Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe because the teddy boy fashion was just beginning to edge back in ; it was around the time of Roxy Music 's Spaceman Ted look . |
| 2 | Yes they have , very special gear in , in breathing apparatus and protective clothing , er which I did n't have in my early days , I mean breathing apparatus was just beginning to be used . |
| 3 | Forget Swindon 's league form : Portsmouth away in the Coca Cola Cup was never going to be easy , and the famous old Pompey chimes were ringing loud and clear as an old County Ground favourite Alan McLoughlin led the charge . |
| 4 | Mains electricity was supposedly going to be brought in at some stage , but God only knew when that would be . |
| 5 | The exchange rate policy was highly damaging to manufacturing . |
| 6 | The 1901 President of the National Free Church Council was only pointing to the obvious when he told his audience that there was throughout the country and Empire ‘ an irresistible movement towards co-operation , combination , collectivism , solidarity , centralisation … |
| 7 | Sadly , the beautiful old yacht Honey Bee was only going to Cruibh Haven but they keenly solicited around the basin on my behalf . |
| 8 | ‘ But what was quickly very clear was that the oil scene was never going to be the same again . |
| 9 | WORKERS at a Merseyide firm were today coming to terms with the news that they will be out of work in the New Year . |
| 10 | Introducing market-like mechanisms into a planned system of health care was never going to be easy . |
| 11 | The referees for the 1991 World Cup were always going to be placed under close scrutiny by the media , as well as spectators both at the ground and watching on television , and so it turned out . |
| 12 | Shifting to a patient-driven health system was never going to be easy — especially not for the Tories . |
| 13 | Peppard Golf Club was slowly grinding to a half ( blitzed Londoners were housed in the simple wooden clubhouse ) and two of its trophies were sent to Henley , a more durable looking Club . |
| 14 | While school education was just beginning to be suspected of extravagance , in the early sixties , paradoxically there was an explosion of growth in university education . |
| 15 | the second game against benneton treviso was always going to be the real test … |