Example sentences of "you [was/were] going to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thing I remember about him as an engineer was that we used to get these forms that told you each week who you were going to be working on , what the line-up was , and I saw this thing and it said David Bowie , Studio Two . |
| 2 | ‘ And I thought you were going to bed . ’ |
| 3 | A few years ago they were making some of the best pop singles you could play on a jukebox : ‘ Something About You ’ , ‘ Leaving Me Now ’ , ‘ Lessons In Love ’ , all the kind of thing that you felt you were going to be sick of hearing before long but which still sounded good after the thousandth time . |
| 4 | As Patrick Forbes put it in Champagne , ‘ The news of his appointment was received with a certain relief by most people , for , if you were going to be shoved around , it was better to be shoved around by a wine-maker than by some beer-drinking Nazi lout . ’ |
| 5 | To be eligible to win either of these guitars you ( or a representative ) must be available to attend the show on Sunday 29th for the presentation , but you were going to be there anyway , were n't you ? |
| 6 | ‘ There is no definite plan … if you were going to , you would want to go at the top , and we are still growing . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I thought you were going to be a farmer . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I thought you said you were going to the bridge ? ’ |
| 9 | When we got married there were no wedding cakes , no wedding do 's , you were just glad to get married , you thought you were going to be better off , but really you 'd no idea . |
| 10 | I thought you were going to be here in London for ages . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You look as though you were going to be sick , ’ she said . |
| 12 | We we did n't actually get through all the arrangements question , erm , J John a are you w there was some ce uncertainty as to whether or not you were going to be able to bring your adaptable piano ? |
| 13 | And erm , we did pray for you , several of us prayed for you when we knew you were going to Nepal . |
| 14 | ‘ Did you tell Connie you were going to be a kennel-maid ? ’ she asked . |
| 15 | It did n't bother me , I knew I was engaged to be married , and in those days as soon as you were going to be married you left your job … that is the only thing we girls had to look forward to , getting married and going on our own , getting our bottom drawer together and things like that … |
| 16 | Now do you actually remember going to work , the first day you were , you were going to work ? |
| 17 | ‘ I thought you were going to Markham cum Cumbermound ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Why did n't my father tell me that you were going to be here ? ’ she asked petulantly , thinking that at least he would only be around during the daytime , and she could avoid him completely without too much trouble . |
| 19 | If you were going to you were going to or Cheltenham Cheltenham . |
| 20 | If you were going to you were going to or Cheltenham Cheltenham . |
| 21 | Can I ask you what your reaction was when you knew you were going to be cautioned and not prosecuted ? |
| 22 | She said wearily , ‘ Rohan — you told me yourself you were going to be married in a few weeks . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I thought you were going to London ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I thought your mother said you were going to — ’ |
| 25 | I could tell you were going to be a Southwell one . |
| 26 | No he thought of England as Magna Carta and Shakespeare and Churchill and Milton and the rule of law — a lot of great ideas and ideals that maybe you were going to just crumple and throw away . ’ |
| 27 | When it began to dawn that you were going to be out more than a fortnight or three weeks , did anything emerge that w that you can see was to keep you encouraged for that period ? |
| 28 | I thought you said you were going to this match ! : - ) |
| 29 | You did it , you did it very well , yes , but you needed , I know you were going to , you needed to say at the end , is this important to you , or is this something you would like on your policy . |
| 30 | If you were going to , you could do it all in one sentence , that that 's the other point I was going to make . |