Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [v-ing] [adj] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A river ran underneath the road there , and the car was lying next to the bridge wall , below the road . |
| 2 | A boy was standing next to the table , looking at Jean-Paul shyly . |
| 3 | The population is diminishing due to the advancement of the machine on the farm , so very few men are needed on the land , and many of the young folk have to go elsewhere to find work . |
| 4 | I hesitate to intervene again , as the hon. Gentleman is getting near to the time left for my contribution . |
| 5 | Which of the two solutions is preferable depends on whether it is more important to measure range ( how far away an object is from the instrument ) or velocity ( how fast the object is moving relative to the instrument ) . |
| 6 | He put an ear to his chest , then looked up at them , saying , ‘ He 's still breathing , but his heart 's going twenty to the dozen . |
| 7 | These orthographic conventions should be taught in the context of the children 's own writing and should always be related to their function of making the writer 's meaning clear to the reader . |
| 8 | The moral is clear : when gustiness is getting near to the limit for safe flying , assume that at any time it could suddenly increase . |
| 9 | The grocer was talking ten to the dozen as he served his Mars bars , his detergent , his potatoes . |
| 10 | The gramophone was sitting next to the cabinet , and the totter thought they paired up admirably . |
| 11 | This is the change in frequency of a sound that occurs when a source is moving relative to the listener . |