Example sentences of "[pron] is going [to-vb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 What alternative reflection of himself can the Left , for instance , offer Chas which is going to make any sense in terms of his own experience and the way he sees the world ?
2 Nobody is going to take that place .
3 ‘ I can see nobody is going to believe this story first time , are they ? ’
4 If you 've got an unknown author there is no way somebody is going to buy that book unless they have picked it up off the shelf .
5 I know she is going to need permanent care very soon — everyone 's urging me in that direction .
6 1 Deciding Decide who is going to play each role .
7 Your work itself is going to take more time than that .
8 At first sight what he seems to be saying is simply that no one is going to take any notice of the conclusions which a rational woman reaches after deliberation .
9 As soon as one says that one is going to study organizational life indeed , any aspect of human life — one runs up against the problem of what lens to use to view the scene .
10 How can Christ be a perfect penitent if he is really sinless ? putting it in ordinary terms : if you are completely innocent of a crime , no one is going to make much sense of it if you say : ‘ I am not guilty of this offence , but I confess on behalf of others and wish to represent their guilt . ’
11 Everybody is going to love this film — I enjoyed making it . ’
12 ‘ I have already been told I will need an operation and it is going to take some time to sort out my problem .
13 In brief , yes , you can , but it is going to take some doing .
14 I could make up the detections that his presence lost me in a matter of days , and if he thinks he is going to see any wheeling and dealing when he is sitting in , well he 's naive !
15 If a business general manager is required to report not only on profit but on customer service , he is going to take more interest in it .
16 If someone is sitting on the radiator it is because his trousers are wet from the rain , if someone is drifting across the classroom he is going to get some paper for written work , or if someone is leaving class he is going to empty the rubbish ‘ like he usually does ’ .
17 The use of words also helps to bring across the message of the poem with words such as ‘ futility ’ and ‘ fatuous ’ giving the distinct impression that Wilfred Owen has almost given up everything that he once believed in because he feels that everyone is going to kill each other anyway .
18 However , in the context of local authorities these initiatives can also host a competition between different political forces over which of them is going to take immediate priority .
19 Both have much to do to achieve the aspirations they set themselves : we can not choose between them in terms of which of them is going to take social research forward .
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