Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [to-vb] [pron] for the " in BNC.

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1 I do n't tell no lie , I was goin' to ask 'im for the loan of a bob so 's I could get to see this bloke that might be puttin' a bit of business in me way .
2 Epstein concluded that management of stress among the experienced parachutists was not due to their repeated exposure to jumping in the manner of a conditioned response , but was a consequence of an active coping process that on each occasion was used to prepare them for the coming jump .
3 Perhaps he was going to touch me for the air fare home .
4 A sudden wave of panic swept over her and she glanced at the others but it did n't seem as if she was going to learn anything for the moment .
5 No-one could have known that she was going to bring them for the weekend . ’
6 At table there were some small , preliminary escapes , nothing much ; I was determined to save everything for the climax .
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