Example sentences of "was [v-ing] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Today was proving to be full of revelations , major and minor , and I sipped my champagne to cover my embarrassment . |
2 | ’ But Aunt Louise had closed her eyes and was pretending to be asleep . |
3 | She sensed he was pretending to be asleep when she got in to bed . |
4 | I could see he was going to be unhappy about it for a long time , and that there was nothing I could do about it . |
5 | And somewhere inside it , was the Presley hoard , or was going to be real shortly . |
6 | One manager was primarily responsible for securing the new product line , and for persuading management colleagues that their novel approach to organizational design and management style was going to be effective . |
7 | ‘ I had planned where I was going to live and what projects I was going to be involved in . ’ |
8 | Fears that the Cockney comic was going to be involved in a bust-up sent officers racing to the 400-year-old luxury mansion he converted into a dream lovenest for Tracie . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | He was seeking to trade information , and he was going to be disappointed . |
11 | If he expected her to fawn the way the Customs officer had done he was going to be disappointed . |
12 | It was going to be sheer pain to say it , but acid agony to hold it in . |
13 | If they made it , it was going to be great . |
14 | As the constitutional reforms were to a very great degree imposed on the Japanese , the lead given by US authorities on interpreting the reforms was going to be crucial to post-Occupation Japan . |
15 | They said I had to lie down for two hours because I was going to be groggy , but I thought Fred would be worried . |
16 | He did n't explain why it was going to be helpful and the pilot told him the car he 'd specified was waiting for them . |
17 | We lived in a tall , narrow Victorian house , which my parents had bought very cheaply during the war , when everyone thought London was going to be bombed flat . |
18 | ‘ It made it seem as if it was going to be superficial . |
19 | I was going to be seductive , with satin pyjamas and satin-smooth hair — and a discretely protected reproductive system . |
20 | I thought it was going to be marvellous . |
21 | She sounded as if it was something he was going to be pleased about . |
22 | Did he think his chef was going to be pleased with his achievement ? |
23 | And I was determined that everywhere although not absolutely superbly glittering , everywhere was going to be tidy before I left . |
24 | It did n't look as if that particular conversation was going to be necessary in this case . |
25 | Poor Maxine had such a low opinion of herself that it was going to be necessary to build up her confidence in general , so that she would then be able to play a part in her own treatment . |
26 | The captain ordered the carpenter and his mates to standby , as it was going to be necessary to cut the masts away to lighten the ship . |
27 | She said it was going to be foggy tonight . |
28 | I 'm in hot water over various things — nothing important enough to bore you with , but I know the director wants shot of me — he 's said as much and I 'm sure my days are numbered ; I feel like I 'm struggling to keep my head above water — Oh , I knew this particular pool was going to be deep , but he 's there waiting just above the surface to shove me under , finding some half-baked reason to be rid of me . |
29 | Yeah , yeah , I 'm , none the less we have got the comments of three , three in front of us and we see that the accumulate effect was going to be dangerous in the extreme if the money is not forthcoming |
30 | Guy 's low voice had a hypnotic quality which had a strangely calming effect on Lucy , but even so Virginia had an appalling fear that everything was going to be far from all right . |