Example sentences of "[pers pn] was go [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Scottish Mountaineering Club 's Munros book had warned of a false summit cairn , and if I had longed to see the view from Beinn Dorain , and look down on that road from which the young Gray had gazed upwards 25 years ago , I was going to be disappointed unless the mist lifted . |
| 2 | I had erm I was going to be representative of this committee at a erm safety seminar for three days at the beginning of this week that I was n't able to go to , and Councillor Kurtz has very kindly gone in my place , which is why she is not able to come to this meeting . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ I had planned where I was going to live and what projects I was going to be involved in . ’ |
| 5 | I was going to be late for Jack Mason and made for the door . |
| 6 | I was going to be seductive , with satin pyjamas and satin-smooth hair — and a discretely protected reproductive system . |
| 7 | They said I had to lie down for two hours because I was going to be groggy , but I thought Fred would be worried . |
| 8 | If I had thought I was going to be Prime Minister , I would have taken more trouble to understand the various theories ’ . |
| 9 | She adds : ‘ I lay awake at nights wondering whether I was going to be honest . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | That summer I thought I was going to be able to work in the shop full-time up until I started at St. Martin 's School of Art in the autumn . |
| 12 | So there was no way I was going to be able to step out as well . |
| 13 | However , if I was going to be able to maintain anything like good water quality , an essential requirement in any marine aquarium , my basic marine tank had to be a minimum size of 900 × 380 × 300mm ( 36″ × 15″ × 12″ ) with a capacity of 104 litres ( 23 gallons ) . |
| 14 | You you and I discussed whether I I was going to be able to do it . |
| 15 | ‘ Especially when I was shutting myself away until two or three in the morning , so that I was absolutely certain that I was going to be able to go into the studio a few hours later and deliver something that was believable and complete . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I was going to be happy today , really happy . |
| 17 | I did as I was told and flopped down on a chair , but it gradually got worse and worse , and I felt as if I was going to be sick . |
| 18 | I was going to be sick . |
| 19 | At the top of the stairs I thought I was going to be sick and returned stiffly to the bathroom . |
| 20 | I was very worried I was going to be sick . |
| 21 | as if I was going to be sick . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ I was going to be free from his constant nagging . |
| 24 | ‘ I knew I was going to be tough to beat this week . |
| 25 | I also realized I was going to be OK . |
| 26 | ‘ When I was an accountant I knew when I was going to be busy well in advance . |
| 27 | Now she was going to be nasty . |
| 28 | Always rang if she was going to be late , always let them know exactly where she was . |
| 29 | Branches clawed at her hair and she felt like she had done years ago , waiting for Jezrael to catch up , knowing she was going to be late for school , but she could n't leave her sister to struggle in on her own . |
| 30 | At this rate she was going to be late for her appointment ! |