Example sentences of "was going [verb] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I managed to get upright I saw him cocking the gun again , thought he was going to shoot me again and moved towards him to defend myself . ’ |
| 2 | Originally , Geoff Huffer , Ile De Nisky 's trainer , felt his colt was immature and was going to give him just one more run before putting him away for an ambitious campaign next year . |
| 3 | And erm Joseph was going to do it today . |
| 4 | Word would have gone out that she was going to do it again tonight . |
| 5 | But he had already performed in the horse box on the way to the fete — and there was no way he was going to do it again . |
| 6 | Oh we did n't do it in the morning , I was going to do it tomorrow night when you from school . |
| 7 | I was going to call you now because of the national health |
| 8 | Alina had assumed that Belov was taking her to another of the buildings , but it seemed now that he was going to lead her out of the settlement altogether . |
| 9 | For a moment , as he screwed up his face in concentration , she thought her knowledgeable assistant was going to let her down . |
| 10 | Oh er yes I was going to say we suddenly heard a chorus did n't we ? |
| 11 | He was going to leave it tonight it just so happens that I 'm courting tonight |
| 12 | The herring looked delicious but he was n't at all sure he was going to enjoy it as much as he 'd thought . |
| 13 | After 24 hours of freedom I knew no one was going to lock me up again |
| 14 | ‘ I realised no one was going to lock me up again . |
| 15 | ‘ When I arrived here I was going to move him on . |
| 16 | However , Patrick Eggle assured me that this was just a spooky coincidence , and even that some players had remarked upon a tendency for the bottom string to slip off the bridge , so he was going to move it anyway . |
| 17 | She closed the door ; she was going to close it completely , but she changed her mind and left it open a few inches . |
| 18 | Mother Francis was going to sort it out . |
| 19 | ‘ We caught Kenny after he had been off the road and were worried that he was going to hold us up because we knew Nolan was catching up quickly , ’ explains Dean . |
| 20 | He reflected , ‘ It was a disaster , this movie , and I knew then it was going to set me back . ’ |
| 21 | She says she did want him out of the house , but she did n't want to kill him as a court was going to evict him anyway . |
| 22 | Barbara Coleman mentioned Sabine was going to visit her so I went , too . ’ |
| 23 | She knows why he came , and what he was going to ask them about . |
| 24 | He had thought for a moment that Hoomey was going to ask him back , but he knew he was n't the sort of friend that nice mothers were all that pleased to see . |
| 25 | I was going to ask you about … well , five pregnancies . ’ |
| 26 | I suppose in asking that question I 've got to ask you to rule out er all transactions er which have sort of transacted through New York and London at the same , or , or at different times , because quite clearly the Good Committee would er all their suggestions would fail on that behalf You 've just destroyed the question I was going to ask you really before I got to the question . |
| 27 | So I hunted him and smashed his face , and I was going to take him back to the prison-ship , so that he would n't have the pleasure of being free , when the soldiers caught us . |
| 28 | Lili looked at her squarely , and for a moment I entertained a mad hope that she would deny this , would announce that my engagement was a travesty and a cruelty , would say that she was going to take me away and teach me how to dress or to dance . |
| 29 | I did n't really think it was going to take me very long to go through that , sorry . |
| 30 | And then the next morning I 'm up I feel as I was going to take it again . |