Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] were [v-ing] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently Alice had told her that I were going to town with them |
| 2 | He 'd put his mind to it that he would n't , you know this he had it in mind that we were going to work for this thirty pound a week less , take it or leave it . |
| 3 | And most of you are probably aware that last year the the company tried to renege on their P L C P L C status and buy out existing shareholders erm and the furore surrounding that erm the price that they were trying to repurchase the shares from the existing shareholders er caused a lot of discontentment er surrounding that scenario . |
| 4 | To qualify for money , the projects had to demonstrate that they were going to work effectively in a joint way . |
| 5 | those that have n't , are less fortunate than that , there must be something either for them or that they were going to heaven was n't they ? |
| 6 | If we were going to cave in it would have been today . |
| 7 | They were working-class grammar school boys and they were going to university . |
| 8 | The party 's spin-doctors had remained sceptical about the polls , but they were expecting to be able to argue that the Conservatives had lost their mandate , even if they were clinging to power in a hung parliament . |
| 9 | She would go with Julius — and by the time they returned to the house she would know if they were going to part as friends or enemies . |
| 10 | Did you go out before you were coming to bed ? |
| 11 | It was smelly inside , made you feel as though you were choking to death and the eye-holes so small you could n't see out properly . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , as we were going to press , due to the escalation of the war and increasing press restrictions , our reporter in Saudi Arabia was unable to submit her article . |
| 13 | AS we were going to press , a fifth candidate for the East Hampshire constituency was announced . |
| 14 | As we were going to press , the ICC announced its decisions on a number of matters . |
| 15 | For we were going to sea . |
| 16 | As Pathfinders they had the extra advantage of being able to use all the latest radar equipment to enable them to see through the layers of cloud , and when they were talking to Met Officers we would hear mysterious references to ‘ Gee ’ and ‘ H2S ’ . |
| 17 | Constance asked Ludovico , as they were going to bed that night . |