Example sentences of "[pron] were [adv] [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 31 | If we could n't get our act together after all that , then we were never going to . |
| 32 | Corbett struggled to his feet and stared around the hall where the rest of the sleepers there were slowly rising to their feet , some nursing sore heads , others bawling for wine and food . |
| 33 | Companies were asked whether or not they were already selling to the Japanese market . |
| 34 | There was no doubt that he was the first of an avalanche of Swedish players who might do to the golf circuits of the world what they were already doing to the tennis circuit . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | When Diana joined the Stewart-Richardsons they were just coming to terms with a family tragedy . |
| 37 | I thought they were just going to X-ray me back , but they X-rayed everything . |
| 38 | The record high interest rates were attractive to holders of sterling even though they were also damaging to business . |
| 39 | They were now tending to the Frenchman as he lay on the ground . |
| 40 | They were perhaps trying to ‘ better themselves ’ . |
| 41 | She nodded , wondering why on earth , since Liz was dead and they were obviously going to be sharing a room . |
| 42 | Or maybe they were merely sticking to the original arrangements for the meal . |
| 43 | They admit arranging for 5,000 dollars to be handed over in envelopes but say they were merely responding to UEFA instructions to cover the officials ' expenses . |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | 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 . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | 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 |
| 48 | And I , si there was a concentration camp for the Italians and they were really smashing to us ! |
| 49 | You know come down and touch , they were always wanting to be with your horses . |
| 50 | Of course not ; at that stage , they were still clinging to the poll tax . |
| 51 | So they 're still , they were still keeping to their aims of achieving greater equality , it was just not absolute equality egalitarianism . |
| 52 | Today at an emergency meeting with Union Leaders to discuss their future , they were still coming to terms with the shock of redundancy . |
| 53 | Although his aunts had always been kind to him , Frankie tried his best not to like them because he knew they were only pretending to be nice . |
| 54 | Was it true ? she demanded of the silly girl : that she 'd run away from the boys when they were only trying to be friendly ? |
| 55 | Carlos was an easygoing young man , with so many girlfriends that Shelley knew they were only going to be friends , nothing more . |
| 56 | ‘ Some of them were still standing to attention as they fell . |
| 57 | This game was a little disheartening , not so much because of the disciplinary problem , but because it showed all too clearly that few if any of them were actually listening to what I was saying . |
| 58 | In fact , the pop industry has always embodied what were now coming to be known as ‘ Thatcherite ’ values : highly competitive , determined by ‘ market forces ’ , with no grants , no subsidies , negligible government interference . |