Example sentences of "were going [prep] [be] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 So there were going to be four months of hard training and probably a lot of violence .
2 THERE never were going to be any winners of yesterday 's Maastricht debate .
3 We did n't know whether there were going to be any children .
4 The news broke that we were to have another squadron of Pathfinders , but these were going to be crack troops flying Mosquitoes , a much smaller aircraft than the good old faithful Lancaster , and much faster .
5 I 'm just like my mum , when it comes down to it , That 's why I quite admired Auntie Muriel , in a guarded sort of way I 'd think , I really should try to be like her , she was so content , nothing ever fazed her , I did n't want to be a farmer , understand , but I did n't want to be like mum either , tied to a feckless man , trying to keep him and me , having to hustle all the time to stop from sinking I fancied myself on a corporate asteroid , settling down with someone who would cherish me and buy me everything I wanted Carmen and her crew had the same ideas , even if they acted like they were going to be bad girls for ever ,
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