Example sentences of "[was/were] going [to-vb] [adv prt] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Tom produced a half-firkin of ale , saved from his own wedding , it became apparent the celebration was going to carry on far into the night . |
| 2 | At one stage it looked as if the balloon was going to take off regardless of the wishes of its crew who fought valiantly to keep it tethered . |
| 3 | ‘ They said the programme was going to go out all over the worldbut we never saw it — we have n't got a TV , you see . |
| 4 | But while her designer 's eye revelled in it all she decided she was going to rattle around here in solitary splendour . |
| 5 | ‘ You did n't really think some sort of Grandson Richard , 39 , was going to swoop down out of the sky and carry us off to Florida , did you ? |