Example sentences of "they [was/were] go [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 So there was way they were going to let the standard bearer go on his own and face all these fierce fighters .
2 ‘ They thought they were doing well with just the anecdotes to bring home to their wives because they were going to see the Princess Royal on the eve of her wedding , but then they really hit the jackpot with Diana and Charles .
3 They were going to put the crane on the pipe when he returned from the stores , he said .
4 What what happened , what happened to the property next door , they were going to put the claim against the council
5 Now she knew beyond any doubt that they were going to spend the rest of the evening together .
6 They were going to spend the day in the forest , gathering mushrooms and wild strawberries .
7 Nearly half of 16-24-year-old smokers questioned in a survey said they were going to quit the habit in the New Year .
8 She thought of the long , black car gliding up to the great white building where they were going to hold the conference that would put an end to war for ever .
9 Well naturally I was I was raving wild when I got up and that 's well the lads I thought they were going to turn the van over tell you the truth .
10 They were going to do the freight costs , to get any idea out of freight .
11 ‘ Some friends who were with me on holiday in Romania talked about the idea and when they contacted me this year saying they were going to do the ride I told them I was more than willing to join them , ’ said Karen , who teaches at Applegarth Primary School , Northallerton .
12 They were going to undo the spells that held together the vortex and bring back Chaos to the world .
13 Not only had they failed to think it through under the ‘ what if strategic planning heading , but they had also failed to consider how they were going to project the change or how the people were going to react .
14 He did not know how " these people " thought they were going to run the country .
15 It came from a scene set in a bar not unlike ours , and was said just after everyone in the bar had turned pale at the sight of a particular young man , a regular , entering the bar after a week 's absence ; the thing was , they were all wondering how they were going to break the news to him that there 'd been a terrible suicide , they were all wondering who was going to be the one to take this boy to one side and tell him what had happened to his friend , and why .
16 They were going to keep the place clean .
17 When Central South first showed you these pictures last february , Watkins said that they were going to empty the shaft .
18 Tilda 's respect for her sister , whom she had never seen before in the possession of so much money , reduced her almost to silence ; in a hoarse whisper she asked whether they were going to get the records straight away .
19 OK , said Neville , but if they were going to make the trip it should be through Asia .
20 Mahmud could be heard wondering whether they were going to have the Druid instead of packed lunch .
21 They told me they 'd found the source and they were going to prosecute the offender .
22 But the sight of their debauchery stifled his own , and the knowledge that they were going to end the evening at Madam Rachel 's select brothel , just off the Haymarket , far from exciting him , disgusted him .
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