Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [to-vb] [conj] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ALL Royal Bank banknotes carried the arms ( and head ) of George II up until as recently as the early 1960s when there was a general clampdown on indiscriminate use of the Royal Arms and we were told to go and get our own . |
| 2 | Need watering a bit , have those back up there and really you seem even worse than oh were going to go and do your bedroom . |
| 3 | Very rich men and women were going to come and patronize me : insult me . |
| 4 | You were going to write and tell me where she is . |
| 5 | Hatty , Finance Minister in Whitehead 's liberal Cabinet , London-born , is a thoughtful man who has given outstanding service ; he was largely responsible for starting Marimba Township , where Africans working in Salisbury were enabled to build and own their own houses . |
| 6 | When foresters raised the hue and cry , the men of the neighbouring townships were bound to come and help them . |
| 7 | Rather , it was a ‘ haphazard ’ sample in that users who arrived to ‘ score ’ at the houses under study while the researcher was present were asked to participate and ask their friends to participate . |
| 8 | The linguists were allowed to diminish or extinguish their study of the sciences : the scientists , if they were to maintain a full programme in three separate sciences , had no time to waste on languages . |
| 9 | In order to help them come to terms with the loss , the grief stricken couple and their close relatives were encouraged to go and see their dead baby and pay their last respects . |
| 10 | ‘ You were ordered to stay and help our friends . ’ |
| 11 | The extra vehicles in the street with their flashing blue lights , had brought some of the neighbours to their doors or bedroom windows and one of the uniforms was designated to go and ask them if they 'd seen anything . |
| 12 | A checklist of the types of physical abuse was developed to identify and categorise them . |
| 13 | ‘ We do n't know yet exactly what happened but she was seen to slip and bang her head . |
| 14 | In a sixth paper he was made to describe and deplore his own misdeeds in the blackest hues . |
| 15 | ‘ When he was stopped by the police at the roadside and given the breath test he was convinced he was going to fail and lose his licence . |
| 16 | I think she was going to try and throw it out of the window but she did n't have the strength . |
| 17 | This was to be her special torture then : just when she had discovered what a selfish , callous , calculating person Mark was , everybody was going to try and sell him to her . |
| 18 | Terry had invested so much in the project that he was damned sure he was going to try and get it home with him . |
| 19 | ‘ I felt he was going to try and hit me again so I stuck my right hand out . |
| 20 | I was going to come and see you , or write a note about it . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I was going to come and see you tomorrow , ’ she said . |
| 22 | Helios was thought to see and know everything , and he was often invoked in blessings ; his fault was that he could not keep a secret . |
| 23 | Everyone in the playground was staring at her , and any minute now Miss Hardbroom ( Mildred 's terrifying form-mistress from the previous year ) was bound to appear and accuse her of upsetting a poor new girl . |
| 24 | The next thing we did was starting to support and run it , of course . |
| 25 | I knew my heart would break if he left me and she was threatening to come and find him ! |
| 26 | ‘ At one stage when he was at United I was asked to go and help him seek a settlement after a specialist 's report said his knees would n't last another 12 months ! ’ |
| 27 | At the last meeting of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council I was asked to write and thank you for all the hard work you have put in to make the centre of Scorton look so nice . |
| 28 | Before going to prison he was allowed to go and see her , and she told him , ‘ I wo n't divorce you while you 're in prison . ’ |
| 29 | After Christmas , in February , I was allowed to go and see him . |
| 30 | It borrowed so heavily that the greater part of its peacetime revenue was mortgaged to service and repay its debt . |