Example sentences of "[was/were] go [verb] [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd relented , his Mum and Dad , and they were going to give him a parrot for Easter . |
| 2 | At Heathrow Wendy Hoyte was being met by her husband Les and they were going to give me a lift back into London . |
| 3 | And he thought they were going to buy him a parrot . |
| 4 | The Lions selectors have an impassioned Irish performance to thank for that — and , according to coach Gerry Murphy , a little divine inspiration : ‘ We were going to keep it a secret , ’ he quipped , ‘ but we spent last weekend in Lourdes ’ . |
| 5 | Yes , I have at last , and the I 'm sure that they lied in their teeth , they they assured me they had written to me after my second letter in March , er in fact , and they said they were going to send me a photocopy of that , in fact er she wrote me a letter in June , so I do n't believe the other one existed , |
| 6 | But then the lady came back on again — you know , the one who spoke to me first — and she said ‘ Thank you very much , ’ and she told me they were going to send me a prize of — wait for it — 5 . |
| 7 | Well , he was going to give them the chance , was n't he ? |
| 8 | It 's a cold morning and I was going to give him a cup of coffee . ’ |
| 9 | He had done a good enough job of getting her to do that already , and she 'd be damned if she was going to give him the satisfaction of letting it happen again . |
| 10 | He was going to give her a job . |
| 11 | Having set it up , he said he was going to give us a demonstration coaching session . |
| 12 | So how we 're going to actually interpret that and er act on that here in Manchester and we set out our against er er to achieve that on the simple basis of quality and you 've heard enough about quality over the last two years to not be too surprised that that 's what we 've said was going to give us the cutting edge and perhaps put us in the leading position here in Manchester . |
| 13 | I was g , I was going to get to read the newspaper report in the Mercury and the Mail , and when I appeared at Leicester Castle before a Judge , but er , I think , and I was going to give you a clue . |
| 14 | Ah that 's after when you , when Jehovah was going to destroy it the death , yes ? |
| 15 | So Mum told me she was going to leave me a bit more than she had originally planned . |
| 16 | Then she added quickly , lest he deliberately misinterpret that , ‘ But I was going to leave you a note , as I keep trying to tell you . |
| 17 | She was going to enjoy it a lot . |
| 18 | It was n't working out like he 'd thought and it was going to take him a lot longer than he 'd planned . |
| 19 | I was going to write you a note — ’ |
| 20 | He sat back down next to her , but he still did n't look at her , and she had a sinking feeling that he really was going to tell her the truth about Nicole , but it would not be to her liking . |
| 21 | Can I , can I , yes I was going to tell you a story |
| 22 | I was going to make him a director , bloody good young man , tough and fair and straight . |
| 23 | Aschmann in his house , all dressed up for a festive occasion , the most glamorous lady in the theatre , was going to make it a party like no other . |
| 24 | She was going to offer him an armchair to sit in but he had already decided to settle at the pinewood table . |
| 25 | Are these the same fans who at the start of the season boasted a five-man strike force which was going to win them the League ? |
| 26 | ‘ I was going to show you the laconicum , ’ he said , and he turned and snuffed like a hound across the green , open bowl , and set out on a selected trail , nose to scent , heading obliquely for the complex of standing walls where several rooms of the ancient baths converged . |
| 27 | The fact that it all seems to come so pat : on top of the row with Viola , just after the publication of the book , just when the second book was going to bring her a lot of money . |