Example sentences of "[verb] it [was/were] [verb] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did n't know it was meant to be fancy dress though . ’ |
| 2 | I mean , erm , if you did n't know it was meant to be serious , you might think it was a great send off of psychoanalysis , you know . |
| 3 | Dad did say yesterday he had a surprise , but I did n't know it was going to be this — it 's great . ’ |
| 4 | On opening it was seen to be empty . |
| 5 | In first time and a better fish , we even joked it was bound to be another twenty ! |
| 6 | Although manager Billy Bonds refuses to give up , he admitted : ‘ I think in the last month we have always felt it was going to be very difficult for us . |
| 7 | I think that announcement was actually made I told it was going to be and has committed to support D R D A two and that effectively provides an alternative A P I perhaps as O D B C with Microsoft 's backing will become the norm in the P C environment , D R D A will be in the I B M environment . |
| 8 | Father had said it was going to be a wonderful surprise . |
| 9 | Green had already spent so long on his maps , carefully recording every field and alley-way , that Laurent could see it was going to be a long task , and also that the end result would be large and quite expensive . |
| 10 | ‘ I did n't realize it was going to be a tented wank , ’ said Drew , as Sukey applied a dash of pink lipstick . |
| 11 | The next meeting I think we 'd already agreed it was going to be the first Monday in August which I think is the |
| 12 | When the SEA was approved it was considered to be a poor substitute for a new Treaty on European Union , but given the opposition of the UK and Denmark it was the best that could be achieved . |
| 13 | Something like Crazy , Crazy Nights , though , is such a catchy song you must have known it was going to be huge … |
| 14 | ‘ If I 'd known it was going to be like this I 'd have gone ages ago ! ’ |
| 15 | When , later on , his only son died it was taken to be a sign that he had killed the supposed lover unjustly . |
| 16 | And signature tune if that 's what you like to call it was Dare to be a Daniel , Dare to Pass a Public House and Dare to Make it Known . |
| 17 | I met Mr Palmer outside the T & A building and I just felt it was going to be a bit of a funny day . |
| 18 | And our one person was Terry Phipps from Abingdon , he 's on the line at the moment , Terry well , you felt it was going to be one nil did you or ? |
| 19 | ‘ As soon as I stood up I knew it was going to be bad . |
| 20 | Manager Eric Sortwell said : ‘ We knew it was going to be busy but not as busy as this . ’ |
| 21 | With this attitude , despite the bad start , we knew it was going to be a Happy New Year after all , and set about restoring some order to our home … , . |
| 22 | Freak ‘ I knew it was going to be a long day . |
| 23 | The laugh she gave was so dirty that I knew it was going to be all right . |
| 24 | I was No 1 in my sophomore year , and I knew it was going to be even tougher to be a top ranking player on the Pro-Tour . ’ |
| 25 | You knew it was going to be awful , but you had to know . |
| 26 | ‘ You knew it was going to be like this , Frank , ’ he said . |
| 27 | ‘ You knew it was going to be me , ’ he said . |
| 28 | AS SOON AS YOU AWOKE you knew it was going to be hot . |
| 29 | Luke grinned , and suddenly she knew it was going to be all right . |
| 30 | Somehow she had to learn to live with the pain of the deception and get on with her life , but she knew it was going to be the hardest thing she had ever had to do . |