Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [verb] she [prep] " in BNC.

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1 So we made them a cup of tea and hopefully they were going to talk her into it .
2 And I was very worried because the lady that was going to be paying for the job was just down there and if we were n't careful we were going to kill her with the wardrobe .
3 We were going to tell her on her birthday , that 's two weeks from today . ’
4 And erm they were going to send her for an interview straight away .
5 This man she 's married finally came to his senses , but he was refusing to marry her at one point .
6 To be frank I was going to give her to you to break in . ’
7 I was going to call her into my office but I thought that would be a little heartless . ’
8 There was also fear that he was going to punish her in some unpleasant way for Jason 's actions , and other , deeper fears that even now she refused to acknowledge .
9 Just as well she had such guts really , because no one was going to love her for her feminine self .
10 ‘ She 's remembered she found a brochure for a hotel in Northumberland and she leapt to the conclusion that Garry was going to surprise her with an unexpected holiday .
11 He was going to lose her for good and was powerless to stop the inexorable wheel of Fortune from taking her from him .
12 Caroline remembered that moment when she had thought Nicolo was going to take her in his arms .
13 If anyone found out and if Alain was angry she would fight it out later , but for now she had come a long way , she was tired , disappointed , and nobody was going to stop her from staying here .
14 Uncle Harry was going to cast her as the hitchhiker in Mondo Desire .
15 But now he was going to see her in the flesh .
16 I was going to tell her about proper beef stock , but the girl has to walk before she can run .
17 He looked as if he was going to tell her to be quiet , and Maggie 's temper rose .
18 With a broad smile , he explained , ‘ When I was talking to him the other day , and I happened to mention that an old friend of my sister 's was coming to Ireland , and that I was going to show her round Dublin , and that we 'd agreed to meet here , and about how scatty … ’
19 He was going to walk her to her other job in the bar , across the Jardin du Luxembourg ; perhaps they 'd sit in the late sunshine , near the thin young naked girl who looked exposed and hence signified Truth , the inscription said .
20 She had a job to do , and no Italian Romeo suffering the effect of an over-active libido was going to keep her from doing it .
21 Yet he it was who had set up a meeting with ‘ Miguelito ’ quite deliberately , knowing that he was going to dupe her into going .
22 I was going to threaten her with the law .
23 She had not missed the fact that the coffee-table was piled high with past copies of Query and his arrogant manner was beginning to annoy her to such an extent that she was just about ready to storm off through the door and let Mr Parnham make of it what he could .
24 She thought someone was coming to fetch her in a boat to take her away .
25 And this goblin came along one day and says to this peedie fairy that like he was coming to get her in the morning .
26 Atrimonides was grabbing wildly at her , desperately flailing his hands and feet , and Cheryl realized he was trying to use her as a reaction mass to slow his own fall .
27 It certainly was n't because he was trying to save her from a Fate Worse than Death .
28 Merrill sensed that he was trying to put her at her ease , building a bridge over the rift that divided them , to get the evening off to a good start .
29 He was trying to put her in the wrong again .
30 The words were spoken with a provocative , sidelong glance and Melissa was sure that , just for the hell of it , he was trying to trick her into questioning him over his relationship with Rose .
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