Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.

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1 He could n't actually tell me what was going on because that would put him in shtuck but he was trying to tip me the wink .
2 He was forced to tell her the heartbreaking news that : ‘ Mummy is n't coming back . ’
3 He was going to give her a job .
4 Well , he was going to give them the chance , was n't he ?
5 Having set it up , he said he was going to give us a demonstration coaching session .
6 He then accepted this and he told me he was going to pay me the other £2,500 in Turkey in Turkish money . ’
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