Example sentences of "it [v-ing] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor is it proving to be . |
| 2 | I reached it , peeled it off sadly , wishing it could have had its liberty , and walked back with it flapping to be free . |
| 3 | ‘ Pardon me being basic , but is it going to be nights over a hot typewriter with champagne and a little heavy breathing on the side ? ’ |
| 4 | When was it going to be ? |
| 5 | What 's it going to be next ? |
| 6 | Was it going to be the You Are Cold and Unfeeling Row , the Why Are You So Feeble Row , the Fat Row , the Racist Row , the Right-Wing how , the Left-Wing Row , the Merits of Jane Austen Row , the Driving Row , the Looking After Maisie Row or the Why Are You so Bitter and Twisted Row . |
| 7 | Even the day before I go ( to her house ) I 'm thinking ‘ How many hours is it before I get there ? — I 've got to go tomorrow — What 's it going to be like ? ’ |
| 8 | When is it going to be in the shops ? |
| 9 | Is it going to be two minutes ? |
| 10 | ‘ Is it going to be like that always ? |
| 11 | ‘ What 's it going to be ? |
| 12 | What 's it going to be like when Ice Cube 's on ? |
| 13 | How is it going to be able to compete against Microsoft , when Bill Gates is giving that kind of stuff away ? ’ |
| 14 | How is it going to be arranged ? |
| 15 | " Is it going to be for us as well as about us ? " she asked . |
| 16 | What colour is it going to be ? |
| 17 | if you I think it happens when you 're worrying about something else in the word and you 're concentrating on something else thinking , Ooh what 's he want here is it going to be an E I or an I E or what . |
| 18 | If the air is liquid , what temperature is it going to be at ? |
| 19 | In January 1937 , Nizan asked rhetorically : " Is it going to be argued now that it is preferable for Spain to be sacrificed ? " |
| 20 | ‘ How much longer is it going to be ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ So , what 's it going to be , a life-size model of the Titanic ? ’ |
| 22 | Do I get one from the state , or is it going to be , yes , where does it come from ? |
| 23 | I mean is it going to be a thousand ohms , two ohms or what ? |
| 24 | We put an extra one on , what 's it going to be now , roughly ? |
| 25 | Is it going to be more than a hundred ? |
| 26 | Is n't it going to be rather dull ? |
| 27 | We now eagerly await the arrival of 's baby which is due mid-April … the burning question — is it going to be another boy ? |
| 28 | Now if you can go there all you 're doing is if you 're showing interest and you qualify like you reckon is it going to be worth my while , what sort of people go there , you know the R N I . |
| 29 | Er going to be expended to certain groups of individuals or is it going to be open to anybody ? |
| 30 | Well , if you look at the document , it refers to the bureaucracy , the elimination of the bureaucracy , and how is it going to be done ? |