Example sentences of "[pers pn] was go to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , erm , I was going to is that erm it was always the same , two jobs down so it was due to go his boss would have then I 've been there as well cos he 's caused such a stink |
| 2 | ‘ I was wondering when I was going to be let free to do the work of the Lord . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Unless I went back to Harwich , I was going to be flat broke in a couple of days and just at that moment the last thing I wanted to do was to go back to Harwich . |
| 5 | I was trying to make out what sort of creature I was going to be living with ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ I knew I was going to be tough to beat this week . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I realised I was going to be nicked . |
| 9 | I was going to be moved whether I liked it or not . |
| 10 | I was going to be chairman and chief executive and Bob Clarke , my chief executive , was going to run the food side . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I did n't know then that I was going to be a politician . ’ |
| 14 | So , I thought I was going to be a freelancer — what a fool . |
| 15 | So , I was going to be living in a district with a Wholeperson 's Clinic , and a Funeral Home up the street . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | If I had thought I was going to be Prime Minister , I would have taken more trouble to understand the various theories ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ They 'd told me that as I was caught in civilian clothes I was going to be treated as a spy , and every time I heard those shots I thought ‘ My turn tomorrow ’ . ' |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I was going to be lazier than I had ever been in my life ! |
| 21 | I told them I was going to be the British number one . |
| 22 | Now that it was really beginning , now that I was going to be near him , I felt as strung up and as energized as Zak , and no doubt suffered the same compelling anxiety that things should n't go wrong . |
| 23 | I knew I was going to be deceived . |
| 24 | I was going to be a pro racer and was doing real good until , at thirteen , I was goofing around and broke my arm . ’ |
| 25 | So there was no way I was going to be able to step out as well . |
| 26 | I was going to be a model . |
| 27 | I knew then that I was going to be an artist . |
| 28 | She adds : ‘ I lay awake at nights wondering whether I was going to be honest . |
| 29 | ‘ I had planned where I was going to live and what projects I was going to be involved in . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ They said ‘ we want you to read this statement into that TV camera ’ and that was when I found out I was going to be hanged . ’ |