Example sentences of "was [adv] go to [be] [adj] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 It was all going to be secret .
2 The record only reached number twenty-five but the audience about to be touched was obviously going to be huge .
3 I only hoped , as the sun sank lower and the breeze grew cool , that I was not going to be obliged to use it .
4 It looked as if strangling her was not going to be possible .
5 It was not going to be possible to keep from Olga the information that her son had suddenly become quite a well-to-do youngster , though he had warned Hank on no account to tell her how much he had made out of his book .
6 It was not going to be long , I reflected , before I made my contribution to discussions in 24 Stranraer Gardens via a Ouija board .
7 The only evening dress she had brought with her was the colour of well-polished copper , which added a little colour to her pale complexion , but it was not going to be warm enough and so she took the mink that had been part of her trousseau from the wardrobe and slung it around her shoulders .
8 It was not going to be simple , finding Céline … .
9 I had a very deep feeling that the attack on the village by the Black Watch was not going to be successful due to the fact that the enemy were well dug in and were determined to hold on to this position .
10 Vitor might be her weak spot , but she was not going to be weak .
11 I was not only able to review social security , I had the opportunity as a politician of implementing the changes — always provided I could get the support of my colleagues , of course , and that was not going to be easy .
12 But it was not going to be easy ; some few years after Malmesbury 's comments another accredited diplomat noted à propos of an evening at the Tuileries :
13 Commissioner for Agriculture it became clear to him that the task ahead was not going to be easy .
14 It was not going to be easy to get any other candidate , and it was at the same time impossible to let the seat go by default .
15 Alice could see that it was not going to be easy for any of them to admit obligation to Jasper , even though he was being correctly impersonal , sitting somewhat to one side of the scene waiting for their approval , the image of a responsible cadre .
16 One way or the other , the task she had set herself was not going to be easy !
17 It was not going to be easy , working here under the icy wash of Rourke 's disapproval .
18 From the start I knew that finding Domitila Barrios de Chungara and Higon Cussi was not going to be easy .
19 It was not going to be safe out on the streets .
20 Grateful though he was — and there are few examples of anyone more grateful and generous than he was to those who had in any way helped him or even just been around in the bad times — he was not going to be craven or knuckle down like a goody-two-shoes .
21 From the tone of her voice , I thought I was not going to be able to avoid being slung in the box and slipped off the Isle of Wight ferry .
22 He knew that he was not going to be happy if he were deprived of the chance to study .
23 An absolute guarantee of choice of school was always going to be impossible .
24 ‘ The Government allowed people to believe it was always going to be good .
25 That is why the Maastricht summit was always going to be important well beyond its paper agenda .
26 In the second half , they were on top again , but just could n't get the first goal , which was always going to be vital in such a close battle .
27 Indifferent service was noticeable : it was always going to be hard to persuade the Euro ‘ cast members ’ ( as staff are called ) to adopt the ‘ Have-a-Nice-Day ’ grin .
28 There was always going to be heavy legal problems surrounding the continued use of the name The Smiths anyway , and the problems in furthering the band became unassailable .
29 ‘ Of course it was always going to be difficult , ’ he said .
30 It is easy to criticise the government 's decisions : after a century of inertia , making changes in London was always going to be difficult , and Mrs Bottomley deserves credit for getting the process started .
  Next page