Example sentences of "were [verb] [to-vb] [pron] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Those two were going to give her the creeps if she really had to take them all the way to Titan .
2 They 'd relented , his Mum and Dad , and they were going to give him a parrot for Easter .
3 At Heathrow Wendy Hoyte was being met by her husband Les and they were going to give me a lift back into London .
4 And he thought they were going to buy him a parrot .
5 The Lions selectors have an impassioned Irish performance to thank for that — and , according to coach Gerry Murphy , a little divine inspiration : ‘ We were going to keep it a secret , ’ he quipped , ‘ but we spent last weekend in Lourdes ’ .
6 Yes , I have at last , and the I 'm sure that they lied in their teeth , they they assured me they had written to me after my second letter in March , er in fact , and they said they were going to send me a photocopy of that , in fact er she wrote me a letter in June , so I do n't believe the other one existed ,
7 But then the lady came back on again — you know , the one who spoke to me first — and she said ‘ Thank you very much , ’ and she told me they were going to send me a prize of — wait for it — 5 .
8 Such a capture of French nationalism would probably have been impossible in Paris ; but , in Hanoi , circumstances were combining to make it a reality .
9 But surgeons were forced to call it a day because they could n't find the right tools for the job .
10 ‘ It was as if they were trying to give us a clue , deliberately toying with us . ’
11 And erm and Miss asked why we were n't friends any more and we goes well she lied and you know , she splits up most people by doing that cos they were trying to tell us the truth and we would n't listen .
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