Example sentences of "was [verb] [to-vb] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How she was goin' to put up with the wee 'un 's fancy talk and fancy ways , she did n't know . |
| 2 | Ken played Julius Caesar in a picture that , with no apologies , was intended to cash in on the fame of the Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton fiasco of the previous year . |
| 3 | The complexity was intended to last only for a transitional period . |
| 4 | He was intended to come down at the wrong moment , disappear , do the same again , then go shooting through the roof when the mechanics of the wire go wrong . |
| 5 | Androgyny was expect to go along with a broad , flexible and effective repertoire of behaviours , and well-adjusted emotions . |
| 6 | Paul asked the Corinthians , and the unanswerable logic of his question was designed to cut decisively at the root of ingratitude . |
| 7 | Were such a test to be adopted in future , it would reintroduce into British obscenity law a wholly subjective assessment of taste and decency with respect to works of art and public communications , and it would do so by amending an Act which was designed to focus solely on the question of harm . |
| 8 | It took a moment for the full enormity of what was happening to filter through to the brandy-drenched consciousness of the member reading The Times . |
| 9 | Under George Bush , NASA was committed to go back to the moon and on to Mars , and the space station was arguably a step on that road . |
| 10 | Jess wondered uncomfortably whether she was expected to move out of the way and let the old ditherer through , or side with the Law and her own interests . |
| 11 | Also , because of the absence of any significant physical evidence , the case against Noriega was expected to rely heavily on the testimony of self-confessed drug criminals who had reached plea bargaining arrangements with the US authorities in return for giving evidence . |
| 12 | Whether the owners of large or small estates , noblemen were members of a caste which was expected to live nobly with a certain liberality and panache ( ‘ vivre noblement ’ ) as befitted their tank . |
| 13 | But in fact it added to my Saturday work because I was expected to clean more with the new machine . |
| 14 | The USA had previously been opposed to such involuntary repatriation , as had the Vietnamese government , but the latter was expected to go along with the initiative , given its current desire to restore diplomatic relations with the USA . |
| 15 | The good news was he was expected to show up with a large coke consignment for processing , cutting and distributing ; the bad news was he would now not come near the place . |
| 16 | However , IBM was expected to come forward as a Wabi development partner , like USL , which would automatically make it eligible for SunSelect 's most favourable pricing schedule ( UX No 432 ) . |
| 17 | However IBM was expected to come forward as a Wabi development partner , like Unix Labs , which would automatically make it eligible for SunSelect 's most favourable pricing schedule . |
| 18 | The rapid growth experienced by the major industrialized countries in 1988 slowed in 1989 , and was expected to moderate further as a whole in 1990 following the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq in August , which exerted pressure on oil prices and international financial markets . |
| 19 | Sun was expected to line up alongside the rest of the takers , but did n't complete negotiations in time . |
| 20 | Indo-Soviet trade , which had been increasing rapidly , was expected to grow further after the signing of a trade protocol worth Rs70,000 million in 1989 , a 35 per cent increase over the sum for 1988 . |
| 21 | The Chairman of Scottish Power , Sir Donald Miller , said the market for waste incineration was expected to grow substantially in the coming years , " in the light of increased environmental concerns and the regulation of traditional dumping techniques " . |
| 22 | Burhanuddin Rabbani , leader of the moderate Sunni Moslem Jamiat-i-Islami , took over the presidency of the interim government on June 28 from Seghbatullah Mujjaddedi , despite earlier suggestions that Mujjaddedi was seeking to go back on the April 24 Peshawar power-sharing accord reached by seven Sunni Moslem mujaheddin groups in Pakistan following the overthrow of the Soviet-backed Najibullah regime [ see pp. 38847 ; 38915 ] . |
| 23 | It was seen to derive directly from the dual functions of the state , the securing of accumulation and legitimation . |
| 24 | Some through passage is also noted , particularly in November , March and April , and one was seen to fly in from the sea at Selsey Bill on 1 May 1968 . |
| 25 | Even Mervyn , whose hands were flying across the keys of his accordion , was seen to gape up towards the thing dancing like a huge firefly in the dusk . |
| 26 | In the original DES document in which the proposals for the schools were outlined the overall aim was said to fit in with the Government 's aims set out in their document Better schools , ‘ to improve standards ’ being the key phrase . |
| 27 | It was said to dine exclusively on the bodies of hen-pecked husbands . |
| 28 | But now Watson was looking to win again on the US Tour . |
| 29 | When this expectation was disappointed it was decided to press forward with the Barclays ( Asia ) prosecution . |
| 30 | Nothing eventful occurred that night , and as Hugh had not returned , and as a careful search discovered no trace of Marian and Allen , it was decided to move on with every precaution into territory which with every yard became potentially more hostile . |