Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joe was trying to be bright and cheerful , but there was a deep undercurrent of sadness , and later , when he had gone back to his office , Dana said : ‘ I think he 's terribly lonely . ’ |
| 2 | When the Countess saw that Emily was going to be good for nothing , she let us have this house , as I say — she was Scottish , and had property here that was mostly sold after she died . |
| 3 | Culturally , too , there were signs that Europe was beginning to be receptive again , as she had not since the sixteenth century . |
| 4 | Sometimes she thought from the way he seemed to watch her that he might like her too but he had never said anything and Sally was beginning to be afraid he never would . |
| 5 | David heard that Mr Major was going to be Prime Minister and he said , surely it 's Mrs Major . |
| 6 | We lived in a tall , narrow Victorian house , which my parents had bought very cheaply during the war , when everyone thought London was going to be bombed flat . |
| 7 | Ivor was going to be furious about this . |
| 8 | I do n't think Kenneth was trying to be outrageous at all . |
| 9 | For months we said Microsoft Corp NT was gon na be big and fat and Microsoft said ‘ Perish the thought ! ’ |
| 10 | Annie was going to be late . |