वाली थी

was going to

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phrase Rare #7,210
was going to Used with a feminine subject to describe what she was going to do or what was about to happen.
HI: मैं बाहर जाने वाली थी, तभी बारिश शुरू हो गई।
EN: I was about to go out when it started raining.

मोनिका तमंग के बच्चे की माँ बनने वाली थी पर तमंग ऐसा नहीं चाहता था।

Monika Tamang was going to have Tamang’s child, but he didn’t want that.

— Monica, O My Darling (2022)

अगले दो हफ़्तों तक, जब हम डीप ब्लू पर पहुँच जाएँगे, मैं भी यही करने वाली थी।

For the next two weeks, I was going to do the same thing once we got to Deep Blue.

शादी होने ही वाली थी, कि हमारा प्रमोशन हो गया।

We were just about to get married when we got promoted.

— Kathal (2023)