Example sentences of "to [be] [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He appeared genuinely not to know of Atkins and to be trying to be helpful . |
| 2 | Wilko must have fome faith in his ability … he seems to be trying to ‘ break ’ him in somehwat like Speed . |
| 3 | Suddenly , even the sound of his voice seemed to be getting to her . |
| 4 | This week the Action Team are going to be getting to grips with the Council Tax which came into effect from the 1st of April this year and affects us all . |
| 5 | The tension of being in his company had to be getting to her . |
| 6 | She seemed to be reading to them , while they listened with close attention . |
| 7 | Finch , however , denounced the 1300 perambulation as ‘ false and erroneous ’ , and coerced the Grand Jury and Forest officers into returning a verdict ‘ that the Meetes and Boundes of the Forrest of Deane ought to be according to the Perambulations made ’ in 1228 and 1282 . |
| 8 | Was this was ‘ a good example to be setting to the Chinese Government ’ ? |
| 9 | ‘ Sixteen coffees , ’ she announced in the cool voice that they seemed to be using to each other , ‘ followed by — er — ’ Consulting her list , she continued , ‘ Six rounds of toast , five boiled eggs with soldiers … ’ |
| 10 | The right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) , who has left the Chamber , seemed to be aspiring to be the next Home Secretary , but he appears to have forgotten that there is a land frontier between the United Kingdom and another nation . |
| 11 | She looked up at him , clearly terrified to be speaking to him , and yet determined to go on . |
| 12 | ‘ The army will concentrate on Quatre Bras , ’ the Duke of Wellington seemed to be speaking to himself as though he groped towards a solution of the problem Napoleon posed , ‘ but we sha n't stop him there , and if so , ’ Wellington 's gaze flicked across the map , then settled , ‘ I must fight him , ’ he paused again to lean over the map for a few final seconds , ‘ here . ’ |
| 13 | Topaz seemed to be speaking to herself . |
| 14 | The latter two did not appear to be speaking to each other , and Sid and Algernon were prowling round each other like lean and hungry panthers waiting for an opportunity to strike . |
| 15 | ‘ Something about you suggests you 've never been deeply involved in a relationship , ’ he mused , seeming almost to be speaking to himself rather than to her . |
| 16 | We 're gon na to be speaking to one or two er expert voices or er deeply interested parties in a moment or twos time . |
| 17 | She refused to give her name because in her job she was not supposed to be speaking to newspapers . |
| 18 | I 'm going to be speaking to people on the little red round table . |
| 19 | They seemed to be pandering to the silliest stereotypes . |
| 20 | This is likely to be damaging to the workers ( who lose pay ) and the firms involved ( who lose output , sales and profits ) . |
| 21 | Proponents of this view tend to see the idea of parental possession as one that is still protected and upheld by the law and by social agencies ; and they believe this state of affairs to be damaging to children , given that parents ' and children 's interests sometimes conflict . |
| 22 | ‘ Exclusive ’ fostering , where the foster-parents tend to treat the child rather as though he [ or she ] were their own or they had adopted him [ or her ] , is thought to be damaging to the child 's identity , as well as hindering restoration to the natural parents . |
| 23 | New owners may have fewer qualms than long-serving managers about taking action of this kind which is likely to be damaging to the company 's employees and the wider host community . |
| 24 | The consequent adverse publicity was widely held to be damaging to the Labour cause . |
| 25 | The report 's contents are not expected to be damaging to the government . |
| 26 | While short-term separation of parent and child under favourable circumstances is unlikely to be damaging to the child , long-term separations can have more serious effects , particularly when they occur in the first three to four years of the child 's life . |
| 27 | What was odd was that the wizard was obviously struggling with it , and it appeared to be singing to itself . |
| 28 | On the landing , looking out over the High Street , Aziz , wearing new brown overalls bought for him by the headmaster , seemed to be waving to his friend . |
| 29 | For the Conservative party which is in essence a party of power , huge historic perspective , huge experience of power , ever to get itself in a position where it 's perceived to be struggling to the point of self destruction , would have its political consequences and they would be dire . |
| 30 | With a revised scale for its deficiency payments , in effect a reduction of 50% grant-aid to WEA classes in the county , the LEA with only marginally increased costs was seen to be acceding to public demand for continuity and simultaneously responding to the recommendation of the Carnegie Trustees . |