Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [adv] going to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Keith Simmons , Alborne 's lethal striker , put them ahead with a goal from the centre spot right on kick-off , and it was immediately obvious that our radical 0-2-7 formation was not going to work . |
| 3 | There and then Robbie vowed that his little plan was n't going to work . |
| 4 | The first sign that the jump was not going to plan came when the parachutists seemed to have trouble forming up . |
| 5 | 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 . |