Example sentences of "[pron] were [v-ing] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently Alice had told her that I were going to town with them |
| 2 | As far as the passengers were concerned , the unscheduled stop and the sight of an ambulance drawn up on the quayside lent an element of excitement to spirits which were beginning to flag slightly as the end of the cruise loomed closer . |
| 3 | After having woken the girl , Duncan led her into the palace as they followed the policeman , past the small queue of tourists and other visitors who were waiting to sightsee . |
| 4 | Earthtrust removed the dead bodies and organised regular supplies of fish for the surviving dolphins in Shakang Harbour who were starving to death . |
| 5 | ‘ Thought you were bleeding to death ? |
| 6 | Newcastle , well I put , I thought you were staying to tea so I put six eggs on |
| 7 | It was smelly inside , made you feel as though you were choking to death and the eye-holes so small you could n't see out properly . |
| 8 | You know you were going to shopping . |
| 9 | ‘ And I thought you were going to bed . ’ |
| 10 | Now do you actually remember going to work , the first day you were , you were going to work ? |
| 11 | And what what was school like when you you were going to school ? |
| 12 | Did you go out before you were coming to bed ? |
| 13 | ‘ I wish to God you were coming to college , too , ’ Benny said suddenly . |
| 14 | Another thing I said to Caliban the other day — we were listening to jazz — I said , do n't you dig this ? and he said , in the garden . |
| 15 | For we were going to sea . |
| 16 | He 'd put his mind to it that he would n't , you know this he had it in mind that we were going to work for this thirty pound a week less , take it or leave it . |
| 17 | Unfortunately , as we were going to press , due to the escalation of the war and increasing press restrictions , our reporter in Saudi Arabia was unable to submit her article . |
| 18 | AS we were going to press , a fifth candidate for the East Hampshire constituency was announced . |
| 19 | As we were going to press , the ICC announced its decisions on a number of matters . |
| 20 | ‘ Originally we were going to self finance , ’ says Simon Church . |
| 21 | ‘ I think it 's about time we were going to chapel , Madam ’ , said her companion . |
| 22 | If we were going to cave in it would have been today . |
| 23 | I thought we were going to town tomorrow ? |
| 24 | Well , what we were going to sort of do , is similar to what you lot did , but it kinda came out wrong . |
| 25 | ‘ If only one were going to court freely and looking to a bright future — 't is different for you ! ’ |
| 26 | And most of you are probably aware that last year the the company tried to renege on their P L C P L C status and buy out existing shareholders erm and the furore surrounding that erm the price that they were trying to repurchase the shares from the existing shareholders er caused a lot of discontentment er surrounding that scenario . |
| 27 | The party 's spin-doctors had remained sceptical about the polls , but they were expecting to be able to argue that the Conservatives had lost their mandate , even if they were clinging to power in a hung parliament . |
| 28 | The Sikhs , ignoring him , had been digging steadily for hours ; now they were beginning to shovel up wet earth . |
| 29 | And they netted £10,000 from generous customers who believed they were donating to charity . |
| 30 | As Pathfinders they had the extra advantage of being able to use all the latest radar equipment to enable them to see through the layers of cloud , and when they were talking to Met Officers we would hear mysterious references to ‘ Gee ’ and ‘ H2S ’ . |