Example sentences of "he 's [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm he 's aspiring to be a fireman or something . |
| 2 | Carole did n't appear to notice the English girl 's slightly hesitant reply as she continued enthusiastically , ‘ He 's proving to be a terrific father-figure , is n't he ? |
| 3 | Now he 's hoping to be back on the golf course soon and singing again by the end of the year . |
| 4 | I suspect he 's happier in sports cars , but he 's determined to be a country gent ! ’ |
| 5 | If he 's determined to be awkward , roll on the eighth ! |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He does n't realize it fully yet , because he 's trying to be nice to me at the moment . |
| 8 | I think he 's trying to be sensible and doing it all wrong . ’ |
| 9 | He 's trying to be all things to all men is n't he ? |
| 10 | He 's trying to be very he 's trying to be very hard . |
| 11 | He 's trying to be very he 's trying to be very hard . |
| 12 | Er , it strikes me with the , with the comedy , he 's trying to be so funny that he shoots off at all these angles and not having |
| 13 | He 's said to be in a stable condition at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford . |
| 14 | He 's said to be in his 50s , stocky wearing a beige jacket . |
| 15 | He 's said to be acutely depressed , and is also thought to have a stomach ulcer . |
| 16 | He 's said to be in a stable and comfortable condition . |
| 17 | He 's said to be recovering well from an eyelid operation and reconstructive surgery on his nose . |
| 18 | He 's said to be recovering well from an eyelid operation and reconstructive surgery on his nose . |
| 19 | He 's beginning to be a real pain . |
| 20 | ‘ Do n't call too soon , in case he 's intending to be fashionably late . |
| 21 | The point is , he 's engaged to be married . |
| 22 | Not only is he possibly the best friend I have , man friend , but ever since I ‘ came out ’ , he 's wanted to be rather more than that . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Kirk wanted to be Burt Lancaster — he 's wanted to be Burt Lancaster all his life , ’ he said . |
| 24 | I could just tell them to get there , be there , keep watch there , because he 's bound to be there , has to be there , there of all places . |
| 25 | Using such a bureau as a back-up to your in-house facility is obviously a possibility — except that he 's bound to be busy when you need him ! |
| 26 | You only have to sit in there and you hear the rumours and the gossip that 's going around and the thing is , in the staffroom it 's always the bad kids that are talked about , never the good ones , which I suppose makes sense in a way , but as a new teacher , you come in , you hear these rumours like , I used to hear rumours about Kevin ( an Afro-Caribbean pupil ) and I thought , ‘ Oh , God , I 'll have to watch out for Kevin , everybody thinks he 's a trouble-maker and that means he 's bound to be in my class ’ , but I mean it 's not as simple as that , it really is n't … |
| 27 | He 's bound to be in by now — he 's always early . |
| 28 | They again fell against each other , their laughter mingling , and Victoria , her voice firm now , said , ‘ He 's bound to be on his way out , if he has n't gone already , and so go on up , do your duty and leave the rest to me . ’ |
| 29 | 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 |
| 30 | Oh he 's bound to be now . |