Example sentences of "that [adj] [was/were] go to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet all the signs were that this was going to be a fruitless exercise . |
| 2 | Suppose you knew that this was going to be the last day of your life . |
| 3 | In readiness for the event I made all the arrangements I possibly could before the baby was born to make my return to work as smooth as possible , including hiring a nanny , and I thought that this was going to be easy … |
| 4 | We go back a long way , me and God , and from his first words I could tell that this was going to be a difficult call . |
| 5 | She swore to herself that this was going to be the last child . |
| 6 | And as soon as I cradled the mass in my arms the conviction flooded through me that this was going to be the same as all the others . |
| 7 | Undecided , she had wondered if it might be too formal , but now she realised that this was going to be no jeans-and-sweater occasion . |
| 8 | And I , I , I , I , I , I would not have endeavoured to persuade you that this was going to be the land reform document that was , that this is it . |
| 9 | Now at that stage my Lord Mr er telephoned Mr on the afternoon of the twenty second of October and it 's his case that he explained what had happened at the meeting of the bank to him and er asked him again , in view of the fact that was having to sell him home , if it was possible to withdraw from the contract and it is the plaintiff 's case that he pointed out to Mr er quite definitely and quite clearly on the telephone , on this day , er that without er the funding that he had required to run this business er he could only see that this was going to be potentially disastrous for him er and once again , my Lord as he said this was a fairly heated conversation and er the plaintiff was told by Mr once again that there was no way out for him and he should now concentrate all his efforts on achieving completion , er and once again we were . |
| 10 | He said : ‘ The assistant chief constable of Merseyside said that this was going to be the greatest fraud trial since Poulson . |