Example sentences of "[subord] it [was/were] going to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would an extra three days really make the final parting that much worse than it was going to be already ? |
| 2 | It looked like it was going to be a doddle . |
| 3 | ‘ It had quite an effect because only the other day a London record store asked if it was going to be released again . ’ |
| 4 | This college seemed as if it was going to be the best thing that happened to me . |
| 5 | ‘ Well ma'am , there 's some scraps of food left over and … it 's bold of me to say so … but if it was going to be wasted I know my cousins would feel the benefit . |
| 6 | ‘ It made it seem as if it was going to be superficial . |
| 7 | If it 's no I think what we agreed Glynis if it was going to be a stone it could go in the wall where it could be seen from outside . |
| 8 | But anyway , we created that whole idea that no-one could photograph him , no-one could do do a story on him unless it was going to be a cover story , which was outrageous because he was virtually unknown in America . |
| 9 | The question was then what should be done with it — and there was no point in setting up the collection unless it was going to be a working library . |
| 10 | Because it was going to be all right , was n't it ? |
| 11 | But spreading the work out though actually extended the administration costs and not giving start and finish times that were fairly tight , so the people doing the work allowed them to make their own judgments on when it was going to be done . |
| 12 | For a fraction of a second it looked as though it were going to be just that , he 'd vaulted too hard and he was going to overshoot the small terrace and land on the ugly hard shapes of the garden furniture in the basement courtyard beneath . |
| 13 | So , if I pass my er printed overheads for this one an allowance er , is , and you were talking about it really , you were using this as though it were going to be er , your money that you 'd got to spend for doing each one of those activities or each bit of work within the , the project . |
| 14 | It looked as though it was going to be another fine day . |
| 15 | The captain ordered the carpenter and his mates to standby , as it was going to be necessary to cut the masts away to lighten the ship . |