Future in the past

The company ... going to expand, but the economic downturn has put a stop to that.

I think they ... about to fire me when I quit!

We were all standing around in front of the TV, knowing that the Minister ... to make a statement on the emergency in the next few minutes.

No one had any idea that Dave ... resign the next day.

.. you going to apply for the post before you heard it had already been filled?

Thompson understood the cryptic message. He was ... get to Berlin on the first flight.

... Bill ... on a business trip the next day anyway, or did he have to pack a suitcase and get a plane ticket at the last minute?

Ann ... to find the documents soon, or her boss would find out she'd mislaid them.

You're lucky you caught me. I ... just on the point of leaving.

We ... due to arrive at six, so I left a message saying we ... be there at nine.