Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [adv] [vb pp] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let us hope that the Danes will vote ‘ No ’ in their referendum on June 2 , thus forcing all members to renegotiate the treaty , as many of them are now said to be having second thoughts of their own . |
| 2 | Maybe the ghost is where I am really meant to be . |
| 3 | I am deeply honoured to be invited to this momentous and lavish occasion by my esteemed friends , Martha and George . |
| 4 | I am actually meant to be going to a meeting … ’ |
| 5 | I am obviously considered to be in need of some help . |
| 6 | No I 'm not designed to be pregnant I 'm not . |
| 7 | ‘ I was a big baby — I 'm obviously meant to be this size ’ , ‘ all my family are big ’ , ‘ I 've tried every diet , they just do n't seem to work for me ’ , ‘ I only have to look at a cream cake and I gain 2lbs ( 0.9kg ) ! ’ |
| 8 | I was otherwise condemned to be a Hollywood brat . |
| 9 | You fell in love with an illegitimate girl who carries her father 's name by grace and favour , not by right — never mind that I was not meant to be illegitimate ; that is what I am . |
| 10 | ‘ I know I was n't born to be a size eight or 10 , ’ she says . |
| 11 | If I had left you , then I was n't expected to be … ’ |
| 12 | No , I was simply asked to be General Chairman of the first dinner to raise funds for Aids . |
| 13 | In short , I was tremendously flattered to be offered the job . |
| 14 | When I was sufficiently recovered to be permitted nourishment I felt the most extraordinary desire for a glass of Guinness , which I knew could be obtained without difficulty . |
| 15 | I had developed a fondness for Emily and the aberrations of her strong personality ; I was almost flattered to be given the name of a past friend by an eccentric of Emily Carr 's stature . |
| 16 | And hammered on the door so one of the teache and it was the class where I was too happened to be by the door there . |
| 17 | I was then promoted to be a Deputy Chief Officer and shortly afterwards became a Chief Officer of the department with over 500 staff providing not just legal and administrative services , but purchasing , management services and estate management as well . |
| 18 | What is different about a vocational course is that you are also expected to be creative and to produce new ideas , novel applications and improved methods of doing things . |
| 19 | Yes — but you are not expected to be a nurse . |
| 20 | And while you are not expected to be perfect ( who is , ever ? ) you are expected to have something to offer . |
| 21 | You should be able to forgive yourself once you realise that you are not expected to be perfect ; indeed , if you were , you would not need to be here at all — your spirit would be continuing its learning process somewhere else . |
| 22 | As a rule , you are not expected to be technical , and should avoid being drawn into technical conversations . |
| 23 | LIBRA You are not considered to be a selfish person by nature . |
| 24 | You are not come to be a companion to me . ’ |
| 25 | Even if you have not lived together for several years , from a national insurance point of view you are still considered to be married . |
| 26 | I went into this field and I sat there and cried for hours in this pouring rain and I suddenly thought to myself , ‘ This is ridiculous , this is no good — you 're not meant to be an actor , you 're meant to be something else — a comedian . ’ |
| 27 | I was knocking and then and then he said and er I just stood there he said like you know you 're not allowed to be here it 's too late , it 's the boys ' area erm come on , sort out , you know , come on sort it out you know like he says that |
| 28 | They could n't tell you off for not turning off the lights but you were n't meant to be out of your dorm or even out of bed . |
| 29 | When a young lad , well as a young lad you were n't allowed to be cos you 're not going to be in there son , and as I was er saying until I , until I left school I was more or less at work between school and bedtime you see , but er the majority of lads used to do a , do a little part-time job in those days |
| 30 | Some people some people it would n't bother but erm as she 's not trained to be a speaker , she 's a voluntary worker . |