Example sentences of "were not going [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a moment of sudden realisation that we 'd spent four months raising this cash and we were not going to let it go that easily . |
| 2 | And erm they said well you 've got to come off it , you know , were not going to do you this time , but you 've got to come straight , stop doing it all , erm , cos you 've been reported and your on the Social Security . |
| 3 | After the thunderstorms of the morning , i hoped we were not going to need it in the improving afternoon weather . |
| 4 | This time the Quakers were not going to wear it . |
| 5 | All out 446 meant that England had a lot of batting to do in the last two days , and when Larkins went at the end of the third day to a ball that he did not see in the shadows , one felt they just were not going to make it . |
| 6 | The shapechangers were not going to offer her any protection . |
| 7 | Brenda hoped they were n't going to charge her . |
| 8 | But they were n't going to let him get away with it . |
| 9 | ‘ It must have been obvious that we were n't going to let it slip it seemed that way to me , ’ said Morrissey . |
| 10 | Early on , she had learned one thing : if the poor saw you prospering they did n't deal with you if they could help it , their idea being they were n't going to give you a hand . |
| 11 | ‘ I thought we were n't going to do it like this any more , ’ Rogers said . |
| 12 | I took a picture last night and put a plastic bag on and told the farmer we were n't going to put him in jail here and now . |
| 13 | He took 6 months to regain his confidence that we were n't going to hit him . |
| 14 | I knew I was n't in danger , because they were n't going to rape me , but it really , really upset me ! ’ |
| 15 | You were n't going to buy it were you ? |
| 16 | He says that much of his firm 's research showed , at an early stage , that open systems concepts ‘ were n't going to cut it , ’ moreover that many ‘ were a myth . ’ |
| 17 | As Paddy realised that his stalling tactics were n't going to get him a morning off we went out of the village on a treelined bridleway sloping gently down to the coast . |
| 18 | ‘ I knew you were n't going to believe me , but it seemed only fair that you should know why I agreed to marry you . ’ |
| 19 | Dealers who were n't going to make it left , often of their own accord , before getting sacked . |
| 20 | It was the year that the Beatles released ‘ Revolution ’ , a record one American critic charged would be suitable for the Democratic Party 's 1968 platform , with Lennon 's put-downs of people who went talking of Chairman Mao and were n't going to make it anyhow . |
| 21 | All of Bicester it seemed were there , but Kersal , clearly in athletic mood were n't going to make it easy . |
| 22 | I gathered you were n't going to tell him , so I kept quiet too . ’ |
| 23 | You were n't going to tell me . |
| 24 | ‘ You were n't going to tell me anyway ! |
| 25 | But we were n't going to tell you anything jut yet . |
| 26 | Harvey said , ‘ He was , Hank , your mother and I were n't going to tell you . ’ |