Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [to-vb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , he was going to give them the chance , was n't he ? |
| 2 | It 's a cold morning and I was going to give him a cup of coffee . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He was going to give her a job . |
| 5 | Having set it up , he said he was going to give us a demonstration coaching session . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Ah that 's after when you , when Jehovah was going to destroy it the death , yes ? |
| 9 | So Mum told me she was going to leave me a bit more than she had originally planned . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | She was going to enjoy it a lot . |
| 12 | ‘ I was going to ask you a small favour , ’ said Mr Chan . |
| 13 | It was n't working out like he 'd thought and it was going to take him a lot longer than he 'd planned . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I was going to write you a note — ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Can I , can I , yes I was going to tell you a story |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | I was going to make him a director , bloody good young man , tough and fair and straight . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . |
| 22 | She was going to offer him an armchair to sit in but he had already decided to settle at the pinewood table . |
| 23 | Are these the same fans who at the start of the season boasted a five-man strike force which was going to win them the League ? |
| 24 | ‘ I was going to show you the laconicum , ’ he said , and he turned and snuffed like a hound across the green , open bowl , and set out on a selected trail , nose to scent , heading obliquely for the complex of standing walls where several rooms of the ancient baths converged . |
| 25 | The fact that it all seems to come so pat : on top of the row with Viola , just after the publication of the book , just when the second book was going to bring her a lot of money . |
| 26 | He then accepted this and he told me he was going to pay me the other £2,500 in Turkey in Turkish money . ’ |
| 27 | A great hush fell over the entire Wolfwood , as if , thought Snizort , every living creature knew or heard or sensed what had happened and was waiting to see what the Trees would do . |
| 28 | The glare from the sun was beginning to give her a headache , and she wished that she had never undertaken this ridiculous trip . |
| 29 | Suddenly she realized that her phobia was beginning to make her a prisoner in her own home , and that it was about time she sought help in overcoming it . |
| 30 | Milner-White was then a charming young man of rather Anglo-Catholic opinions who was beginning to make himself an expert both on stained glass and on ways of English worship and prayer . |