Example sentences of "[vb past] i be [v-ing] to " in BNC.

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1 I also realized I was going to be OK .
2 I realised I was going to be nicked .
3 She also mentioned I was going to the dentist next week ( correct ) , I would travel often ( debatable ) and that I would still end up with a lot of money ( probably wrong ) .
4 It really did n't feel like it was such big stuff , it was just happening to me and I believed I was going to be all right .
5 I was lucky , because instead of being on house assessment I was called and told I was going to be on the works party next day , only my second day at Styal .
6 Suddenly I felt I was talking to my mum .
7 Last week I gave a talk to a parents ' committee in one of our schools on how to make a constitution — I felt I was contributing to the growth of grass roots democracy in South Africa .
8 But he knew I was coming to Slane , and , I suppose , because he knew you , knew you came from Slane , he thought it would be amusing to force us to meet … ’
9 ‘ I knew I was going to be tough to beat this week .
10 I knew I was going to be deceived .
11 Once his tongue was loosened , I knew I was going to be told more than I wanted to know about Jean-Claude 's past .
12 But I knew I was going to East Kilbride I thought , This is stupid , it 's only gon na make it worse .
13 ‘ It was pretty obvious that you were n't too happy when you knew I was going to be working here .
14 I knew I was going to Stafford for a few days , but I do n't think , I 'll be there a fortnight .
15 I thought I was getting to him .
16 Then thought I was trying to .
17 Those G Ps told me , I thought I was listening to my own speeches to be honest , from about a year or two ago .
18 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 .
19 So , I thought I was going to be a freelancer — what a fool .
20 Leigh says : ‘ I honestly thought I was going to be on my own for at least a decade but I did n't know the Twiglet was going to come on the scene .
21 I thought I was going to be sucked out .
22 At the top of the stairs I thought I was going to be sick and returned stiffly to the bathroom .
23 Sometimes I thought I was going to ; sometimes I was even more scared at the thought that I would n't .
24 I thought I was going to be buried . ’
25 ‘ I was not as surprised as I thought I was going to be ’ , he said eventually , ‘ to hear myself pronounced clinically dead ! ’
26 ‘ You thought I was going to be a lot more fun , did n't you ? ’ she asked gently .
27 ‘ I thought I was going to just keel over on to your shoulder and blurt it out : I love you , I love you … ’
28 Yeah , my mate thought I was going to his , his old man 's a builder and er , he 's a good worker and he 's trouble getting the money out of him .
29 Oh God , I almost crapped myself I thought I was going to be working till twelve I 've now got no prep to do .
30 I did n't give him a chance to say anything , just said I was coming to his place right that minute , and then I put the phone down . ’
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