Example sentences of "was go [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How she was goin' to put up with the wee 'un 's fancy talk and fancy ways , she did n't know . |
| 2 | ‘ Who said I was goin' to wash up ? |
| 3 | Who would look after Kirsty if Shiona was to go dashing down to London ? |
| 4 | And I was told that he was going to die shortly , and that if I wished , the measures that they were using with the respirator could be removed at my request , because he was in a terminal stage ; it was just a matter of time , and I really felt that I could n't make that decision myself . |
| 5 | But when they had gone she turned and said , If I was going to die tomorrow I should be mad . |
| 6 | So he was going to die again . |
| 7 | After all , if I was going to die anyway , it might as well do some good . |
| 8 | ‘ I was going to die anyway , ’ John says . |
| 9 | One was Tim Skerritt , the steward of the Carewscourt estate ; another was the youngest son of a small farmer ; the third man was going to reside permanently in Castlebar where he had obtained a position in a draper 's shop . |
| 10 | Although she had run out of steam and no longer cared whether she lived or died , there was no way she was going to give up . |
| 11 | For months Weatherbury people had been discussing the party that Mr Boldwood was going to give just before Christmas , and now the day had finally arrived . |
| 12 | ‘ Could he do the sort of talk Dr Kemp was going to give yesterday ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Do n't know it , ’ the cabbie replied , and for one heart-stopping moment Chant thought he was going to drive on . |
| 14 | ‘ He said he was going to drive up to the Spaniard 's for a drink . |
| 15 | Jenny poured forth a stream of ‘ brilliants ’ ’ and said she was going to drive down to Harwich that evening . |
| 16 | I was going to fill in another layer of earth , and then put in some rubbish . " |
| 17 | Mr Toubon has denied the rumour which circulated in Paris after the March General Election that he was going to shut down the trouble-torn Bastille Opera to carry out a complete technical and financial inventory . |
| 18 | I knew there was no time to lose and no point in hesitating — I was going to explode soon — so I put my head down and broke free from Jamie and the girl , running off down the street . |
| 19 | ‘ Duw , course I will , ’ Hari said firmly though she had no idea how she was going to live up to her word . |
| 20 | After a shower she put it on with a frown , worried that it really was going to live up to her expectations , teamed up with seamed black tights and her new black slingback shoes . |
| 21 | ‘ Absolutely , ’ I said , with the conviction of knowing I was going to live longer than he was . |
| 22 | After all that I was going to live on … alone … to write the ‘ Memoirs ’ … to listen to Mozart in Salzburg . |
| 23 | My plan for how I was going to live out the rest of my days had just been torn up in front of my face and I needed time to adjust . |
| 24 | Novotna had looked well in control , always seeming to guess correctly whether Seles was going to hit down the line or cross-court . |
| 25 | ‘ She said immigration was an issue which ought to be raised because it was going to affect not only employment and social service benefits , but also cause homelessness . |
| 26 | I was going to lash out , I wanted to strangle her , I was really getting uptight and my head was spinning . |
| 27 | Somewhat bruised , the raiding party made their way back to their rendezvous on foot , with David Stirling wondering how he was going to explain away the loss of the truck . |
| 28 | I was going to explain then , yet felt only a cowardly relief when we were interrupted . |
| 29 | She loved Nick , loved him so much sometimes that it gave her a pain , but she hated to be told to do something she was going to do anyway . |
| 30 | So he did what he was going to do anyway , what would most engage his own attention , and invited the others to share the preoccupation — which was as much as any man could do , he thought . |