Example sentences of "[was/were] he [v-ing] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did the Prime Minister speak in ignorance , or was he trying to keep the British people in ignorance before a possible November election ? |
| 2 | Was he expecting to stay the night ? |
| 3 | Was he planning to restage the battle of Lepanto ? |
| 4 | Nor was he planning to turn the BBC into a ‘ publisher ’ rather than a maker of programmes . |
| 5 | How was he going to turn the conversation round to the subject of poison ? |
| 6 | How was he going to take the news of the hijacking of earthling bodies by extraterrestrial beings ? |
| 7 | How the hell was he going to get the information he required from her with the conductor prattling about ? |