Example sentences of "people [modal v] be [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | PEOPLE may be flocking to the sales — not because the recession is ending but because they are seeing the most realistic prices in years . |
| 2 | Le Maître always behaves towards me with the utmost propriety , whatever people may be saying to the contrary . ’ |
| 3 | We have another Baptismal Service planned for 13 December when six people will be testifying to their faith in Christ . |
| 4 | People will be talking to the hijackers very carefully and very closely . ’ |
| 5 | How many people will be coming to the banquet ? |
| 6 | In the next few weeks many people will be coming to class for the first time . |
| 7 | When the Minister reviews the business regulations will he consider extending that review to the regulation of financial institutions , in view of the problems with the collapse of Guinness III and the potential collapse of Guinness II , and in view of the serious difficulty with fraud regulation at present , particularly now that only three people will be going to gaol for a shorter time than the whole of the Guinness trial was taken , with one of them , Mr. Ernest Saunders , whose sentence was reduced because of ill health , on the national media this morning in blooming health and protesting his innocence ? |
| 8 | We are available for work and our people will be going to work every day . |
| 9 | But people will be flocking to it this weekend . |