Example sentences of "[was/were] go [to-vb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those two were going to give her the creeps if she really had to take them all the way to Titan . |
| 2 | They 'd relented , his Mum and Dad , and they were going to give him a parrot for Easter . |
| 3 | At Heathrow Wendy Hoyte was being met by her husband Les and they were going to give me a lift back into London . |
| 4 | ‘ For a moment then I thought you were going to give me a different name . |
| 5 | ‘ We 're unbeaten in eight games but we have n't been able to win them and the players were saying beforehand that we were going to give someone a good hiding . |
| 6 | And he thought they were going to buy him a parrot . |
| 7 | The Lions selectors have an impassioned Irish performance to thank for that — and , according to coach Gerry Murphy , a little divine inspiration : ‘ We were going to keep it a secret , ’ he quipped , ‘ but we spent last weekend in Lourdes ’ . |
| 8 | But then the lady came back on again — you know , the one who spoke to me first — and she said ‘ Thank you very much , ’ and she told me they were going to send me a prize of — wait for it — 5 . |
| 9 | Yes , I have at last , and the I 'm sure that they lied in their teeth , they they assured me they had written to me after my second letter in March , er in fact , and they said they were going to send me a photocopy of that , in fact er she wrote me a letter in June , so I do n't believe the other one existed , |
| 10 | Well , he was going to give them the chance , was n't he ? |
| 11 | It 's a cold morning and I was going to give him a cup of coffee . ’ |
| 12 | He had done a good enough job of getting her to do that already , and she 'd be damned if she was going to give him the satisfaction of letting it happen again . |
| 13 | He was going to give her a job . |
| 14 | Having set it up , he said he was going to give us a demonstration coaching session . |
| 15 | So how we 're going to actually interpret that and er act on that here in Manchester and we set out our against er er to achieve that on the simple basis of quality and you 've heard enough about quality over the last two years to not be too surprised that that 's what we 've said was going to give us the cutting edge and perhaps put us in the leading position here in Manchester . |
| 16 | I was g , I was going to get to read the newspaper report in the Mercury and the Mail , and when I appeared at Leicester Castle before a Judge , but er , I think , and I was going to give you a clue . |
| 17 | Ah that 's after when you , when Jehovah was going to destroy it the death , yes ? |
| 18 | So Mum told me she was going to leave me a bit more than she had originally planned . |
| 19 | Then she added quickly , lest he deliberately misinterpret that , ‘ But I was going to leave you a note , as I keep trying to tell you . |
| 20 | She was going to enjoy it a lot . |
| 21 | ‘ I was going to ask you a small favour , ’ said Mr Chan . |
| 22 | It was n't working out like he 'd thought and it was going to take him a lot longer than he 'd planned . |
| 23 | As we set out in the truck which was going to take us the eight miles to Oakington , I was conscious that for once I was really looking my absolute best . |
| 24 | I was going to write you a note — ’ |
| 25 | He sat back down next to her , but he still did n't look at her , and she had a sinking feeling that he really was going to tell her the truth about Nicole , but it would not be to her liking . |
| 26 | Can I , can I , yes I was going to tell you a story |
| 27 | I have no doubt wha did I not tell you about the fact that I hit the roof when he said that she has said that when he was twenty one , she was going to buy him a Vauxhall Chevette . |
| 28 | I was going to make him a director , bloody good young man , tough and fair and straight . |
| 29 | Aschmann in his house , all dressed up for a festive occasion , the most glamorous lady in the theatre , was going to make it a party like no other . |
| 30 | ‘ Mr Gajdusek lives in the part of Czechoslovakia called Western Bohemia , and I was going to make it a quick flight over , find this place called Mariánské Láznë where he has his home , and shoot back to England again , ’ Cara replied . |