Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [verb] [pron] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gabriel had cut inside the turn and was racing to meet them on their other flank . |
| 2 | They 've been putting pressure on this chap Morris to renew Sykes 's fellowship , and the clincher is he was going to do it on Monday . ’ |
| 3 | It was then that I realized that he was going to leave me on my own . |
| 4 | ‘ I was going to leave it on your desk for you to find tomorrow morning , but it 's much more satisfactory to deliver it in person . ’ |
| 5 | That 's what I was going to ask you on those things . |
| 6 | Émile was going to revenge himself on Jean-Claude for what he regarded as his arrogance . |
| 7 | His uncle was going to take him on one when they next went to Cannes . |
| 8 | So I mean if the man was going to take it on himself I mean er he used the French letter then when that clinic started up as I would say , the women would go there you see stop that lark because they did n't even they did n't even let , er take very kindly to the French letters some of them did n't you know , the men . |
| 9 | I was going to write it on the board for you |
| 10 | And now she was going to pile it on thick and heavy . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He was going to sack me on the spot . |