Example sentences of "[adv] it [was/were] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd have been a lot more worried if I 'd known how much it was going to be … |
| 2 | It looked tiny , no more than an emergency shelter , which of course was all it was intended to be . |
| 3 | Oh yes anything that happened down the glen or way was heard that from the pack man so it was bound to be true . |
| 4 | So it was designed to be attractive to look at , but with curves , ovals and an absence of straight lines to make it difficult to swim in . |
| 5 | ‘ When we started off it was meant to be a serious underground label and we thought we 'd just do a couple of thousand . |
| 6 | But today it was going to be different . |
| 7 | Well it was going to be a pound was n't it , not two pounds that will be an awful lot . |
| 8 | A century ago it was considered to be as good as the Normande , and better as a butcher 's beast , but a combination of war and frontier changes led to its deterioration ; it was crossed with Danish Red as well as Belgian Red to form the Flemish Red , which is usually whole red , though some have mottled or blazed faces . |
| 9 | Henry 's defection to the charms of the nursing profession had finally made up Rosemary 's mind for her , and from now on it was going to be Hank-from-Texas who occupied all her thoughts . |
| 10 | To decide whether it is successful , we have to know how it was intended to be used and what it was expected to achieve . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't see how it was meant to be funny . |
| 12 | This was n't how it was meant to be . |
| 13 | That was how it was going to be between them , just as she made him sleep on the floor beside their honeymoon bed in the Ritz . |
| 14 | It just seemed to form the basis of how it was going to be . |
| 15 | Erm one was erm an account of er care in the community , and erm the implications for Nottingham , and how it was going to be , and they were planning to implement it erm which was of general interest . |
| 16 | So this was how it was going to be from now on , Maria accepted as she turned to go and find the keys . |
| 17 | Maybe it was going to be like the Cultural Revolution in China and we were all going to be given the chance to team up with the aliens . |
| 18 | Then it was meant to be Detroit , Chicago , St Louis and work its way west and end in Los Angeles but word of mouth , the cover story in Rolling Stone which Tony coerced out of them , and various other things created such a sensation that they lengthened it . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I have a very clear recollection of Nigel de Grey , sometime Lieutenant-Commander in the Naval Intelligence Division during the First World War , giving us a lecture on security which was psychologically scarifying , as indeed it was meant to be . |
| 21 | part of the process of universal involvement in recognition of Artai as Lord of the Earth now necessitated the removal of the Dragon Throne — a solid piece of carving of the weight of seven thousand diram — with its occupant from the top of the plinth down to the concourse from whence it was destined to be borne on a processional route on the shoulders of teams of men of every degree in the Khanate , most of whom had been selected by lot , although there were a few who had paid out considerable sums in gold koban for the privilege of inclusion . |
| 22 | Primarily it was designed to be an animal fountain for the herds of beasts that sauntered around on market day . |
| 23 | Highly aggressive in tone and content , the authenticity of the memorial has yet to be proved , but it was widely circulated in China , where it was believed to be genuine , especially as the policies of the 1930s seemed to be fully in accordance with it . |
| 24 | ( This is not the present ladies ' room but is believed to have been on the first floor of the main clubhouse where it was known to be in the 1940 's at least ) . |
| 25 | To his surprise , he found the hexagonal spanner on the ledge in the garage where it was meant to be . |
| 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 | This is why it was suggested to be carried out by the putative protein encoded by the aI3 intron . |
| 28 | Until recently it was assumed to be a flattened axisymmetric spheroid ( that is , one which is round in the plane of the Galaxy ) . |
| 29 | So productivity increased tremendously , and therefore it was going to be a success . |