Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [was/were] go to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've never seen you before in my life , ’ I said , not believing for a minute that honesty was going to be the best policy . |
| 2 | Alice saw that murder was going to be done , and shrieked uselessly . |
| 3 | McLeish , sitting on the other side of her , huddled on the uncomfortable bench-seating , could smell the faint perfume she wore and thought , with what detachment he could bring to bear , that one of the minor complications of this case was going to be the reactions of every man involved as suspect , colleague or witness , to this beauty he had managed to import on to his staff . |
| 4 | He wondered whether it was the beginning of age , or one more sign that this case was going to be different . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , shit , ’ I then said , because that was how I felt and because I suddenly knew that the next few minutes were going to be extraordinarily difficult . |
| 6 | ‘ I have felt for a long time that the only way this issue was going to be resolved was to have it fixed on a political level — that it would n't just fade away . |
| 7 | She had a good idea of what this revelation was going to be , and was even beginning to enjoy their discomfiture . |
| 8 | It was clear from the start , however , that this race was going to be a final shoot-out between Mansell and Senna . |
| 9 | Swindon Town players reckoned this game was going to be the toughest test of the season so far , so it was 10 out of 10 for them . |
| 10 | There was an awkward pause during which it became clear that this hint was going to be ignored like all previous ones and then the Guider realised that the pause was going to continue . |
| 11 | ‘ Once I realised that this novel was going to be a kind of mammoth , I decided to forgo writing the series . |
| 12 | I thought this year was going to be a slow year but it has n't been , it just keeps going . |
| 13 | Could you just repeat the figures for capital expenditure I think you said that this year was going to be higher than last year and explain explain where the money gon na be invested |
| 14 | So he was taking it for granted or or chancing his hand that this Monday for this year was going to be another good day . |
| 15 | So we grew up always competing for attention , no matter what that attention was going to be . ’ |
| 16 | I did the pictures , but I remember being horrified that these pictures were going to be printed . |
| 17 | Little did I know how useful these things were going to be to me in the future . |
| 18 | ‘ If we knew where one of these things was going to be flown into space , ’ he said , speaking quickly before the words had time to escape , ‘ and we could sort of hang on to the sides or whatever , or maybe drive it like the Truck , and we took you with us , then we could jump off when we got up there and go and find this ship of ours , could n't we ? ’ |
| 19 | Well by this time it was ten to eight and I 'd got all these members were going to be outside , I was going to have to let them in and serve them and I was getting a bit frantic you see . |
| 20 | ‘ Thelma was going to pen up there and then all these others were going to be out there later . |
| 21 | That way she 'd be more in command of the situation instead of turning up the next morning knowing all eyes were going to be fixed on her . |
| 22 | While at school the following day there was a general rumour being passed around , this was that all pupils were going to be sent home . |
| 23 | Rachel glanced quickly at David , wondering if that statement was going to be the closest he came to admitting that the care of Jennifer should have been his responsibility and that he had opted out , but his expression remained impassive , giving away nothing of his feelings . |
| 24 | How any attempt was going to be made when she was in Mariánské Láznë and Ven in Prague , she had n't fathomed as she made her way down to breakfast . |
| 25 | Two or three months prior to the Dams Raid , when the new squadron was being formed in the spring of 1943 , ground crew personnel from all over Bomber Command were selected and sent to Scampton , the best men at their respective jobs , for what they only knew at that time was going to be one special operation . |