Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] they were [v-ing] to " in BNC.

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1	He could n't use his own car because they were going to be way out of radio range , and he needed the car telephone with the scrambler attachment .
2	‘ The public were placed in fear when they were expecting to be shopping peacefully .
3	But such was the resistance from management , it was feared that it would become impossible to recruit top-quality personnel from the private sector if they were going to be subject to oversight from the Comptroller .
4	Many children heard the news before their parents because they were listening to schools programmes on the wireless .
5	Suddenly they met burnt chip contamination and had to shut down the production line , a major anxiety as they were producing to a tight schedule in a ‘ Just in time ’ situation .
6	What was the point if they were going to be allowed to drive back to England ? ’
7	The week before they were going to Dublin he went with the two girls and Rose to Boles in the town .
8	Jesus Jones and Morrissey did tours where they were playing to 100 people — and now Morrissey 's playing to 12,000 .
9	them it , it seemed ages before they were going to be on their
10	The second , and more fundamental one , was a suspicion of the Clarkes that Virgin were selling more records than they were declaring to Atra on their sales figures .
11	And on the ones cos they were trying to s screw us down to the floor and on the popular metric where they I knew they were gon na they could find better suppliers , I was only about two per cent on some of those .
12	They 'd be they 'd be on their way If they were going to Ireland , they 'd be a a a well away from St Patrick would n't they ?
13	The kind of social relationship which existed between certain teachers and this group of boys became very apparent when one examined the terms of reference used by the boys when they were referring to the teachers and themselves ; ‘ us ’ and ‘ them ’ .

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