Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] go [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main purpose of the consultation exercise was surely to ensure the proposed changes were going to have the backing of the people affected by them , and until this episode of high-handed secrecy , it appeared to have worked . |
| 2 | I thought the trustees were going to manage the business . |
| 3 | A sudden upsurge to 3,500 on Dec. 31-Jan. 1 was reportedly prompted by a rumour that the Greek authorities were going to seal the border , and on Jan. 2 a Greek government spokesman alleged that the rumour had been deliberately put about by the Albanian authorities in an attempt to rid the country of the Greek minority , which numbered nearly 59,000 according to the 1989 census . |
| 4 | If the Tory Anglicans were going to lose the argument about the transfer of the Crown , they were determined to ensure that the Church would be safe under a Calvinist successor . |
| 5 | The men were going to stay the night in Llangollen , thirty miles from their destination , and hoped to be with us around ten the next morning . |
| 6 | The Commander-in-Chief of Bomber Command , Air Marshal Arthur Harris , believed that his men were going to win the war , if necessary by themselves . |
| 7 | The pilot , frantically trying to avoid disaster , felt his craft tilt and knew the big rotors were going to hit the gatehouse before they actually did . |
| 8 | The head explained that the school had a lower/middle/ upper division and the lower school head briefly explained that the children were going to show the parents and new children what they had been doing . |
| 9 | None of the three papers was going to set the world on fire . |
| 10 | I would add to that the outrageous claims made by Labour that the Tories were going to privatise the NHS . |