know you love it , ’ said Scarlet , who was referring to Constance 's single state and not to her lover . |
| 22 | A young American actor , Daniel , is called out of self-imposed English exile by the sudden death of his alcoholic father , who was flying to England to effect a reunion . |
| 23 | I watched him walk towards Daffodil , who was waving to him vigorously , and take the place saved by her handbag . |
| 24 | The crash came after the chequered flag at the end of the session , when Berger came across a slowing Alesi , who was waving to the crowd . |
| 25 | The crash came after the chequered flag at the end of the session , when Berger came across a slowing Alesi , who was waving to the crowd . |
| 26 | ‘ In Alistair McAlpine 's day , ’ said John Cole , who was chatting to Amaranth , ‘ we were given lobsters . ’ |
| 27 | They must have been filled in at the bank either by Mr Hatton himself or else by the cashier who was attending to him . ’ |
| 28 | But one day at the club when he trotted out this phrase during some heated discussion in the midst of a little group of members ( all of them persons of some consequence ) , Nicholas Stavrogin who was standing to one side alone and unnoticed , suddenly went up to Mr Gaganov and , taking him unexpectedly and firmly with two fingers by the nose , managed to drag him two or three steps across the room . |
| 29 | Ernest looked through the lens and made some last-minute adjustments , then beckoned Rosie , who was standing to one side , watching . |
| 30 | And after that they all took over , shielding Hilary from Ryan , who was standing to one side , being comprehensively ignored . |