Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [v-ing] [to-vb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MPs are getting letters complaining that fathers may have already taken on commitments they ca n't get out of and they were only expecting to pay whatever the courts had fixed . |
| 2 | That they were n't having to give me a testimonial , which I would be entitled to soon , and were making a profit on my sale . ’ |
| 3 | Early on , she had learned one thing : if the poor saw you prospering they did n't deal with you if they could help it , their idea being they were n't going to give you a hand . |
| 4 | As Paddy realised that his stalling tactics were n't going to get him a morning off we went out of the village on a treelined bridleway sloping gently down to the coast . |
| 5 | While I knew he was only trying to give me a kick up the backside for my own good , I felt really , really low . |
| 6 | ‘ While I knew he was only trying to give me a kick up the backside for my own good , I felt really , really low . |
| 7 | In truth , I was just hoping to give him a good game . ’ |
| 8 | In truth , I was just hoping to give him a good game . ’ |
| 9 | I was just going to call you a bitch . |
| 10 | ‘ I was just coming to give you a hand , son . ’ |
| 11 | Mum said that as a Christian She was not going to write me a note when there was n't anything wrong with me and that I was to remember that we Christians are the light of the world . |
| 12 | Miss Hinkle was always trying to make me an office magnate , dictating letters and answering telephone calls . |
| 13 | I was n't going to say anything the Kirkham Hotel . |
| 14 | When his father had died twelve months ago and his grandmother had made it clear she was n't going to give him a home , he 'd wondered what would happen to him . |
| 15 | She was n't going to give him the satisfaction of knowing she dared not be alone with him for even a few minutes . |
| 16 | True , he 'd got The Zombie Walks coming up , but that was n't going to make him a millionaire , and the old overdraft was getting rather overblown . |
| 17 | In a way , it was n't a gamble as he was relatively young at 26 , and it was n't going to cost us a great deal . |
| 18 | At first , the tight old sod was n't going to lend me a penny . |