Example sentences of "were going [to-vb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An orphanage , perhaps , like the one where we were going to leave my new-born baby ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You had a brave face on earlier tonight : you were going to lead your own life , were n't you ? |
| 3 | The magistrates would tell you that they were du they were going to do their utmost to pr to support the police at all times . |
| 4 | They were keeping it a secret and they were going to take him some place where they sold parrots . |
| 5 | Aunt Louise was a relation , and if she were going to drive anyone dotty should it be the trusting stranger with whom Celia had left her ‘ for three months only ’ ? ) |
| 6 | I suppose they imagined we were going to expose their uninteresting little rackets , whereas I was only interested in what the Josephs were up to . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Mr Nicholson , ’ Paul Merrick said , brushing loose strands of wispy hair from his face , ‘ you said you were going to show us some kind of answer to the problems of overcrowding . |
| 8 | Their thinking was coloured about how they were going to make their million and be launched on the USM . |
| 9 | The clergy were going to make it impossible to find the young priest 's murderer . |
| 10 | She was grateful for the air-conditioning , because she was quite well aware that her unruly emotions were going to make it difficult for her to sleep . |
| 11 | So we 'd get one third and then just as we were going to eat it three other people came in . |
| 12 | They were going to keep it warm . |
| 13 | Erm a lot of it was that people just accepted their situation and did n't think there was any way they were going to get anything different . |