Example sentences of "they [was/were] [verb] [to] [vb infin] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | they were gon na send it to in Gateshead you know that 's what I 've got down |
2 | They were gon na change it but I do n't think they have yet . |
3 | Cos they said they were gon na sell it then they changed their mind , they were gon na pull it down |
4 | But I do n't know why it is , I think that , they were gon na bring it out then . |
5 | he was frightened to death that all Brian 's mates , that they were gon na get him ! |
6 | a lot of it is er propaganda by the Conservative if , if they were gon na get it right , why could n't they get it right in the thirteen years that they 've been in power ? |
7 | I thought they were gon na ring you |
8 | So it , then I had erm , I brought up my husband 's sister 's daughter from when she was fourteen , I brought her oh , yes fourteen , I brought her up for nine years and br brought her up as my own daughter like because she got , got to be put away in a home and I did n't want her to have to go into a home so I , I brought her up you know we brought her up and sort of as , I lost my little girl she was with me like , see and she still comes to me like , she still calls but she calls me mum , mother like now , ha , you know all those years I had her , she 's married and her family 's grown up now and er she 's got one daughter left , left at home who 's just got engaged that 's Mrs from er she lives , yes so , so that was my hubby 's er sister 's daughter she only had the one daughter and two brothers , but she , the brothers she do n't hear nothing of them they just , you know they were gon na put her in a home , but we took her so she did n't have to go in a home , I did n't want her to have to go in a home |
9 | with a job , they were gon na put her forward |
10 | I heard a while ago on the radio , that they were gon na put it up to eighty four fifty . |
11 | And got ta , do do you think that they were gon na accept it ? |
12 | I 'm really not Hey how about getting erm if I can get there early enough individual Christmas cakes they were gon na sell them for |
13 | Cos they said they were gon na sell it then they changed their mind , they were gon na pull it down |