Example sentences of "'s [adj] to be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's funny to be driving up to town again . |
| 2 | I find it 's dangerous to be driving your car backwards and forwards across the back door in n it ? |
| 3 | ‘ You know bloody well what sort of thing he 's likely to be referring to , Jim . ’ |
| 4 | PAUL JARVIS simply does n't accept that as a reprieved South African rebel and with a reputation as one of the most injury-prone cricketers in the country , he 's lucky to be going on England 's tour of India . |
| 5 | He 's supposed to be getting a hearing aid or summat . |
| 6 | That one 's he 's supposed to be getting married to live at Wellingdon |
| 7 | Well it 's supposed to be drying at the moment . |
| 8 | ‘ He 's supposed to be accompanying the Prince . ’ |
| 9 | He 's supposed to be helping . |
| 10 | I 'd like to hear her voice though , she 's supposed to be speaking Iri Irish but I 'd like to hear her voice . |
| 11 | One day , waiting in the car in Albion Street to pick up my brother-in-law from work ( he looks like Norman Lamont , incidently , but she loves him dearly ) , she suddenly saw me , her brother who 's supposed to be living in exile down south , walking along the road in the company of a glamorous lady . |
| 12 | He 's supposed to be staying at a children 's home , but he spent last night in police cells after being arrested for the thirtieth time — for breaching bail conditions . |
| 13 | Paul had asked me to do a swap to do his early next Wednesday so yeah , put the form in and everything the form came back today saying he 's already on a late and the day that he 's supposed to be repaying me he 's already on shift |
| 14 | Was it Monday , no it was yesterday , I was in the loo and I could hear this paper being ripped and I thought oh they 've got one of my club catalogues , I did n't think any more of it and then I could hear Joseph going weee , I thought what the devil 's he got , so went out , Joseph has got the flying circus bus that was meant for Charlotte and him and , Brenda and Charlotte was sharing the , the , garage thing that I 've brought so I thought well now it 's out , well they 're not going to keep all that till I said to him whatever is Father Christmas going to say , I said he 's supposed to be taking these away to bring I said er , what 's Father Christmas gon na say ? , no Ben forget , so I thought while they 're out I could see Joseph 's playing a lot , way with this bus thing , he was having a whale of a time , he thought that was great , so I said to Charlotte I said do you like that bus ? |
| 15 | One more now , as long as they do go out because erm Oh I 've got one that will be coming back from the careers service soon , erm he 's supposed to be ringing tomorrow morning . |
| 16 | She 's supposed to be looking after his brat , not his mill . ’ |
| 17 | er , I said if it had been a normal Saturday I said we 'd have cancelled that you know , we 'd have met you in Duffley but er , I said my mum 's supposed to be dancing . |
| 18 | Well he 's supposed to be testing it . |
| 19 | Well she 's supposed to be working there 'till Christmas anyway but |
| 20 | I would n't have it , she 's supposed to be spending it tonight . |
| 21 | Soon , very soon , the classroom empties , only Heather and a coupla girls left , and Darren , who 's reading and has forgotten he 's supposed to be going home . |
| 22 | Think it 's supposed to be going to be a cold more tomorrow . |
| 23 | I erm , did something to her friend like erm you know , this lad she 's supposed to be going with , I du n no what she 's doing with him or anything . |
| 24 | If we know where he 's supposed to be heading , even easier . |
| 25 | It might be condensation , right , now you 're aware of these things , cos if you 're really working professionally , your head 's supposed to be running all across this stuff while you 're in there , in there with the punters |
| 26 | Or some of what she 's supposed to be doing |
| 27 | Er , next week we 're gon na miss her even more , because she 's supposed to be doing the paper . |
| 28 | First of all , let's look at Barbara , who does n't understand what she 's supposed to be doing , because you 've failed to tell her clearly what her responsibilities are . |
| 29 | Then there 's Bernard , who does n't know how well he 's supposed to be doing because you failed to give him standards of performance that he could measure his efforts by . |
| 30 | He 's supposed to be doing his homework . |