Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] [adv] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Hopefully there 'll be a lot more messages from her because I think I 'll go on to be at least 120 . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll try not to be long . ’ |
| 3 | I 'll try not to be angry . ’ |
| 4 | I 'll try not to be as shaky this morning . |
| 5 | ‘ T know you must have a full load so I 'll try not to be greedy . |
| 6 | ‘ Occasionally it was a bit hairy dealing with new Directors who 'd just come off the course , so I liked to balance things by including a few established stalwarts , like Christopher Barry , whom I could rely on to be very efficient and get shows together on time . |
| 7 | Maybe I could learn how to be really horrible . |
| 8 | mother and I hope father and I will be around to want to pick up what we can to help you 've got ta start thinking about standing on your own feet , you know , because admittedly I er I , I , I could turn out to be not as bad a financial state as I anticipated but I never was stinking rich and I 'm certainly not stinking rich now , so erm I mean |
| 9 | I 'd like tomorrow to be the happiest day of her life , with nothing to mar it at all . |
| 10 | Er I I would prefer not to be involved in elaborate discussion of the theology of involved . |
| 11 | erm it does n't bother me in the slightest because I know that I would prefer maybe to be on my own than to be restricted by someone . |
| 12 | I know many children and I enjoy looking after them I plan to do this for my career as I have applied to Suffolk College for a place in the Nursery Nursing course so that I can go on to be a Nanny . |
| 13 | He acknowledges the ‘ Humean predicament ’ ; both induction and the hypothetico-deductive method are fallible , so that any of the beliefs which result from them could turn out to be in error . |
| 14 | Dr Neil put his head on one side and said gravely , ‘ You must learn not to be impudent to the Master , McAllister — it really will not do , ’ but she knew by his manner that he was not serious , and she thought again what a pity it was that the ugly scar so spoiled and distorted his face . |
| 15 | You work carefully , but you must learn not to be so slow . ’ |
| 16 | So quite clearly individual family situations will change , and I 'd like to use this opportunity to get the message across to everybody who 's listening that when we introduce the charges you 'll all get a letter , and the letter will say also that there is a waiver scheme , and the procedure you should go through to be considered for that . |
| 17 | She must remember not to be her usual confidently aggressive self if she was offering to take up such a subordinate post . |
| 18 | She added , by way of conversation , that she must wait patiently to be relieved of the burden of living . |
| 19 | She was ungrateful enough to regret that the excitement was over — and that she must learn again to be the sort of woman who would find that sort of regret childish and irresponsible . |
| 20 | She had defended this unconventional opinion , and undercut the threatened ostracism of her playground peers , by broadcasting her intention , too ludicrous to take seriously , that she should grow up to be a spacewoman . |
| 21 | Anyway , it would do no harm to try and you never can tell , Vincent — she might turn out to be a classic Greek beauty . ’ |
| 22 | " Well , you might turn out to be a nuisance to Edward . " |
| 23 | ‘ You 'll grow up to be an ugly wizened little monster with short arms and a big head . |
| 24 | You 'll remember not to be too greedy , to leave good intervals between them . |
| 25 | Then looking up towards the ceiling , he added , ‘ I wonder what she 'll turn out to be like , that young 'un ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Doing that sort of time at 15 months she could turn out to be anything . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I ‘ oped you 'd grow up to be more like Rebecca Salmon , ’ he used to say . |
| 28 | and parents begin to give up on you becoming the little genius that they always hoped you 'd turn out to be ! |
| 29 | I had no idea you 'd turn out to be mixed up in all this , ’ she blurted out , ‘ I do n't know what to do . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ No strings , Fran , unless , of course , you 'd like there to be some . ’ |