Example sentences of "he be [v-ing] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His tone had been matter-of-fact , as if he were reporting to a committee . |
| 2 | It was as if he were going to the edge again of something fresh and new . |
| 3 | His other neighbour 's child-bride kissed her boy hero each morning , in her floating web dressing gown , as if he were going to the Falklands for three months . |
| 4 | ‘ No Villanuova has ever had a job , that 's why , ’ he replied as if he were talking to a child . |
| 5 | He is referring to a study published last year in the British Medical Journal in which the complementary therapy of chiropractic was compared with conventional physiotherapy in the treatment of low back pain . |
| 6 | When he says that ‘ English ’ relates to such cultural characteristics as ‘ objectivity ’ in specific ways , he is referring to a language-system , not to English in the loose everyday sense . |
| 7 | When he talks of the ‘ metal landscape ’ he is referring to the world of the train and not to the one of green landscapes which we would expect . |
| 8 | He is referring to the fact that people are prepared to compromise and will accept half-measures . |
| 9 | As we have seen , Gandhi recognizes that no single religion can embody the whole truth , and that all particular religions contain errors since they are human constructs or formulations , but does it follow necessarily that when he speaks of Religion underlying all human constructs , or at the heart of all religions , he is referring to an ‘ essence ’ of an ‘ entity ’ or a ‘ primordial form ’ of religion after the fashion of Schleiermacher ? |
| 10 | Nevertheless , one reason why Mr Hammer 's message has been received so eagerly is that , to a large extent , he is preaching to the converted . |
| 11 | However , if he has disclosed that fact so as to indicate that he is transferring to the purchaser only his own possessory title , then he will not be in breach of the condition , section 12(3) . |
| 12 | If he is moving to a wheelchair with a removable arm , it is placed at right angles to the bed , and his feet remain level with each other . |
| 13 | He is speaking to the scribes , to the Pharisees . |
| 14 | He is speaking to the scribes and Pharisees . |
| 15 | Deuce , a pimp , has added him to a clutch of boys he is taking to a hotel . |
| 16 | To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what alterations he is considering to the disability working allowance scheme before it is introduced ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 17 | He is writing to a group of people , and the ‘ You ’ includes everyone in that group . |
| 18 | Often meetings with ‘ advisers ’ can be counter productive and it will be desirable to bring you and , say , Mr [ Chief Executive ] into the picture so that the potential purchaser feels he is talking to a principal . |
| 19 | Is the Home Secretary aware that , by purporting to describe his motives in persisting with the deportation order despite the instructions of the court , he is contributing to a debate which he described as sub judice ? |
| 20 | My hon. Friend is right in the point that he is putting to the Minister . |
| 21 | The message at the other end has been distorted to produce send three and fourpence , he is going to a dance' . |
| 22 | The assumption is about what lies behind our saying of a man , when he comes out with the sounds , ‘ I 'm going to the bank ’ , that he is asserting that he is going to the bank , but our not saying this of the parrot . |
| 23 | We say that the man , who utters the same sounds as the parrot , is asserting that he is going to the bank because he is a man , and not a parrot . |
| 24 | Also , at 26 , he is coming to the peak of his career . ’ |
| 25 | inserting common paragraphs , for example if half the students make the same mistake , it is useful for the marker to prepare a paragraph explaining the error , and to paste this into each of the documents he is returning to the errant students . |
| 26 | and he 's listening to a tape that his mum has sent him . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's possible he 's listening to every word we say . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , he 's listening to the radio . |
| 29 | But he 's getting to the point where I 'm ready for saying to him away you go down to your granny 's right , but my mam can nae live with him either . |
| 30 | At the moment they 're leading by three goals to two as now plays it away to this right hand side to Stewart , makes a charge forward , he 's taking on Chris , he 's getting to the right edge of the penalty area , he crosses low with his right boot , chance for in the area , he turned quickly on it but he blasted the t the shot over the top of the bar . |