Example sentences of "[v-ing] to [be] all [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is going to be all forms of Jihad all over the world because there is a sacred element , there is an element erm of er which is the presence of a foreign non-Muslim force in the Holy Land ; this is a very explosive element . |
| 2 | ‘ Are you going to be all blokes together ? ’ said his wife , emerging on to the landing folding a pair of jodhpurs . |
| 3 | You going to be all day ? |
| 4 | ‘ It 's not going to be all romances and girls and all that , ’ he says matter-of-factly . |
| 5 | There 's going to be a seventy acre community nature park eventually , so that 's quite an area to cover , but it 's not going to be all trees — it 's going to be some open glades for butterflies and so on , so there should be a nice variation there . |
| 6 | The one you 're talking to is all tolerance and forbearance . |
| 7 | You see the Vox is trying to be all things , but in fact it 's only really good for one thing at a time . ’ |
| 8 | In trying to be all things to all men it became over-complex . ’ |
| 9 | Can he explain that contradiction , or is he just a politician running scared of the electorate and trying to be all things to all people ? |
| 10 | The motion itself is a compromise some on my side have said it 's too much of a compromise they 've said you 're tr trying to be all things to all people . |
| 11 | At its worst this results in a sort of tasteless Euro-soup , which by trying to be all things to all men , ends up being nothing to anybody . |
| 12 | He 's trying to be all things to all men is n't he ? |