Example sentences of "he be [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ What 's more , Joe Wallace was so pissed that night 'e did n't 'ave an inklin' who 'e was talkin' to or what pub 'e was in for that matter , so there 's no come-back from 'im at least . |
2 | She begins her descripton of his plans in London English : " ( 'e was going ) to Jamaica , 'e was going to — " . |
3 | The paramount value which Semai place on avoidance of conflict or confrontation precludes a direct response , so a strategy of passive resistance is adopted : the person who is being importuned begins , without responding directly , to turn slowly , almost imperceptibly , around , until the one who is importuning him is speaking to his back . |
4 | Mr Thomas is a witty writer , and I 'm sure his data-gathering has been impeccable , but somehow I just know the water around him is going to be thick with dorsal fins in February . |
5 | Something about him was beginning to needle her , challenging her to meet him on his own terms . |
6 | Handling him was going to be a delicate business , and Nelson was more than relieved that the job would n't fall to him . |
7 | " When it was clear that identifying him was going to be a long job — if , indeed , he could ever be identified — the coroner issued a burial certificate . |
8 | Towards the end of the fifteenth century the King was beginning to lose his power to amend a statute after it had passed both Houses : the statute as presented to him was coming to be regarded as the final legal form , which he could only reject or accept in toto . |
9 | ‘ I like the quiet of Beckenham , where no one bothers your balls , ’ said Dad , thinking that that was the end of the matter , as it would have been had he been talking to Mum . |
10 | ‘ How long has he been talking to you like that ? ’ |
11 | So whom had he been talking to ? |
12 | So will he be returning to sea ? |
13 | For a moment , when Miles had looked so meltingly at her as those words poured from him , it seemed as though he were speaking to her , and the dark , wet night simply faded away from around her , and she was transported to a warm summer garden on the night of a Royal Ball . |
14 | He observed instead , his tone reflective , almost as though he were speaking to himself , ‘ You manage well on your own . |
15 | He was so extraordinarily quiet and self-possessed , it was almost as if he were chatting to us confidentially about it all instead of making an elaborate speech . |
16 | There seemed no stopping her and he felt as if he were listening to some of the most important information he had ever heard . |
17 | His tone had been matter-of-fact , as if he were reporting to a committee . |
18 | It was as if he were going to the edge again of something fresh and new . |
19 | But now , the soft clicks coming with typical irregularity , he listened to them painfully and let his mind slide back ten years to what he must remember , to the truth he must recall if he were going to be able to tell lies . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | I 've got one brother , but he was younger than me and at that time he were going to school anyway . |
22 | Yeah he 'd got some letters , apparently he were going to Post Office later for stamps and everything and er got this letter and seeings I 'd only got three he give me his , give me twenty four pence for a stamp so I walked to Post Office , I thought well I do n't want no penny or tuppeny stamps . |
23 | He stared at the table as if he were talking to himself . |
24 | ‘ No Villanuova has ever had a job , that 's why , ’ he replied as if he were talking to a child . |
25 | When he spoke again , it was as though he were talking to himself . |
26 | Golding 's voice sank to a murmur , as if he were talking to himself rather than Derek . |
27 | The hon. Gentleman is treating me as though he were talking to someone from Louisiana and wanting to finish the sentence before it has been started . |
28 | He shouted , so the doctor told Dexter , as if he were crying to someone a great distance away . |
29 | He is referring to his parents , I think . |
30 | ‘ Everything 's more difficult these days , ’ grumbles a bed-ridden pensioner in a Chilean film ; and although , as it happens , he is referring to that day 's crossword , the comment itself speaks volumes . |