Example sentences of "[pron] were [adv] going to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You were one of several people who were probably going to be let go on my recommendation as part of a rationalisation programme , but the manner in which I caused it to happen … |
| 2 | and he probably would n't mind that you were only going to be there for a year or two you know he 's getting |
| 3 | But I know that er the one or two people who told me that they 're going , er we were just going to the service in the church and then |
| 4 | He probably realised we were just going to sea . |
| 5 | They reached the surgery door at the same time as the strange little group and , as they ushered their client in , he said , ‘ We were just going to Sheldrake and Woodall when we saw your plate on Broom House gate . ’ |
| 6 | Maybe it was going to be like the Cultural Revolution in China and we were all going to be given the chance to team up with the aliens . |
| 7 | well we were actually going to be going through the Halifax but have you got any other suggestions ? |
| 8 | But only the or the project manager would know what we were actually going to be made . |
| 9 | Because it is ground offensive in sand , you want to be able to see that if you 're being shot , we could n't we could n't do that , and it became questionable whether we were actually going to be able to see the ground or not , so we called it aboard . |
| 10 | We were only going to be in 24 hours so we would n't bother having a meal we 'd have a slap up on the way out , ’ said Michael . |
| 11 | No , well we 've got the bulk , we were only going to be in Woking an hour . |
| 12 | I thought it was a big world , for we were always going to conventions and special meetings where , so it seemed then , there were thousands of others like myself . |
| 13 | If we could n't get our act together after all that , then we were never going to . |
| 14 | Ralph and Piggy were the first characters to be mentioned in the book therefore you knew that they were either going to be friends or enemies . |
| 15 | I thought they were just going to X-ray me back , but they X-rayed everything . |
| 16 | She nodded , wondering why on earth , since Liz was dead and they were obviously going to be sharing a room . |
| 17 | It seemed to Charles , waiting his turn at the public telephone box on the corner by his billet , that they were never going to be able to meet again . |
| 18 | He looked around and saw a great many faces all wearing the same expression , an expression stating that they were never going to be surprised by anything in history and that they had already had every thought that was ever going to be in his head . |
| 19 | If that was true , it occurred to her that he had n't really believed what she had told him tonight , but whether he did nor not , it did n't alter the central fact that they were never going to be lovers . |
| 20 | that there is that fear , that is because that is the second World War this is why the erm the er late thirties , early forties was never gon na succeed , because they had two completely different archaeologist , plus now in their purest form their not that but in the they were , they were never going to work , I mean that is the fact that their communists , the sole reason they 've been against each other for a hundred and fifty years there is no other reason |
| 21 | Carlos was an easygoing young man , with so many girlfriends that Shelley knew they were only going to be friends , nothing more . |