Example sentences of "[v-ing] to [pron] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , and then he , he 's like , we left him on the sofa and said oh Mark we 'll be back in a minute , like , turned all the lights off hoping he 'll like pass out you could just hear him like laughing to himself for another like twenty minutes and we 're |
| 2 | A lot of personal things had been happening to me during that year . |
| 3 | But I watched , out of a sense of duty admittedly , most of the election news programmes , feeling all the time , these are not relating to me in any way . |
| 4 | but , I was listening to myself on that |
| 5 | What I was listening to myself on that . |
| 6 | We , the young people of this area , extend our greetings to you and thank you for listening to us on this Youth Sunday . |
| 7 | Once Celie finds out her sister was still alive and had been writing to her for all this time but she had not received any letters because Albert had intercepted the letters , she stopped writing to God . |
| 8 | I 'm writing to you with some good news from Pampers — for your baby , and your baby 's world . |
| 9 | I would ask those concerned if they could be patient and given time I will refund all money owing to them including any interest that would have accrued had their money been in a bank . |
| 10 | Anyway yes , Whit 's going to us at some stage and I will wander round town while he 's doing his talk and then transcribe it |
| 11 | Did you think of going to anybody like that before you decided to do it yourself |
| 12 | And Robert Urquhart had been shown to be lying to her about more than his affections . |
| 13 | Why are you sending to it with that ? |
| 14 | Erm , and if if I can just , we will Treasurer and ourselves , be reporting to you in more detail on this , in the appropriate areas , but suffice it to say , that the government are accepting the need for further investigation on some of these issues , to look at some of them in the light of the national B U D report , on superannuation and pension arrangements generally , have nevertheless agreed that individual authorities ought to have some more discretion , and the compensation regulations that I mentioned earlier , is one example of that . |
| 15 | As Byron put it , ‘ I never loved nor pretended to love her , but a man is a man , and if a girl of 18 comes prancing to you at all hours , there is but one way … |
| 16 | looking after the littlest ones all day and and she 's obviously been speaking to them like that during |
| 17 | From his expression there was not much chance of speaking to him at all and she cast a wary look behind her to the door . |
| 18 | If it was really the case that he did not mention the power of attorney when speaking to her on that occasion and left her in ignorance of her responsibilities and status , his failure shows , in my opinion , such a want of care as to preclude him from relying , in support of his non est factum plea , on her ignorance of the power . |
| 19 | She wondered why he was speaking to her in such a quiet , gentling tone , then realised how stiffly she was holding herself . |
| 20 | ‘ Why are you speaking to me like this ? |
| 21 | I was speaking to somebody about this er , a few days ago , and you know they said erm I said , in a way that does n't really apply today , because none of us like to think we 're bad . |
| 22 | It wrapped around her ankle , clinging to her like some fierce little animal . |
| 23 | ‘ If you persist in clinging to me in that limpet-like way , Caroline , I will not answer for the consequences … ’ |
| 24 | The monster bent clumsily over his master , calling to him in that hollow and ghastly voice , like a hound baying . |
| 25 | Now what is God saying to me through this passage ? … and you find yourself ruminating on the things you are anxious about , and you start to relate this to the person you are . |
| 26 | so all that writing is actually surrounding your picture is n't it , you 've come up with your sensational picture and then you surround your sensational picture with your writing , I was saying to him with these little sub-headings like trapped , right , cost , holiday , okay which actually keep your reader hooked and make them want to read on . |
| 27 | He was never saying to himself in that heavy bag what should there be ? ’ |
| 28 | We need to hear what the Lord may be saying to us in all of this and be open to the challenge of church planting and the support of other fellowships around us . |
| 29 | As in Australia , they were soon working flat out with people coming to them from all walks of life . |
| 30 | As I write this I realize at last why it is that her face has kept coming to me in this room . |