Example sentences of "[vb past] [det] was [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I always knew this was going to be a long haul . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Having been so close to winning the title in the past few years I thought this was going to be my chance but the draws have just dried up and I ca n't seem to get near fish , ’ said Dave from Hednesford , Staffordshire . |
| 3 | As we drove to Alec Reid 's house for our first dinner together — and the first sight of his house — I said , ‘ You know , Alec , I thought this was going to be a simple unsophisticated life on the next best thing to a coral atoll . |
| 4 | ‘ I thought this was meant to be a friendly chat not a bloody interrogation . ’ |
| 5 | And I 'd want to know that the person who did that was going to be punished , and punished properly . |