Example sentences of "be [v-ing] to him " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be interesting to know whether Petrey really does hold the views I am attributing to him , and whether he thinks that speech act theories of semantics are therefore based on a fundamental error . |
| 2 | reactive kind of person , in which he things are happening to him , like for instance he 's quite famous because of the war . |
| 3 | Iain Logan had been listening to him as though fascinated by the stress of experience which had lengthened Cameron 's face and closed his black brows over his eyes . |
| 4 | She 'd been listening to him with dawning realisation , an icy sensation freezing her body inch by inch . |
| 5 | As the hon. Gentleman introduced the subject of colour of dress , I can only say that I have been listening to him for almost 18 years and I wish that he would sometimes change the colour of his tie . |
| 6 | He was n't going for a joy trip , he was n't going out in the boat just to se to while away an hour or so to relax and to unwind , he was n't going there to , just to get away from the crowd of people that had been following him and had been listening to him , he had a purpose in going in into the boat , to go to the other side . |
| 7 | ‘ Have you been writing to him ? ’ |
| 8 | Inside the letter that you 're writing to him . |
| 9 | ‘ You 're going to him ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ While you 're speaking to him , I suggest you ask him if he knows anyone in the building trade who would like to come out here to help you . |
| 11 | We 're saying to him , we will supply this service on a , by a particular date . |
| 12 | Yes , you 're talking to him . |
| 13 | ‘ I see , ’ said Marian , ‘ and we are going to him ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You are speaking to him . ’ |
| 15 | Lucie , who had been calling to him all the while , unheard above the din , caught him in both arms and ran with him , up the steps and through the chapel door which Izzie was holding open . |
| 16 | I have been speaking to him on the phone and we have decided that it would be in everyone 's interest to postpone First Holy Communion until the last Sunday of term , July 15th . |
| 17 | took the first call , but I 've just been speaking to him , and you 'd better have the full picture . ’ |
| 18 | She might have been speaking to him backwards in Swahili for all the attention he paid her explanation . |
| 19 | Why had Adam been speaking to him ? |
| 20 | Arthur was the ticket clerk at Portsmouth railway station and the heat and been getting to him before the man arrived . |
| 21 | He did n't know what they had been doing to him , but whatever it was he did n't like it , and he was going to let them know it in the only way he knew — by making as loud a noise as he could ! |
| 22 | What have you been doing to him ? |
| 23 | I have great sympathy with Linford ; what they are doing to him is totally disgraceful . ’ |
| 24 | Another — a University lecturer — tells us how his students , both black and white , are coming to him , asking , ‘ What is going to happen ? |
| 25 | And what 's Lizzy been saying to him , I 'd like to know ? ’ |
| 26 | Now all I 'm suggesting to him is that there is here apparently a requirement laid down by the treaty which ca n't be aggregated by any one individual member state which could actually only be enforced by reference to a court of justice and what I 'd like to ask is in the light of this very deep seated concern by the French about Strasbourg er and the European parliament building and the knowledge that this is of such importance to the er of er voting and of representation in the community of the European elections . |
| 27 | How could this be happening to him ? |
| 28 | None of this could really be happening to him . |
| 29 | Manuel would appear to be explaining to him forever and then Seve would seem to be replying forever . |
| 30 | Mr Hurd needs no minders , but the 60 Tory MPs who declined to support Mrs Thatcher for leader last week , plus MEPs , this week 's Lords report and many industrialists will be looking to him for a more emollient performance in difficult circumstances . |