Example sentences of "it was go [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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1 | It was going to be a rotten summer . |
2 | It was going to be sheer pain to say it , but acid agony to hold it in . |
3 | Not that it was going to be easy to improve on the earlier filmed interview when , asked why he rarely practised in the nets , he replied : ‘ I do n't like confined spaces . ’ |
4 | The particular premises that Let It Rock occupied had always been in the very vanguard of London fashion trends but working there was n't as much of a shock as I thought it was going to be at first . |
5 | Undoubtedly it was going to be a beautiful day , a summer 's day such as is unequalled anywhere in the world but in the South of England , a day that begins with mists , burgeons into tropical glory and dies in blue and gold and stars . |
6 | It looked as though it was going to be another fine day . |
7 | Nannies were inevitable and , within their social set , also very much the norm ; but the choice of Barbara Barnes to look after William was an indication that it was going to be a relaxed regime : she had no formal training , never wore a uniform and liked children to call her by her Christian name . |
8 | The last word must go to Nick : ‘ She said it was going to be different , but I did n't realise quite how different . |
9 | But anyway , we created that whole idea that no-one could photograph him , no-one could do do a story on him unless it was going to be a cover story , which was outrageous because he was virtually unknown in America . |
10 | It was going to be a major battle and there were plenty of press predictions that the radical changes would cost us the next general election . |
11 | He felt sure the man had been paid some sort of allowance for putting him up , but it did n't look as if any of it was going to be spent on food . |
12 | Left to myself I might have tried to persuade , to plead , to wheedle , to say how nice it was going to be at home . |
13 | All around him , the film of water left by the tide shimmered in the sunshine : it was going to be a beautiful day . |
14 | Just because Hawks were going to go to Iran and I was wondering how many planes it was going to be this time . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | There was something cold-blooded about using his father 's death to make a poem ; she had changed the names so that she could attempt to get it published , and it was going to be . |
17 | The February 1974 election turned out to be close , but few thought it was going to be close at the time . |
18 | Although manager Billy Bonds refuses to give up , he admitted : ‘ I think in the last month we have always felt it was going to be very difficult for us . |
19 | I thought it was going to be worse than it was . |
20 | I really thought it was going to be sort of ‘ You must not drink ever again' and ‘ You naughty boy , you must n't do it ever again' sort of thing . |
21 | I had the idea that it was going to be ‘ Do this , do that ’ but it was n't like that . |
22 | It was going to be a long day . |
23 | She hoped it was going to be reasonably warm in Templeton 's . |
24 | ‘ You did n't tell me it was going to be anything like this ! ’ |
25 | It was going to be a bleak February . |
26 | He did n't explain why it was going to be helpful and the pilot told him the car he 'd specified was waiting for them . |
27 | I met Mr Palmer outside the T & A building and I just felt it was going to be a bit of a funny day . |
28 | Eric Brown then went and did that in the third round , but at that stage I thought it was going to be between Peter , Christy and Dave . |
29 | He was our biggest danger in the end , although I thought it was going to be Tom 's four-ball partner Bert Yancey who might prove the biggest threat . |
30 | When I 'd checked the pin positions in the morning I 'd decided that it was going to be someone already under par who would be in a position to win next day as opposed to someone coming through the field , because I just could n't see anybody scoring well . |