Example sentences of "[pron] was [verb] to [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I thought I was going to just keel over on to your shoulder and blurt it out : I love you , I love you … ’ |
| 2 | I was going to actually ask the same question . |
| 3 | Not ghastly things which looked all right in the air but turned into freezing wet stuff which was allowed to just lie around on the floor . |
| 4 | She was scared all right , but not so scared that she was going to meekly stand there ! |
| 5 | He had tricked her , deliberately let her think that they would be going back to the hotel , but if he thought she was going to meekly go along with his conniving then he was going to be sadly disappointed . |
| 6 | Her head was pounding dreadfully , and she had the awful sensation that she was going to actually throw up right in front of him . |
| 7 | Henna was great except you kept thinking she was going to suddenly sue you anyway . |
| 8 | And Sunday 's race — her first marathon since she was forced to wearily pull out after 15 miles in Tokyo — will be an important confidence-booster before the Barcelona Olympics . |
| 9 | The feeling of being pressed against his solid , rock-hard body almost undid her completely , and for a moment she was forced to simply lean against him , her legs all but giving way beneath her . |
| 10 | But as more unwanted probings prodded , she was set to seriously wonder if indeed it was good enough to have called at Vendelin Gajdusek 's home and left it at that . |
| 11 | WHEN Mrs Norma Major first came to our attention , she was reported to either make her own clothes or buy them off the peg from John Lewis . |
| 12 | She was known to regularly have to cook Sunday lunch with all the village youths lounging around her kitchen — times do not change . |
| 13 | In addition to modifications arising out of SPRs , it was decided to significantly enhance the functionality of the package , which would involve modifying five other modules . |
| 14 | Mick Ronson : ‘ We toured the States followed by Japan , and by the time we came back to England , it was beginning to really snowball . |
| 15 | He was told to gradually cut these out , along with all other drinks containing caffeine . |