Example sentences of "[vb past] he [be] [v-ing] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | And erm , I knew he was going to prison . |
| 2 | I thought he 's going to sleep again . |
| 3 | He grabbed my tie and I thought he was going to nut me in the face . |
| 4 | ‘ I like the quiet of Beckenham , where no one bothers your balls , ’ said Dad , thinking that that was the end of the matter , as it would have been had he been talking to Mum . |
| 5 | ‘ You said he was coming to tea . ’ |
| 6 | She was so surprised by the warmth of his smile , by his being able to smile so frankly , so like a friend , that when he said he was going to lunch at the Blue Lagoon and would she come too , she said yes , all right , without thinking . |