Going to
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An in-story example occurs in one of the Henry Huggins books where Henry has to play the lead in the school Christmas program about a boy going to the North Pole to visit Santa.
Source: All Just a Dream -
The play originally was going to be called Öthellü, the Turk of Istanbul, but because Gus Phillips is infatuated with a black sailor, the lead character is changed to a moor.
Source: Shakespeare in Fiction -
Jacqueline Wilson was originally going to let Tracy rest, but the lead girl was very similar to Tracy.
Source: Dolled-Up Installment
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