Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [v-ing] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clough had written in a newspaper column : ‘ If England are switching to kick-and-rush football , you can count me out . |
| 2 | Some vendors are promising that they will provide it on their own , others such as Quark are linking to specific vendors ( Scitex in this case ) while still others such as Aldus are merely providing an open interface to anyone who cares to take their files on board . |
| 3 | It 's an ambitious plan , but Bristol is responding to national as well as local needs . |
| 4 | Artai was bowing to left and right now , the last time in his life he would ever be required to offer courtesy to others . |
| 5 | So while Mala was attending to Posi as they plotted our course to Fraxilly through the primary and secondary Netlines — a bit complex , since we 'd be shifting through eight sectors even if we took the direct route — I took charge of the cylinder . |
| 6 | Signs that Jordan was adhering to international sanctions against Iraq emerged in October . |
| 7 | Palmer was looking to equal that — and perhaps go on to take the US PGA Championship too , the golden grand slam . |
| 8 | The view that Britain was moving to Prime Ministerial government was largely encouraged by Mrs Thatcher 's dominant personality , which became more marked following the Falklands war . |
| 9 | My girlfriend and I were a conventional hand-holding couple and David and Angela were going to gay clubs at midnight and bringing home people at four in the morning which made things very tense , I would say . ’ |
| 10 | Mrs Short : The way they were talking at that meeting George is going to residential school . |
| 11 | The disappearance of sea grass from the Mediterranean is leading to underwater " deforestation " which may threaten the majority of marine life , according to a report form Greenpeace . |
| 12 | One of the great unanswered questions in my life is why Mrs Spence was going to antenatal classes that afternoon when , as she had already had one child , she presumably had a pretty good idea of what to expect . |
| 13 | If you 're going to effing bingo and Dave 's going to effing bingo , we can all go out up in my car , the girls can and have to squeeze up in the back of the car . |
| 14 | TV COMIC Bob Carolgees is flying to war-torn Yugoslavia with Spit the Dog to help buck up British troops who are serving with United Nations forces . |
| 15 | ZURICH — Switzerland was responding to Polish appeals for economic aid by sending five million Swiss francs ( £1.9m ) of food — 40 per cent of it wheat bought in Hungary — the Foreign Ministry said yesterday Reuter reports . |
| 16 | Mr Howard was responding to Tory grassroots demands for the Government to do more to relieve homelessness and allow councils to spend more of their own cash to provide homes . |