Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [be] [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They both knew what they had to do , and how hard it was going to be to escape ; they knew they needed each other . |
| 32 | So you know it 's all I 'm meant to be seeing that Heather one day this week but I have n't rung her . |
| 33 | He was sure I was going to be sent to Siberia but I 'd given him all my film and all the pictures that I 'd taken already . |
| 34 | ‘ It 's just that Uncle was a cautious old devil and — ’ he looked away ‘ — he got the impression I was a bit of a spendthrift because — well , because I used to get through my allowance pretty rapidly when I was away at school , and … oh , hell , he wanted to make sure I was going to be dull and sensible about all that money when he finally kicked the bucket . |
| 35 | This meant that there was now effectively a time limit on how long I was going to be able to stay in my broom cupboard . |
| 36 | If you 've got the ears to know what sounds good you 're going to be pretty much alright . ’ |
| 37 | Now , are you sure you 're going to be all right ? ’ |
| 38 | ‘ Are you sure you 're going to be all right on your own , George ? ’ |
| 39 | " I 'm sure you 're going to be the belle of the Saigon ball tonight . " |
| 40 | I was sure she was going to be happily settled . ’ |
| 41 | It was for Signora Kettering and her English upbringing told her that it was unthinkable to open letters addressed to someone else ; and yet as she came down the stairs and met the driver she had been taken , as she felt sure she was meant to be taken , for Signora Kettering . |
| 42 | ‘ I 'm sure we are going to be friends , Alice . ’ |
| 43 | ‘ I 'm sure we 're going to be . ’ |
| 44 | ‘ I 'm sure we 're going to be very good friends , Anne . |
| 45 | We 're stronger and , for twenty million , I 'm bloody sure we 're going to be better equipped . |
| 46 | ‘ His last words to me were ‘ Is that all we are going to be good friends ? ’ . |
| 47 | I had no idea how long we were going to be at Lille , or whether I stood any chance of being accepted by the Legion at all . |
| 48 | If she carries on like that with her kids and all they 're going to be like her . |
| 49 | Yet the political authority was to an extent dependent on the company 's sources of information , however suspect or inadequate they were seen to be ; according to one civil servant interviewed , the PSO requirement was ‘ basically calculated by taking on trust the figures which RENFE gave ’ . |
| 50 | That at the very least gives me the opportunity er to at very least glance through , I do n't know how long they 're going to be of course , but at very least glance through them to see what I need to see , to see if there 's any which is self-evidently requiring further comment , or further site visit , and er I can then give the Councils a further two weeks in which to respond to that . |
| 51 | He said that the departure from Kabrit was a delightfully vague affair with nobody really having any clear idea of how long they were going to be away for , and not giving two hoots anyway . |
| 52 | If it is as effective as the researchers say it is I am sure it is going to be a very big hit with cellulite sufferers world-wide . |
| 53 | I 'm sure he 's going to be fine , but I think I 'll have to make it clear that I did actually have a life before he came along , and I do n't particularly want to do everything with him ! |
| 54 | I have never forgotten that I came home to my wife and said : ‘ There 's a young man working with us and I 'm sure he is going to be a big star . ’ |
| 55 | … Not very long ago he ( Kennett ) told me he was sure he was going to be killed . ’ |
| 56 | His colleague , smaller and older , made sure he was going to be second going into any dark places , |
| 57 | In Buckland v Palmer [ 1984 ] 1 WLR 1109 it was held to be an abuse of the process of the court for a plaintiff 's insurance company to start a second action for insured losses when the plaintiff had accepted a payment into court in his action for uninsured losses . |
| 58 | But remember that above all it is going to be a place where people are meant to enjoy their food . |
| 59 | They 've suggested a meeting down there but , my point i I feel that there 's no point going down for an argument cos that 's all it 's going to be . |
| 60 | And they reckon what , what it , that 's all it 's going to be a three hour test I do n't agree with putting a child of that age through a test I mean there 's none of this nursery pick out who is slow on what , where , why and when , who 's good at something who 's , who 's not so good at it , erm apparently and er , put a seven year old through this exam , find out what they 're good at and what they 're not , well the teachers obviously are n't doing their jobs very well . |