Example sentences of "[v-ing] to be [adj] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | JEWKES reveals BELVILLE disguised as Nan , pretending to be asleep in a chair . ] |
| 2 | ‘ There 's nothing more depressing than pretending to be jolly in a prison camp . ’ |
| 3 | Fears that the Cockney comic was going to be involved in a bust-up sent officers racing to the 400-year-old luxury mansion he converted into a dream lovenest for Tracie . |
| 4 | If the EC Commission goes ahead with a planned registration scheme , the agricultural community is going to be involved in a massive numbering operation — the introduction of a sort of International Standard Cow Number . |
| 5 | The party 's popular front image , by contrast , captured the imagination of countless intellectuals wishing to be involved in a broad cultural movement committed to the struggle against fascism . |
| 6 | Families have the worry of trying to keep things together and trying to be supportive in a tense situation . |