Example sentences of "[verb] you were [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I 'd known you were going to be so quick I 'd have given you a lift . ’ |
| 2 | A few years ago they were making some of the best pop singles you could play on a jukebox : ‘ Something About You ’ , ‘ Leaving Me Now ’ , ‘ Lessons In Love ’ , all the kind of thing that you felt you were going to be sick of hearing before long but which still sounded good after the thousandth time . |
| 3 | Can I ask you what your reaction was when you knew you were going to be cautioned and not prosecuted ? |
| 4 | ‘ Now you know I would n't leave you unless I knew you were going to be all right . |
| 5 | ‘ I thought you were going to be a farmer . ’ |
| 6 | When we got married there were no wedding cakes , no wedding do 's , you were just glad to get married , you thought you were going to be better off , but really you 'd no idea . |
| 7 | I thought you were going to be here in London for ages . ’ |
| 8 | What you and Sam thought you were going to be doing . |
| 9 | I thought you were meant to be watching your blood pressure . ’ |
| 10 | I could tell you were going to be a Southwell one . |
| 11 | ‘ You said you were going to be discreet ! ’ |