Example sentences of "'s [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gedge 's mother was pleased to see the band put our a tribute to Jones but would have preferred her son 's singing to be given a lot more prominence . |
| 2 | Put down that Gameboy and your copy of Madonna 's Sex , clean up the mess , pour yourself a pale cream sherry and mull over the year that 's drawing to a close . |
| 3 | It 's proving to be a strain , both financially and physically — since we are doing as much of the work ourselves as possible — and our friends were convinced for some time that we had gone mad ! |
| 4 | Carole did n't appear to notice the English girl 's slightly hesitant reply as she continued enthusiastically , ‘ He 's proving to be a terrific father-figure , is n't he ? |
| 5 | But as business picks up , ironically there 's proving to be a shortage of available workers with the right skills . |
| 6 | And like any other baby it 's proving to be quite a handfull … especially at mealtimes . |
| 7 | In Nottingham city centre you 'll find space to park at the Broadmarsh Centre and Fletchergate you wo n't have to queue for the Victoria Centre car park but Trinity Square that 's proving to be fairly busy so expect a short wait to park there . |
| 8 | ‘ He 's goin' to head-up world planning operations from Detroit . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ This bottle o' poison 's goin' to the police station . ’ |
| 10 | Do n't you know war 's goin' to be declared any second , ’ and he waved at Willie . |
| 11 | ‘ Because I know it 's goin' to be a son … |
| 12 | Not a mess steward , though ; more on the cleanin' side , I think it 's goin' to be . |
| 13 | This billet 's goin' to be all right , ’ Vi urged . |
| 14 | She 's goin' to no Catholic Mass as long as she 's under my care . |
| 15 | We 'll have to wait an' see what the benefit 's goin' to be … |
| 16 | ‘ I suppose that 's what the doc 's suggesting to Len ? ’ |
| 17 | He comes home at 8am to snatch an hour 's snooze and then sets off on the bus for a full day 's preaching to the people whose failing legs ca n't get them to church . |
| 18 | ‘ Because of the British side 's sticking to its erroneous stand , the two sides were divided on some major issues of principle , ’ said Ambassador Ke . |
| 19 | That 's his story and he 's sticking to it anyway ! |
| 20 | If you look at the report , White Paper , you 'll notice that it 's sticking to a , a freezing of the nineteen-ninety levels by the year two thousand and five , and you may feel that you would like to see this country come more into line with the other E E C countries and ask for a freezing by the year two thousand . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll get father , he 's seeing to the pigs . ’ |
| 22 | erm , he 's seeing to a bit of rust for me |
| 23 | He 's apologizing to himself , for letting himself down . |
| 24 | Sotheby 's began to look for an escape route : they could not risk the picture 's returning to the market and failing to hold its theoretical value . |
| 25 | He 's returning to somewhere safe when he does that , she thought . |
| 26 | Will he contrast that excellent achievement under Conservative trade union law with the undoubted industrial chaos that would result in the unlikely event of the Labour party 's returning to government ? |
| 27 | He 's always doing that , he 's reading or drawing or something and he 's laughing to himself . |
| 28 | I do n't know what 's happening to this place . ’ |
| 29 | The only answer was to run — in the hope that I can escape being apprehended while I find out what 's happening to the project I was working on . |
| 30 | Those that are n't winners do n't want to know what 's happening to anybody else . |