Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [verb] i [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , where did you say you were going to take me for that drink ? ’ |
| 2 | The other exciting thing was the leeches er because the monsoon had n't finished there were lots of leeches around , and I 'd imagined these huge things that were going to suck me to death , but they 're actually little , like , just very very tiny little worms , about erm an inch long and very thin and what they do is they sit on leaves and things and as you walk by they get flicked on to your boots or your socks and then they wiggle their way in and they , you ca n't feel them there , but what they do is they suck your blood until they explode |
| 3 | She was wearing a large muff and as they left the train Minton remarked , ‘ I thought you were going to smuggle me through the barrier in that . ’ |
| 4 | He said , ‘ But you were going to tell me about the business . ’ |
| 5 | Right , you were going to tell me about Jean now . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought you were going to tell me at least that it was for my own good . |
| 7 | He said you were going to change me on the medication , |
| 8 | Only then did I realize they were going to transport me up the mountain . |
| 9 | Brom not Brompton Barracks , Barracks , and I saw him there first of all and then he told me they were going send me to Tidworth . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't know which is worse , that you do n't give a damn about respecting your commitment to her , or that you did n't think it would matter to me that you were — were trying to lure me into bed while all the time , you knew that you and she — ’ |
| 11 | ‘ If I had known you were planning to entice me with your feminine wiles I would not have risked bringing you here , cara ! ’ |
| 12 | I think Lane was attempting to intimidate me in relation to his further questions , answers to which might otherwise be critical of the police , and in this he partly succeeded . |
| 13 | For a moment , I thought he was going to hit me with the shoe ; then he dropped it on the floor and began to pull at my clothes . |
| 14 | It was then that I realized that he was going to leave me on my own . |
| 15 | Then I started to get a feeling that the Lord was going to move me from my present job . |
| 16 | ‘ I thought any time she was going to ask me to be bridesmaid . ’ |
| 17 | She was going to ask me for money , I thought . |
| 18 | We sat on our stools and I smiled at him , thinking he was going to ask me about my dress or where I lived or something , and he said , ‘ Who 's your favourite philosopher ? ’ |
| 19 | He was going to take me to the derelict château he and Montaine had discovered in a clearing in one of the forests . |
| 20 | Well he does n't know where I live at the but it came up in court that he was going to take me to court for access , making it out as though it was my fault that he had n't seen Ricky , I was stopping him from seeing Ricky when it 's his own fault . |
| 21 | It we he phoned at it was , it was five to six , Jim was going to take me to aerobics because of the weather |
| 22 | He found a tutor in London who was going to coach me for University Entrance . |
| 23 | Perhaps he was going to touch me for the air fare home . |
| 24 | Deeply afraid that this man was going to put me in a cage . |
| 25 | I would feel bad if I knew for certain that someone was going to cosh me with a lead pipe on January 15 of that year . |
| 26 | The man was going to meet me at the bottom of Ber Street . |
| 27 | I thought everyone was going to recognise me on the street , ’ Now his favourite leisure activities are watching television — ‘ I call it my sofa therapy ’ — and having friends over for dinner . |
| 28 | He was going to kiss me at his sister 's , Meredith thought . |
| 29 | He was going to sack me on the spot . |
| 30 | Admiral Paul Rowe , of Rotherham Starfleet Command , was waiting to meet me from the train . |