Example sentences of "was going [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 She said she was going to shoot the fox that killed them .
2 He told me he was going to shoot the whole works , no holds barred .
3 I had n't asked him how he thought he was going to get in and for one terrible minute I thought he was going to shoot the lock and kick the door in .
4 All that 's happened is I decided I was going to give the Bernini lecture this year .
5 They never showed any sign of having doubts that I was going to give the total commitment required to be a full time board member .
6 ‘ I was going to give the two of you a few more minutes out there , but if you 've exhausted old times you can come and meet Luke Scott . ’
7 She was quite determined to get Rick there and there was no way she was going to give the ring to me .
8 For a moment I thought Clara was going to give the old woman a piece of her mind .
9 Otherwise I was going to give the order to evacuate the Right Bank . ’
10 Circumstantial evidence may include that the defendant was the only person with the car keys ; he was seen getting out of the vehicle ; he was seen going towards or getting in the vehicle and/or he said he was going to drive the vehicle .
11 So I got Peggy up from Somerset , on the same farm you see , and that was much better , and erm we 've been cycling to Stroud , to the pictures you know , 8 miles there and 8 miles back , and erm but the awful job he gave me to do for a few days was along , there was a young lad there and he was going to drive the old heavy fords and tractor and I was going to walk behind , and he 'd got converted horse drags I suppose they call them
12 The sergeant considered Jim Lancaster was going to slam the door and he prepared to thrust his right foot up against the jamb .
13 Lisabeth asked and for a moment I thought he was going to slam the door on us .
14 For a moment she thought he was going to slam the phone down , then she heard him give a deep sigh .
15 For an instant Fox was going to hit the little idiot , but the impulse faded .
16 What remained of the morning was to be spent acclimatising himself to the deaf-aid receiver and learning how to pace himself with the A.S.M. who was going to feed the lines .
17 If she was going to do the job at all , professional pride demanded she do it properly and , for hair as thick and luxuriant as his , ‘ just chopping a bit off ’ would n't do at all .
18 He had looked at one , years ago , but it had taken him three days to read it , carefully , from cover to cover , by which time he realized that , if he was going to do the thing at all conscientiously , he would never be abreast of current developments .
19 Now the last thing says labels code four , you 'll remember from the monthly card , I have these eight days where I was going to do the labels .
20 I was going to do the tabloiding then they fired Peter Cole .
21 As Parliament went into its long summer recess , it was quite clear that Margaret Thatcher was going to reshuffle the Cabinet and the betting was that the shuffle would be a major one .
22 ‘ I was going to call the police , but I did n't . ’
23 I shouted that I was going to call the police . ’
24 Nature irresistibly asserts itself , and no amount of talking by ICC match referee Clyde Walcott before the match was going to suppress the volatility of several of the Pakistan cricketers .
25 I thought I was going to miss the sunsets , but they 're pretty good along the River Wear too , ’ she says .
26 The last day saw me a very sombre person , I was going to miss the island and its attractions .
27 He was going to miss the funny little man .
28 ‘ I decided it was time to say goodbye , but before I could give notice Sam Hall , the Benskin 's area manager , phoned me to say the company was going to turn the Harrow into a managed house .
29 It hurt like hell but he was damned if he was going to let the gunman escape .
30 He was going to spend the show hissing and flinging himself across the scaffolding arch which ran up the sides and across the top of the stage , and from which monkeys dangled , taunting Baloo the bear , who could n't climb and groaned a lot .
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