Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] to be their [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twice they were denied penalties for handball , one in each half , and when Colin Johnson hit the upright 16 minutes from time , it looked more and more obvious that this was not going to be their day . |
| 2 | THERE are moments in matches where a team must sense it is just not going to be their day . |
| 3 | Three minutes after the break , City know it was not going to be their day , they themselves were awarded a penalty when Frankie Machavellio was brought down in the area . |
| 4 | As to whether national governments are still ultimately in charge , the only matter left to be resolved is whether they retain the means to call a halt to the whole process by which law-making is rapidly ceasing to be their responsibility . |
| 5 | it was the same in the second half … the save of the game stopped an equaliser from Joey Beauchamp … and after that well the United players just had to accept it was n't going to be their day … |