Example sentences of "was [v-ing] to be [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other letter informed the victim that he was going to be prosecuted for overloading his builder 's van , he was in fact prosecuted and fined . |
| 2 | The story was so mad that your brother was being told to shoot Martin Meehan and that I was going to be interned for doing nothing . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We were told that it was going to be arranged for Barry to sing ‘ The White Cliffs of Dover ’ with Mrs Thatcher at the end of the show . |
| 4 | Owing to the perfect weather the tables were all taken outside and detector users sunbathed on the grass , whilst checking their tokens to see if their number was going to be chosen for a major prize . |
| 5 | Hakim said he never knew what it was going to be used for next ; on an organisation chart he left a column for Africa , since North had hinted that he might one day do something there too . |
| 6 | He would clearly have preferred to be talking to Fiona on his other side , but the award was having to be paid for with politeness . |