Example sentences of "[pers pn] 's [adv] [vb pp] to be " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | She 's tonight said to be critical but stable . |
3 | It 's for all these reasons that Madonna has been accused of setting back the women 's movement 30 years , but she 's never claimed to be speaking for the cause . |
4 | There 's a , one of them little it 's probably meant to be that colour , one of them little clay coloured things has got a black end on it there but er |
5 | Korg 's A2 Performance Signal Processor has impressed everyone here , and I 'd be surprised if it 's not destined to be the one that others are judged by . |
6 | The Department of Transport which will take the final decison about the route says ’ it 's no secret plans to link Aylesbury with the M40 are part of an east-west route across the country … and adds that while the road ’ is likely to be dual carriageway , it 's not planned to be a motorway . ’ |
7 | Also , selection would be a matter of agreement — ‘ it 's not intended to be a matter imposing a choice on the board ’ . |
8 | It wo n't be , it 's not forced to be a building society . |
9 | But in the art world it 's not allowed to be mentioned . |
10 | And it 's not designed to be a public meeting for anybody that come along and gives support and help would be more than welcome . |
11 | You see it 's not thought to be the thing |
12 | It 's not a particularly convincing rationale , but it 's not meant to be — any more than George Orwell was literally predicting the future in 1984 . |
13 | ‘ It 's not meant to be , ’ he said , rubbing his stubbly chin , staring into space . |
14 | ‘ Yes Please ’ is n't about thrills and pills , it 's not meant to be consumed through a pumping club sound system , it 's altogether on a much mellower tip . |
15 | ‘ And it 's not meant to be a joke . |
16 | If that sounds flippant or heartless , it 's not meant to be . |
17 | It 's not meant to be fun , ’ the front-seat passenger joked , the others joining in the dirty insinuating laughter . |
18 | So , er , what the description was there by the way , it 's not meant to be a description of the person . |
19 | Well , it 's not meant to be . |
20 | It 's not meant to be like that . |
21 | You 're not meant to do that , it 's not meant to be like that . |
22 | It 's also said to be making Microsoft Mail interoperate with Unix E-Mail . |
23 | It 's also rumoured to be interested in a single server version of OSF/1 running under Mach as a personality . |
24 | It 's never intended to be a substitute or a replacement for your statutory rights . |
25 | He 's been nicknamed the M25 robber because he 's also thought to be responsible for up to 20 armed raids near the M25 around London . |
26 | He 's not meant to be out ! |
27 | He actually resembles the working class hero he 's always striven to be , the ‘ Armchair Anarchist ’ with a bottle of light ale in one hand and an incendiary device in the other . |