Example sentences of "were [not/n't] [v-ing] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Indeed , by the outbreak of World War II , there is considerable evidence that working class families were not responding to the call by the Royal Commission on Population and policy makers for larger families ( a result of anxiety regarding the dramatic decline in the birth rate during the 1930s ) . |
2 | This time , however , we were not going to the Consulate but driving straight to the border . |
3 | The couple were not going to the palace of Saint Cloud , which would certainly not have provided an intimate setting for a honeymoon , but to a small house at Villeneuve l'Etang , which the Emperor had purchased himself . |
4 | One or two mentioned that they would look forward to the course and that if they were not going to an ATB event they would be out anyway . |
5 | ‘ I thought you were n't going to the match . ’ |