Example sentences of "i was [verb] to have a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She does n't use the top one it 's jammed with paint and I loosened the saddle on the other when I was pretending to have a piss . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , I was hoping to have a word with you about this week 's Greek tutorial . ’ |
| 3 | Well that 's I was intending to have a word with Tom about it . |
| 4 | As a matter of fact , I was going to have a chat with Angy , you see , at this week 's art class , but of course … |
| 5 | so , and er I said do you sell butterfly ones , and she said I was going to have a go at making them , but she said I ca n't make them like you , |
| 6 | I exclaimed my heart beating so wildly I thought I was going to have a heart attack right there at the table . |
| 7 | The client may say , ‘ My heart was beating so fast I thought I was going to have a heart attack ’ , or , ‘ I ca n't cope any more ’ , or , ‘ I think I 'm going to end up in a mental hospital ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ I was going to have a coffee at the Greek cake shop , ’ Constance went on , ‘ but just as I was going in one of those middle-class , middle-aged ladies with a smile on her face was coming out , and whenever I see one of them I think she 's going to try and sell me a poppy or something or tell me Jesus loves me . |
| 9 | You 'll laugh , but I was going to have a coronation . |
| 10 | D R DOS , er sorry M S DOS Five did , I thought I was going to have a lot of trouble , and it did n't . |
| 11 | ‘ I was going to have a smoke , ’ Hope lied . |
| 12 | When I bought her as a young heifer , a friend went on and on about how small she was until I wondered if I was going to have a beast left at all by the time she had finished . |
| 13 | ‘ I was going to have a baby but I 'm not any more , so that 's all right , is n't it ? |
| 14 | I was trembling a little , more anxious than if I was going to have a tooth out . |
| 15 | I was going to have a tooth out today ! |
| 16 | I was coming to have a yarn with Mrs Garfitt . |
| 17 | I was planning to have a pub meal . |