Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] be [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sole has retired from rugby at the age of 30 , when prop forwards such as he should just be coming to their prime . |
| 2 | Awareness , although aided by propositional knowledge , is primarily of the concrete situation , to which one can not attend without being causally affected , so that to have become aware of it at all one must already be responding to it in ways which vary with the range and degree of awareness . |
| 3 | We should not be converging to the lowest common denominator in Europe . |
| 4 | I would say that if you 're sixty years old and looking for meaning in life you should not be listening to this kind of music . |
| 5 | From the mists of antiquity the spirit of the most ancient of Irish healers , Dian Cecht must surely be calling to you to ponder on what you have done . |
| 6 | We should n't be aspiring to a multitude of acquaintances , one good friend is enough . |
| 7 | Some years later I was at dinner with Brian Huggett and he got up and said , ‘ I should n't be talking to this man because he robbed me of the British Open . |
| 8 | He should n't be talking to a newspaper . |
| 9 | Cos I think it 's important that er the the the theatre actually talks to the people who actually use the why are you saying we should n't be talking to people then ? |
| 10 | ‘ I should n't be talking to you like this when you 're worried about your sister and I 'm only her friend . ’ |
| 11 | I should n't be here , and I certainly should n't be talking to you , but I have no option . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You should n't be going to some analyst every day for someone else , ’ Finch pushed on . |
| 13 | But as family size may not be tending to zero , it is evident that income and material benefits are not the only considerations in determining family size . |
| 14 | As we have seen in Lecture 7 , equilibrium in the factor or output markets may not be achieved , and we have to examine in the context of a fully specified disequilibrium model whether the economy converges to an equilibrium path , which in turn may or may not be tending to a steady state . |
| 15 | You could even say that you should worry if a child reaches the age of seven or eight without ever using swear words , since he or she may not be listening to people perhaps not even to you . |
| 16 | Sub-text : ‘ I have to convey my message , which is more important than yours ( and I may not be listening to you ) . ’ |
| 17 | Our love affair with the box may finally be coming to consummation . |
| 18 | Erm , if they start to have an illness and it develops we 'll obviously be talking to their doctor , I mean if it 's apparent that they 're blind on the form , well then , obviously we would looking the amount we paid , or , or , erm , basically come to some agreement on that . |
| 19 | ‘ Then I shall drive you to Wellington , where I 'll meet your parents and inform your father you 'll not be returning to the office . |
| 20 | ee , cos the pain is too strong aye well I go to the doctor 's on Monday er a , and so I 'll not be going to our Ann 's this |
| 21 | He says they 'll soon be contributing to party funds . |
| 22 | He says they 'll soon be contributing to party funds . |
| 23 | yeah it is local so I 'll still be coming to the group , I mean it 's erm , going , I mean erm just bear that in mind I might need sort of some help with coordinating cards and things , and erm , particularly if we do opt into the campaign , er it might be advisable for somebody else to do it , or at least sort of give me assistance . |
| 24 | Harold MacMillan , Prime Minister , might still be saying to the electorate that they had never had it so good — which was true in terms of the change-round from post-war reconstruction , wartime destruction , and the days of depression ; but to someone of Leonard 's background , from Canada , the place was a bore . |
| 25 | And those bits again , either tuck them in out of the way or better still fold them over and put a big plaster over the top to get them right out the way so no ends are left dangling , remember for most people you 're doing this for they 'll probably be returning to their place of work , okay , so they need to be safe to return to work , everybody okay on that lot ? |
| 26 | And at various stages during the organic you 'll also be coming to what we call optical isomers . |
| 27 | I 'll also be talking to John MacGregor , about the privatization of British Rail , has he really given in to his rebels who want B R to be able to bid for the franchises , or is it all a clever conjuring trick ? |
| 28 | whether life might really be coming to an end , as ecologists say ; |
| 29 | All these agencies make sending out mailings much easier but they can be very expensive , and unless you give very precise and detailed instructions about which journalists in each category of the media should receive the release you may still be sending to media which can not use the story . |
| 30 | Well we 'd rather be talking to the West Midlands , Chair rather than fighting about where it 's going throughout the whole of England , which is a slight difference , in geographical terms . |