Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [v-ing] [to-vb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of more immediate concern to governments and , it seemed , likely to produce much quicker and more clearly identifiable results , were the growing efforts which many of them were now making to use for their own purposes the new or greatly strengthened force of the newspaper press . |
| 2 | McLeish , who had understood from Francesca 's report of her lunch that she and her seniors were indeed going to push for assistance , was amused to hear that she had not succeeded in disguising her intentions from Miss Morgan . |
| 3 | I was passing over a hill when Idris drove past me , hooting , and pointing to the valley where he was obviously going to wait for me . |
| 4 | Passengers and passers-by alike found its wide , illuminated photographs of mouth-watering meals irresistible — though at a cost ( in 1980 ) of nearly £½million , Casey Jones was obviously going to pay for himself only at the busiest venues . |
| 5 | President Gorbachev then left , as the boos and hisses reached the Podium , but in fact it is n't absolutely clear that he was only going to stay for part of the demonstration , or if he was only going to stay for part of the demonstration or if he really was only going to be there for about 20 minutes . |
| 6 | President Gorbachev then left , as the boos and hisses reached the Podium , but in fact it is n't absolutely clear that he was only going to stay for part of the demonstration , or if he was only going to stay for part of the demonstration or if he really was only going to be there for about 20 minutes . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , she was already having to pay for it . |
| 8 | ‘ I was just coming to look for you , ’ he said , advancing , gaze roaming over her caressingly . |
| 9 | It 's the news that we knew that 's all that it could turn out to be , but it was just waiting to hear for it officially and going all through these months . |
| 10 | But poor old Wayne Phillips was always going to suffer for the demise of the local hero , unless he got at least 100 in his first trip to the crease . |
| 11 | And I do n't know how , what 's happened about it now but at the time he was still having to pay for it |
| 12 | I thought she was probably going to ask for money . |
| 13 | In this even more marginal world of cross-cultural perception and social contrast , the statistical truths I was consistently having to produce for local politicians , senior officers , the press , and the public in Newcastle were of little value , especially when discussion on the structures surrounding approval or illegality of some drug use was a matter which might encompass problems of economic , geographical , cultural , or even religious boundaries , or more likely the changing political whim or opportunity of the moment . |
| 14 | It was really just the beginning of my interest in things musical , political , cultural etc and a realisation that I was never going to play for Crystal Palace ! ’ |