Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] be [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sub-text : ‘ I have to convey my message , which is more important than yours ( and I may not be listening to you ) . ’ |
| 2 | Some years later I was at dinner with Brian Huggett and he got up and said , ‘ I should n't be talking to this man because he robbed me of the British Open . |
| 3 | ‘ I should n't be talking to you like this when you 're worried about your sister and I 'm only her friend . ’ |
| 4 | I 'll also be talking to John MacGregor , about the privatization of British Rail , has he really given in to his rebels who want B R to be able to bid for the franchises , or is it all a clever conjuring trick ? |
| 5 | ee , cos the pain is too strong aye well I go to the doctor 's on Monday er a , and so I 'll not be going to our Ann 's this |
| 6 | yeah it is local so I 'll still be coming to the group , I mean it 's erm , going , I mean erm just bear that in mind I might need sort of some help with coordinating cards and things , and erm , particularly if we do opt into the campaign , er it might be advisable for somebody else to do it , or at least sort of give me assistance . |
| 7 | The King of Blefuscu , however , replied that I was too strong to be taken prisoner , and that I would soon be returning to my country anyway . |
| 8 | ‘ They knew that I liked girls and if I had a choice , I would rather be talking to the girls than doing my homework . ’ |
| 9 | I silently vowed I would not be returning to Coldstream . |
| 10 | Taylor said : ‘ I shall not be going to Italy to see him again . |
| 11 | During the debate , I shall obviously be referring to matters that come within my hon. Friend 's remit , although I shall also be speaking about some of the important issues relating to regional economic and industrial policy which fall within the remit of the Department of Trade and Industry . |
| 12 | ‘ What she did say , though , was enough for me to know that Leith and I wo n't be moving to London . ’ |
| 13 | I wo n't be going to the sale . |
| 14 | I sha n't be coming to New York this spring as I 'd hoped because Monsieur Félix has decided to open a branch of the Maison de Verveine in London instead of New York ! |
| 15 | ‘ I sha n't be talking to the Press about it , nor to anyone else . |
| 16 | As you look at the above diagram of the learning cycle you may well be saying to yourself ‘ Is that all there is to it ? |
| 17 | All these agencies make sending out mailings much easier but they can be very expensive , and unless you give very precise and detailed instructions about which journalists in each category of the media should receive the release you may still be sending to media which can not use the story . |
| 18 | You could even say that you should worry if a child reaches the age of seven or eight without ever using swear words , since he or she may not be listening to people perhaps not even to you . |
| 19 | I would say that if you 're sixty years old and looking for meaning in life you should not be listening to this kind of music . |
| 20 | ‘ You should n't be going to some analyst every day for someone else , ’ Finch pushed on . |
| 21 | ‘ Then I shall drive you to Wellington , where I 'll meet your parents and inform your father you 'll not be returning to the office . |
| 22 | And at various stages during the organic you 'll also be coming to what we call optical isomers . |
| 23 | That 's when I decided to gamble on the chance that you 'd soon be returning to the hotel to freshen up before the start of the evening . |
| 24 | I notice if you put the the headphones in it would erm you 'd maybe be listening to it as it 's taping ? |
| 25 | ‘ I understand , ’ Fabia told her , and , guilty though she felt , she knew then that until Barney was ‘ out of the woods ’ she would n't be confessing to her her failure to secure the interview . |
| 26 | She would n't be returning to the farm for a while , she told him . |
| 27 | Annabel , who always excited more by her appearance than her standard of play , knew she would soon be going to the ball as Cinderella and she was only playing in the National Championships on a whim . |
| 28 | Her younger brother was sent by Teresa later in the day to say she would not be returning to a house where a dangerous lunatic lived and no one could expect her to — she would rather forfeit that week 's wages than wait long enough to give notice . |
| 29 | And she would still be listening to Mama 's complaining and thinking up excuses for not having the wedding just yet , which had n't been fair of her , really , because she did want to marry Charlie . |
| 30 | Then you would not be talking to me like a business client with whom you have experienced an unfortunate misunderstanding . ’ |