Example sentences of "[pers pn] was go to [be] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once , I was going to be a bridesmaid in a blue dress , and when I needed new shoes before the wedding , I refused to have blue shoes , insisting on brown ones . |
| 2 | I did n't know then that I was going to be a politician . ’ |
| 3 | So , I thought I was going to be a freelancer — what a fool . |
| 4 | I was going to be a pro racer and was doing real good until , at thirteen , I was goofing around and broke my arm . ’ |
| 5 | I was going to be a model . |
| 6 | ‘ I was going to be a concert violinist . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I was going to be a kennel-maid , ’ said Camille , ‘ only I had n't quite decided . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Well , all right , so I thought the decision was surprising , but I 'd long since realized that if I allowed that sort of thing to keep me awake at night I was going to be a chronic insomniac . |
| 9 | ‘ You thought I was going to be a lot more fun , did n't you ? ’ she asked gently . |
| 10 | I knew then that I was going to be an artist . |
| 11 | Mainly to get me out of the house , probably , but when I told my father I was going to be an actor he immediately thought I 'd turned gay . |
| 12 | I was going to be an engine-driver . |
| 13 | ‘ The gaffer said I was going to be an economist , and that was that . ’ |
| 14 | I told them I was going to be the British number one . |
| 15 | ‘ I tried to hate you but deep down I knew I was lost and that , however many lovers you 'd previously had , I was going to be the last one . |
| 16 | Theirs was going to be a secret affair . |
| 17 | Oh she was going to be a , that 's what she said . |
| 18 | If he thought she was going to be a nice little stepsister he could think again ! |
| 19 | Some said that she was going to be the wife of Fahfakhs . |
| 20 | Mostly , he supposed , he was happy because she was going to be the most startling singer he had put on to the Hochhauser stage . |
| 21 | ‘ I thought you was goin' to be a famous pilot this mornin' , ’ retorted George . |
| 22 | Handling him was going to be a delicate business , and Nelson was more than relieved that the job would n't fall to him . |
| 23 | " When it was clear that identifying him was going to be a long job — if , indeed , he could ever be identified — the coroner issued a burial certificate . |
| 24 | She gazed at Johnny beseechingly , begging him to understand , but she knew that it was going to be no good . |
| 25 | It was going to be a rotten summer . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Nannies were inevitable and , within their social set , also very much the norm ; but the choice of Barbara Barnes to look after William was an indication that it was going to be a relaxed regime : she had no formal training , never wore a uniform and liked children to call her by her Christian name . |
| 28 | But anyway , we created that whole idea that no-one could photograph him , no-one could do do a story on him unless it was going to be a cover story , which was outrageous because he was virtually unknown in America . |
| 29 | It was going to be a major battle and there were plenty of press predictions that the radical changes would cost us the next general election . |
| 30 | All around him , the film of water left by the tide shimmered in the sunshine : it was going to be a beautiful day . |