Example sentences of "[pron] be bound [prep] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Although my brief has been to examine animal communication , I am bound to be asked whether the Darwinian approach can add anything to understanding the connections between what animals do and what we do . |
2 | So I 'm bound to be recognised . |
3 | ‘ I 'm bound to be taken for the chauffeur , ’ he laughed out , mispronouncing the word with relish but he was not corrected as he hoped . |
4 | Given the horrific effects which are bound to be visited upon the countries of Eastern Europe in the event of a prolonged conflict , the Warsaw Pact 's non-Soviet members may be disinclined to resist he logic of Soviet strategy . |
5 | In a passage which is bound to be seen as highly controversial in the present situation in East Germany , Sir Leon said : ‘ If Germany 's partners give the impression of being opposed to reunification this will only increase what is at present a small risk : that some in Germany may be tempted to seek reunification on the basis of doing a unilateral deal with the Soviet Union , involving the setting up of a new unified German state outside the Community . |
6 | She 's bound to be fussing with something or other when we arrive , and we 'll be twiddling our thumbs for twenty minutes before she condescends to appear . ’ |
7 | We do n't want Americans to think we are n't hospitable , and besides , she 's bound to be lying there thinking of sex , poor little thing , and it 'll be all wet and hairy , and so deliciously — ’ |
8 | We were too far out now to risk heading in : we were bound to be caught smack in the impact zone . |
9 | Two of us decided in favour of The Sunday Times and against Mrs Thatcher , and those two did n't give a damn for Mrs Thatcher , we each of us decided it was a matter of principle , knowing that we were bound to be criticised , whatever we did , and we decided it , and there 's an end of it . |
10 | American version but there are bound to be titillating horrors to attract viewers . ’ |
11 | Although it should be possible to repair the external and internal cracks in these 1,000 homes , they are bound to be blighted once they have been identified . |
12 | ‘ Liverpool had also bought Mark Wright and when a club has spent more than £5m they are bound to be looking to recoup some money . |
13 | I think that in years to come they are bound to be looked back on as an aberration . |
14 | It was positively dangerous because it involved the Jews in a game in which they were bound to be discredited . |
15 | ‘ Too chancy and if I 'm seen , it 's bound to be reported . |
16 | it 's bound to be going into spasm or something |
17 | Bob Simpson believes a bad trot is always about to end — not that it is bound to be extended . |
18 | Like the donkey it is despised by its enemies and mistreated by its friends , but only because it is bound to be treated unfairly when it is seen unrealistically . |
19 | It is bound to be needed again . |
20 | When speaking to Marco in the prison for instance , he tells him he is bound to be deported , and that there is no hope for him ; Alfieri would realise it was hard for Marco to take , but respected him enough to tell him the absolute truth . |
21 | not fair on a animal as I say , he 's bound to be trapped at the bloody door for hours before anybody come in and |
22 | he 's bound to be coming in and wanting to be starting that job |
23 | ‘ He was bound to be punished . ’ |
24 | Bell , however , had the misfortune to be a moderate serving in a conservative administration and he was bound to be regarded with suspicion . |
25 | But it was hard to express gratitude for what was bound to be seen as a harsh deprivation — the loss of natural family . |
26 | Moreover one of them was bound to be reporting back to the Questore , and since there was no way of finding out which he would have to keep them all busy if he was to do what Bartocci had asked . |
27 | Somebody in the blackness around them was bound to be listening . |