Example sentences of "[coord] they were [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Fabien loved her , and they were going to be married within weeks anyway . |
| 2 | and they were going to be here . |
| 3 | In contrast , trade unions in France had too little organisational strength in the workplace to be able to inflict major economic losses on the firm and they were considered to be too ideologically radical to be permitted a higher degree of participation . |
| 4 | There were hundreds of companies coming to us for funds and they were meant to be writing their business plans properly and cogently . |
| 5 | Fernando loved her and she loved him and they were meant to be together . |
| 6 | The party 's spin-doctors had remained sceptical about the polls , but they were expecting to be able to argue that the Conservatives had lost their mandate , even if they were clinging to power in a hung parliament . |
| 7 | Boccara/Boucherit of France had the next fastest time but they were seen to be wash hanging , not for the first time at this level , and a protest was upheld , posing the question why the umpires Riccardo Guala and Glyde Brytt had given white flags . |
| 8 | The discretion was for the District Courts to exercise , but they were urged to be sensitive to the interests expressed in the Convention . |