Example sentences of "be [v-ing] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be interesting to know whether Petrey really does hold the views I am attributing to him , and whether he thinks that speech act theories of semantics are therefore based on a fundamental error . |
| 2 | I wonder if we can get to the point of my question , it may be my fault but I will try again , the reason I am suggesting to you was the decision was made to update the service charges once a year was because if you did n't update the , the existing brochure might mislead , is that right or not ? |
| 3 | Some parents need help in identifying how they are reacting to their child and so professional observation of their interaction may be required . |
| 4 | But after that Pete had sworn that he 'd touch nothing stronger than tapwater for the rest of the evening , and so far he 'd been sticking to it . |
| 5 | While all things else are gathering to their homes , |
| 6 | Chamonix locals are sticking to their prediction of a heavy winter . |
| 7 | Oxford are sticking to their old blades and the experts reckon they 'll be sharp enough to win on Saturday . |
| 8 | How many of these songs could she have been singing to her daddy ? |
| 9 | reactive kind of person , in which he things are happening to him , like for instance he 's quite famous because of the war . |
| 10 | Undoubtedly adolescence is the one which raises numerous transient problems in terms of puberty particularly , in terms of physical change , where adolescents become very worried about their , their body image , about the changes that are happening to them physically . |
| 11 | ‘ I feel almost guilty that so many good things are happening to us , when such a lot of people are having a bad time , ’ Sarah said . |
| 12 | Even if horrific or frightening , it 's at least more exciting , less routine and ultimately the bad things — being skewered by a maniac or blown to pieces or vampirized — are happening to someone else . |
| 13 | The cause of the retention needs to be determined and therapy aimed at alleviating the stress and tension that are contributing to it . |
| 14 | After a short break , we are returning to our studies in the Old Testament . |
| 15 | A Vietnamese couple who had to leave their country and fled to the North Yorkshire market town of Kirkbymoorside 14 years ago , are returning to it to open a Chinese takeaway . |
| 16 | We are returning to your paltry universe . |
| 17 | Visible ideas are signs and indications of tangible ideas , and have a constant and universal connection with them which was ‘ learnt at our first entrance into the world ; and ever since , almost every moment of our lives , it has been occurring to our thoughts , and fastening and striking deeper on our minds . ’ |
| 18 | There I am laughing to myself , I thought you stu , and I was lost , you know ! |
| 19 | Ask the Holy Spirit to give you the strength and resolve to follow God 's will in whatever he has been revealing to you . |
| 20 | Here the media enter into a directly ideological role , since they are explaining to us what these events mean . |
| 21 | I had kept all the abuse that had been happening to me very much to myself — it seemed to me that I must have been very bad . |
| 22 | A lot of personal things had been happening to me during that year . |
| 23 | This has been happening to me , just the same . |
| 24 | The big question was : Who is this girl — and what has been happening to her ? |
| 25 | The big question was : Who is this girl — and what has been happening to her ? |
| 26 | When I go past , I wonder what has been happening to her in the intervening years , and that 's very odd . ’ |
| 27 | None of what 's been happening to her lately has sat well with her temperament . |
| 28 | What 's been happening to you ? |
| 29 | ‘ So he 's the one behind everything that 's been happening to you recently . ’ |
| 30 | He remained silent , watching her , and her embarrassment grew until in the end she set her glass down with a bang and in desperation said , ‘ So are you going to tell me what 's been happening to you in the last five years ? ’ |