Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [v-ing] to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes I mean th th th th the fact that you 've got a whole range of problems an an and you , you were bound to come up against those problems if you try and define Marxist in a strict sense , and therefore you , you were always seeking to sort of make . |
| 2 | Upstairs the young postulants were now retiring to bed in the long dormitory . |
| 3 | ‘ The Midlands tried back moves that were never going to work against international opposition . ’ |
| 4 | Mellowed by two bottles of beer , he was convinced that Hank was telling the truth ; his mind was already going to work considering how to double that forty thousand . |
| 5 | Catherine Moore , 19 , of Daniels Court , Middlesbrough , was still clinging to life in hospital last night . |
| 6 | Whelan showed considerable grace and skill up front but the strategy of putting high balls into the West Ham box was never going to work with their defensive blanket , and a highly competent goalie . |
| 7 | Suzi was never going to backpack round the world or become a rock star , and if she had been forced to go and live away from home — to study nursing , for instance — she 'd have mouldered away from homesickness . |