Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] go [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think we were all going to pay the price for that ’ , said a member of one of Perth 's oldest families . |
| 2 | So it was pretty clear to the DUC that people from outside with long hair and beards were not going to advance the cause of the campaign . |
| 3 | As we said our goodbyes and hoped to meet up again soon , I could n't help thinking as I watched the column disappear in the distance that the Marines were not going to find the situation any easier than their last venue . |
| 4 | ‘ I was determined they were not going to get the money . |
| 5 | When the Monday 's play was then completely washed out too , England had to accept that they were not going to square the series and could hope only for another draw . |
| 6 | In the past the temptation to gallop across the hallowed Cowdray turf , which so many of them were not going to have the chance to play on , had been too much for the teams . |
| 7 | ‘ We were just going to ring the police , ’ Bedelia said . |
| 8 | They were n't going to run the cars until midday when the heavy heat really built up . |
| 9 | Molassi got mad because we were n't going to make the gig , Rodo took some bad A from a backstreet dealer . |
| 10 | No , they were n't going to forget the head . |
| 11 | ‘ We were initially going to hold the meeting in the boardroom here , ’ Prue says , ‘ but when the numbers got up to 40 , we thought ‘ help ’ . |
| 12 | Official spokespeople claim the band had not planned to perform on the night , although NME 's source said : ‘ They were definitely going to do the gig , but it was pulled at the first sign of the news breaking . ’ |
| 13 | I was merely going to ask the Chief why he sent for me this morning . ’ |
| 14 | Mildred did her best to arrange the bucket hanging from the back , but it was obviously going to spill the minute they took off , she put the bucket back onto the window-sill , climbed onto the broom first , and then settled the bucket in her lap . |
| 15 | I was just going to mention the fact that if you have had breast cancer you can not go on H R T cos it was a hormone that caused it in the first place ! |
| 16 | I was just going to grab the book . |
| 17 | For a few days I was too cowardly to tell Shadwell of Pyke 's offer , and that I was not going to do the Moliere . |
| 18 | She was not going to spend the remainder watching others do the work . |
| 19 | She admitted it but that was , she had drunk more than her share , that was , it was not to be taken seriously , there were , she could n't even remember saying it , it could have been him , he was drunk was n't he , misunderstanding or even making it up , after all he had done it , not her , he had taken the boy to London , she was asleep , did n't even hear them go , he had taken the boy and left him there , OK , lost him there , easy to do in London but better find him or all hell would break loose and she was not going to carry the can , not for anybody . |
| 20 | If it had a secret she would do her best to discover it and she was not going to miss the trail across the Mountains of the Moon to what was undoubtedly the greatest small picture in the world . |
| 21 | Her mother was not going to miss the opportunity of rebuking her . |
| 22 | Mrs Frizzell had carefully cultivated her , too , but she let it pass , while Margaret complained that all four children had the measles and that she was going to have to leave them alone if the babysitter did not come soon ; she was not going to miss the dance at the Pinetree Club for worlds , and was dear Donna coming ? |
| 23 | For a moment , Sara argued with him , and then seeing he was not going to leave the room unless she went with him , unwillingly she followed him out . |
| 24 | And so it proved , for the horse with no chance was not going to accommodate the pundits now : Foinavon jumped the last two and set off up the run-in still twenty lengths to the good . |
| 25 | He sure as hell was not going to volunteer the information . |
| 26 | He had no intention of ‘ Gothicizing ’ the neighbouring buildings , and he was not going to demolish the State Paper Office for this reason , as Palmerston had implied , although like the other competitors he had assumed that it would be removed . |
| 27 | He was not going to forgo the opportunity of adding to his music the force of his words . |
| 28 | One thing she did know , she was not going to attract the attention of the men out there beyond the panels of the door . |
| 29 | Since I was not going to discuss the future with him , I did not ask him to elaborate , but I registered his disappointment and thought that , if that was how he felt , he was making it easier for me to leave him . |
| 30 | Cautious by nature , Simpkin was not going to rock the boat more than necessary . |