Example sentences of "[pers pn] were [v-ing] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | If you were looking to buy a high-performance sports car in 1965 , what would you have chosen ? |
| 2 | You may still be able to emphasize the division by decorative changes , to give your dining area its own atmosphere , as you would if you were trying to divide a simple rectangular room . |
| 3 | Er when you did get a suit it had to be kept for Sunday , for going to chapel you see , and if you were going to have a new suit it would always be at anniversary time , you did n't get one every anniversary . |
| 4 | And we were sitting having a wee drink |
| 5 | Unfortunately , both clubs went bust just as we were starting to draw a decent audience ! |
| 6 | ‘ Michael 's a brilliant lyricist , he can talk about things that matter without it being obvious , so when we got together there was no way we were going to do a creamy , greasy duet . |
| 7 | ‘ I thought we were going to get a just Home Secretary . |
| 8 | Did I , but you you you brought it up last meeting , that that that erm people were going as supposed to be coming back with good ideas as to how to cope with interviews in other rooms , but we said in last time that we were going to have a personal round bill . |
| 9 | " Here are the Maplin Sands , off Foulness Island , where at one time we were going to have a great new airport complex , " he said . |
| 10 | ‘ I knew we were going to have a stormy passage right away , ’ said Milestone . |
| 11 | ‘ We were going to have a nice family Christmas . |
| 12 | Denis Taylor : ‘ We decided we were going to have a new singer and hold auditions , the idea being that we would go to the old club we used to play in called La Discothéque , which was in Wardour Street , not far from the Whiskey-a-GoGo . |
| 13 | I remember because in nineteen thirty eight , er we were scheduled to have an opening in about the September and we got a team coming down to play us at football and we were going to have a social evening , darts and that , at , in the evening and of course at that particular time , the war was a definite threat . |
| 14 | We were going to have a special meal … . |
| 15 | We were going to have an 80-foot Brussels sprout flying above Battersea Power Station — and it nearly happened ! |
| 16 | They were trying to earn a decent living as human beings . |
| 17 | After all , hinges do n't last for ever and it 's not as if they were trying to cram a bulky parcel through a small space , just a slim package . |
| 18 | They should let the people who were responsible for it see that they were beginning to take an active interest in what was the most important issue of the time . |
| 19 | In international relations , in a broader sense of the term , they were beginning to play an increasing part , and one with immense potentialities for the future ; but even in 1914 they had only a secondary role in the thinking of diplomats or foreign offices . |
| 20 | Although the number of Poles may have been on the increase there was very little sign in Prussia that they were organising to reinstate an independent Poland . |
| 21 | They were hoping to create a little election history in Belfast , where brothers have never been elected to the city council at the same time . |
| 22 | It was generally believed that they were proposing to seek an electoral pact with the Conservatives , so as to ensure that they would hold their seats against what was expected to be a Conservative landslide at the next general election . |
| 23 | But it 's cos I changed it , they were going to put a large fence in |
| 24 | They 're going for promotion and there was no way they were going to lose a 2-goal lead . |
| 25 | They were going to produce a National Plan , which they did . |
| 26 | ‘ They were going to try a new drug on him which had never been tested on a human being before in an effort to try and stop the progress of the tumour . |
| 27 | Other bands just would n't give a toss , they 'd pose like they were asked if they thought they were going to get a front cover . ’ |
| 28 | Swindon having been beaten in the League Cup recently by Bicester , erm looked as though they were going to make a real match of it today when they scored in the eleventh minute . |
| 29 | They just found this bomb and they were going to have a controlled explosion at the car park |
| 30 | Table tennis was their main sport , so of course , just by sheer numbers and probability , they were going to have a fantastic team . |