Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he was very much afraid she was going to be rather good in Luxembourg — it was a role not unlike that of Countess Maritza . |
| 2 | Before , we were just listening to everybody else telling us to keep on playing and carry on doing this and that , but that was really just because they were afraid we were going to be a flash in the pan . |
| 3 | It gave me a great deal of pleasure to think how much more pained he was going to be in a few moments . |
| 4 | ‘ Sam dragged Scott from the road because he was afraid he was going to be hit by another car , ’ said Scott 's grateful mother Caroline at Milton Keynes General Hospital yesterday . |
| 5 | Dad was still convinced I was trying to be something — a lawyer , I 'd told him recently , because even he knew that that doctor stuff was a wind-up . |
| 6 | They both knew what they had to do , and how hard it was going to be to escape ; they knew they needed each other . |
| 7 | He was sure I was going to be sent to Siberia but I 'd given him all my film and all the pictures that I 'd taken already . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's just that Uncle was a cautious old devil and — ’ he looked away ‘ — he got the impression I was a bit of a spendthrift because — well , because I used to get through my allowance pretty rapidly when I was away at school , and … oh , hell , he wanted to make sure I was going to be dull and sensible about all that money when he finally kicked the bucket . |
| 9 | This meant that there was now effectively a time limit on how long I was going to be able to stay in my broom cupboard . |
| 10 | I was sure she was going to be happily settled . ’ |
| 11 | It was for Signora Kettering and her English upbringing told her that it was unthinkable to open letters addressed to someone else ; and yet as she came down the stairs and met the driver she had been taken , as she felt sure she was meant to be taken , for Signora Kettering . |
| 12 | I had no idea how long we were going to be at Lille , or whether I stood any chance of being accepted by the Legion at all . |
| 13 | Yet the political authority was to an extent dependent on the company 's sources of information , however suspect or inadequate they were seen to be ; according to one civil servant interviewed , the PSO requirement was ‘ basically calculated by taking on trust the figures which RENFE gave ’ . |
| 14 | He said that the departure from Kabrit was a delightfully vague affair with nobody really having any clear idea of how long they were going to be away for , and not giving two hoots anyway . |
| 15 | … Not very long ago he ( Kennett ) told me he was sure he was going to be killed . ’ |
| 16 | His colleague , smaller and older , made sure he was going to be second going into any dark places , |
| 17 | It was too late to be worrying over any implications inherent in spending Christmas with the Danbys and now the day had dawned Meredith was rather pleased she was going to be with company , especially after her sighting of the whatever-it-was during the night . |
| 18 | Though he allowed himself no fewer than four books ( She , Ayesha , She and Allan and Wisdom 's Daughter ) in which to analyse this character , he never seems to have decided exactly what she was meant to represent or how far she was intended to be a symbol of the ‘ world 's desire ’ . |
| 19 | Very soon after Prontosil and sulphanilamide became available they were shown to be active against malaria . |
| 20 | Then she thought how tiring it was going to be for the rest of her life trying to be the Wise Woman all the time . |
| 21 | Perhaps it was fortunate that he had no inkling of how trying it was going to be . |
| 22 | I was very worried I was going to be sick . |
| 23 | She had told him something good would come out of that missing jewellery , but she had had no idea of just how wonderful it was going to be . |
| 24 | However annoyed he was going to be with her when he discovered she had no intention of spending the day with him , she was certain that if he found Svend before she found Suzie he would notify her accordingly , if only to ensure Suzie 's hasty departure to the UK . |
| 25 | At one point in the turbulence I felt certain I was going to be air-sick and the very thought was unsettling , because I knew we would have to write and file our first flight story from Calgary within an hour or two , and that story had to be sent , come what may , including sickness . |
| 26 | They said , they erm they said something or other they were going to be closing down somewhere in Cornwall because the Directory Enquiry service was not being used |
| 27 | But just before we got there I realized how — tawdry it was going to be . |
| 28 | Left to myself I might have tried to persuade , to plead , to wheedle , to say how nice it was going to be at home . |