Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er the delivery part it was more the cluster but the overall delivery allowed me to prepare how I was going to be standing er how to get the audience in contact with me the eye the eye contact and also the way I spoke . |
| 2 | The National Sound Archive does n't claim to be the natural home for gramophones or other equipment , but it does have a small historical collection , because to understand the recordings , some knowledge of how they were meant to be played is desirable . |
| 3 | The Walshes had been caught in a strange yet powerful trap and it was difficult to see how they were going to be able to break free . |
| 4 | To decide whether it is successful , we have to know how it was intended to be used and what it was expected to achieve . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't see how it was meant to be funny . |
| 6 | This was n't how it was meant to be . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It just seemed to form the basis of how it was going to be . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | So this was how it was going to be from now on , Maria accepted as she turned to go and find the keys . |
| 11 | I remember my mess-mate and how he was engaged to be married , and today he would be happily married with kids . ’ |
| 12 | The date to remember is Friday , July 17 , when I was honoured to be present at its rebirth , so to speak . |
| 13 | ‘ I was wondering when I was going to be let free to do the work of the Lord . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ When I was an accountant I knew when I was going to be busy well in advance . |
| 15 | Tim and Julie met 11 years ago in Bath where she was training to be a teacher and he was starting out as a trainee accountant . |
| 16 | But the trouble was they were both at the same time after school where she was meant to be decorating the hall for the disco after school that night . |
| 17 | Mary Pat Kelly met him first in the mop room of the convent where she was studying to be a nun . |
| 18 | It would have been more usual to have asked her with careful casualness to wait behind after the meeting but what he had to say was private and he had been trying for some weeks now to cut down the number of times when they were known to be alone together . |
| 19 | However they were said to be ‘ furious ’ that the Scottish Office , the local community health specialist and the water suppliers had reassured people that there was no risk to health . |
| 20 | You see , I suddenly felt that I could n't bear it , not knowing where they were going to be for the next three and a half weeks ( though in retrospect I doubt whether the location of the groom much perturbed me ) . |
| 21 | One of a batch of large bogie cars , delivered to Gravesend where they were found to be too large , also found its way onto the Aurelia Road site , to be tried out when the line opened . |
| 22 | They were due to be escorted to Croatia where they were expected to be handed over , possibly later today , to British consular officials . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Nigel first started looking at bungee jumps in 1990 when he was asked to be an expert witness in an industrial tribunal concerning a bungee jump at a fairground . |
| 25 | ‘ ONE member , one vote , ’ demanded John Smith when he was elected to be Labour 's leader , wanting to end trade-union influence over the choice of Labour 's parliamentary candidates . |
| 26 | Reg Butler sat beside a roaring gas log fire , smoking a fat cigar and wondering when he was going to be able to retire , relax , play golf , take in the odd West End show like other successful men of seventy-two . |
| 27 | When I came out , they told me the court dates of when he was going to be adopted . |
| 28 | In 1981 , when he was known to be seriously ill , Henry Fonda was voted Best Actor for On Golden Pond : his daughter and ( co-star ) Jane picked up the Oscar for him , and he died just five months later . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ( 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 ) . |