Example sentences of "i am [v-ing] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I am referring to is elementary structural-functionalist sociology , in which modernization is seen as a process of structural differentiation ( Ausdifferenzierung ) . |
| 2 | Those who pursue comparisons of the kind I am referring to are likely to be impressed by the staying-power of a literary preoccupation to which a variety of temperaments and compulsions has been attracted , and could well be inclined to believe that Pechorin 's duel and indifference may have been among the precedents that weighed , a century later , with a woman bent on contriving her appointment with destiny . |
| 3 | Barnes , 30 , added : ‘ I knew fairly soon that I was out of the Test match and now I am struggling to be fit for the Taranaki game on Wednesday . |
| 4 | My order will not succeed as an order unless the person I am talking to is obliged to clean their boots ( condition 3 ) , and I have the right and the power to make them do so ( condition 4 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ You are my guest and I am attempting to be nice to you . |
| 6 | But I could tell there was no real wish on her part to renew any old ties of love and friendship and if I am going to be honest no real wish on my part either . |
| 7 | ‘ So do you think I am going to be afraid of Lennox Lewis ? |
| 8 | Mr Chairman I am going to be brief within the er triscale and resources we have available to us we may , I think , a reason of what an attempt to get back in current idiom , back to basics . |
| 9 | All right , I am going to be brave and am going to talk about failure . |