Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [be] [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ But Aunt Louise had closed her eyes and was pretending to be asleep . |
| 2 | As the politicians try to find a mutually acceptable way forward towards democracy , it is feared disillusioned activists are no longer answerable to the higher echelons of their parties and are turning to crime . |
| 3 | He had his fingers to his lips and was pointing to his right . |
| 4 | Conoco estimates total reserves in the area could reach 3 trillion cubic feet and is talking to a number of companies , including Lasmo , Sovereign and Atlantic Richfield about tying in their undeveloped discoveries . |
| 5 | If you 've got children let them do the work survive the parents , erm as long as they 're the sensible sort who can do it and are n't going to fall out with parents and are going to be round . |
| 6 | Because everything that 's in our lives and is displeasing to God can surely be put into the chair of judgement , ad the power turn on and they 're gone . |
| 7 | But more recently , as criticism of ‘ non-planning ’ and piecemeal development has grown , the LDDC , along with the other UDCs , is introducing some social programmes and is trying to be reasonable and cooperative with local communities and ‘ host ’ local authorities . |
| 8 | We are again one step ahead of the legislators and are conforming to the Environment Protection Act 's ‘ Duty of care ’ by installing our own purpose built incinerators throughout the country . |
| 9 | In the meantime , Mallett have cut costs and are looking to turnover of £1.2 million per month to haul themselves back towards profitability . |
| 10 | He felt no competitiveness with other writers and was encouraging to people younger than himself . |
| 11 | The treasurer , in sharp , clipped tones , was listing the committee 's various expenditures and was bringing to the attention of the members the fact that there was only twenty dollars in hand . |
| 12 | All the ships , large and small , which had been held up for days past , had now unfurled their sails and were putting to sea . |
| 13 | ‘ The public is becoming aware of the strong likelihood of an increase in interest rates and are turning to the longer fixtures . ’ |
| 14 | The photographer had obviously been studying portraits of Betty Grable and other film stars and was trying to be very artistic , with much back lighting and fluffing out of hair , and I must admit that my hair ( touching my shoulders , naturally ) , did look nice . |
| 15 | Suddenly fearful she 'd attack him , he turned without picking the lamp up , only to find that the woman had already claimed her clothes from the snarl of sheets and was retreating to the bedroom door . |
| 16 | She had two young children and was going to be thirty she felt the responsibility of having to forget her fantasy life as her Frenchman 's cabin boy . |
| 17 | The authority 's chairman , Sir James Ackers , said Mr Watney misled his bosses and was working to his ‘ own agenda ’ . |