Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] was go to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He continually told his parents he was going to be famous but , like legions of other parents before them , they treated his claims with contempt . |
| 2 | I could n't cope with never knowing what days I was going to be there — you had to wait till the rota was up to see which days you 'd be working … |
| 3 | Just because Hawks were going to go to Iran and I was wondering how many planes it was going to be this time . |
| 4 | He had rung through to the Swan Hotel in Stratford to set a revised time of arrival at 6.15 p.m. ; but by the look of things it was going to be , in Wellington 's words , ‘ a damn close-run thing ’ . |
| 5 | JAMES Gilbey , the man linked with the Princess of Wales , last night laughed off suggestions he was going to be her public escort . |
| 6 | ‘ They 'd told me that as I was caught in civilian clothes I was going to be treated as a spy , and every time I heard those shots I thought ‘ My turn tomorrow ’ . ' |