Example sentences of "this [noun] [was/were] [v-ing] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He wondered whether it was the beginning of age , or one more sign that this case was going to be different . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | She had a good idea of what this revelation was going to be , and was even beginning to enjoy their discomfiture . |
| 5 | It was clear from the start , however , that this race was going to be a final shoot-out between Mansell and Senna . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ Once I realised that this novel was going to be a kind of mammoth , I decided to forgo writing the series . |
| 9 | This conversation was proving to be unbearably painful . |
| 10 | I thought this year was going to be a slow year but it has n't been , it just keeps going . |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | This discussion was proving to be a disaster . |