Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] were going [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Did you tell Connie you were going to be a kennel-maid ? ’ she asked . |
| 2 | He saw them off on honeymoon and did n't know what to do with the weeks they were going to be away , until he thought of taking a total-immersion course in Italian . |
| 3 | But that if they did not make progress we were going to be in a really difficult situation which might have military overtones as well . |
| 4 | But while we were there they had several meetings because of course we were going to be demobbed anyway , and the Colonel er of the regiment he had us together and so did the officers , and warned us that when we got back to civilian life we must er beware of these agitators who tried to er create suspicion amongst the troops who were coming back , and telling them that they ought to join er these revolutionary parties . |
| 5 | I do n't know what he thought about , but what I thought about was how in God 's name we were going to be able to face each other in the morning . |
| 6 | Little thought had been given to the question of what sort of institutions they were going to be : |
| 7 | What they did not foresee was that people got the impression they were going to be crushed or trampled underfoot and , though the 30,000 portions of pie were eaten , many people opted to stay away . |