Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [to-vb] with [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Thus individuals might retire and rise progressively later each day until they would miss a whole sleep because it was going to clash with daytime commitments .
2 Maura thought she was going to faint with fright .
3 A SURPRISE inspection of a home for the elderly at Loanhead , near Edinburgh , has revealed it was failing to comply with fire regulations .
4 One of the big changes we had to cope with , was learning to write with pen and ink .
5 Earlier , the court heard that Gilfoyle , himself an auxilliary nurse at Murrayfield , had told friends that he was going to be promoted and was studying to deal with suicide cases .
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