Example sentences of "he 's [v-ing] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't want readers getting the wrong idea about this letter , but the compulsion to write came on seeing people like Jeff Young , who thinks I Should Be So Lucky is a good song ( well , it probably is , if you 're 10 years old ) ; Norman Jay , who does n't want bands to get in touch if all they want is a record deal ; Mick Clarke , who ‘ wants people to tell him what he 's listening to is good ’ , then only signs people he likes , etc . |
| 2 | He does n't realize it fully yet , because he 's trying to be nice to me at the moment . |
| 3 | He 's trying to be all things to all men is n't he ? |
| 4 | I think he 's trying to be sensible and doing it all wrong . ’ |
| 5 | If you pay money to an artist how can you tell if he 's going to be famous a couple of years from now ? |
| 6 | Francis let his guard slip when he said : ‘ He 's going to be one of the great players … perhaps I should n't have said that because it will put too much pressure on him . |
| 7 | I mean it is a possibility , and if he 's going to be awkward perhaps we 'll have to just make sure that we do that , which is presumably fairly easy , if the post goes out from the same office . |
| 8 | If my husband 's going to be in about that time we all have it together , but if he 's going to be late they have theirs first . |
| 9 | ‘ He was late last night for dinner and he 's going to be late again to-night . ’ |
| 10 | Well she says Michael has n't rung so she said I assume that he 's coming cos if he 's going to be late , if he 's anywhere reasonable |
| 11 | If the Chancellor expects the private sector to lead the economy out of recession , then I 'm afraid he 's going to be disappointed . |
| 12 | I 'm sure he 's going to be fine , but I think I 'll have to make it clear that I did actually have a life before he came along , and I do n't particularly want to do everything with him ! |
| 13 | He 's going to be fine now . ’ |
| 14 | He 's going to be alright , do n't worry . ’ |
| 15 | he 's going to be dead . |
| 16 | If he 's going to be miserable I mean it 's only nursery it does n't really matter . |
| 17 | If he 's going to be hungry , maybe I ‘ d better get a meal together . |
| 18 | He 's going to be three in April . |
| 19 | Paul Ashmead got a pushover try in the second half … but Gloucester were far from happy with things … hooker John Hawker broke a bone in his neck during a scrum … he was rushed to hospital … he 's going to be OK but there 's no more rugby for him this season |