Example sentences of "[adj] i [was/were] go to [be] " in BNC.

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1 He was sure I was going to be sent to Siberia but I 'd given him all my film and all the pictures that I 'd taken already .
2 ‘ It 's just that Uncle was a cautious old devil and — ’ he looked away ‘ — he got the impression I was a bit of a spendthrift because — well , because I used to get through my allowance pretty rapidly when I was away at school , and … oh , hell , he wanted to make sure I was going to be dull and sensible about all that money when he finally kicked the bucket .
3 This meant that there was now effectively a time limit on how long I was going to be able to stay in my broom cupboard .
4 I was very worried I was going to be sick .
5 At one point in the turbulence I felt certain I was going to be air-sick and the very thought was unsettling , because I knew we would have to write and file our first flight story from Calgary within an hour or two , and that story had to be sent , come what may , including sickness .
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