Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I remain to be convinced . |
| 32 | I would like to hope that these are teething troubles , but I remain to be convinced . |
| 33 | She says there is a need for a better east-west link.But I remain to be convinced that it 's a 3 lane highway , driving its way through Oxfordshire and Wiltshire . |
| 34 | And now that it is 8.58 pm and I have done fifty-eight minutes of work , which I deem to be more than enough for one night I am signing off , because , I 'm lazy . |
| 35 | I hate to be the party-pooper , again , but rabble-rousing sexist nonsense is not to be forgiven , even if it 's done with Blade 's A1 golden retriever smile . |
| 36 | I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings , so to speak , but it 's been virtually wrecked — tyres slashed , windows smashed … the works . ’ |
| 37 | ‘ I hate to be bossed , ’ she muttered mutinously . |
| 38 | Oh yes indeed , indeed , well only last week I said do need some flowers , come on Thursday they 're fresh , I said I want them now Lionel , I hate to be without flowers in the room and he said well have two for the price of one , he would insist that I had two bunches for the price of one . |
| 39 | I hate to be someone like you know , you know that Cooke Report thing yeah |
| 40 | Well , you can bi what I tend to is is get a coat on er , first thing in the morning , another coat in the afternoon and then leave it for a week . |
| 41 | I tend to be rather disorganised when packing gear , so anything that helps me keep things in the right place has got to be a bonus . |
| 42 | I tend to be guilty of deviating from the subject matter , this being tantamount to stealing the thunder from the individual under scrutiny . |
| 43 | ( 1 ) B : I must say I tend to be … |
| 44 | You can change the tension on either or both of the carriages , though I tend to be lazy and change only one ! |
| 45 | Unless it is an easy switch-on or switch-off I tend to be lost . |
| 46 | I tend to be a little formal because you 're my boss . ’ |
| 47 | ‘ She 's a real feisty northern woman and that was nice for me because although I 've done a lot of different work , because of my television work , I tend to be thought of as the rather middle-class , bouncy , girl next door type . |
| 48 | ‘ How I long to be at home and have some plain food . |
| 49 | While I was thinking how to respond , she said , ‘ Oh , how I long to be gathered ’ ( a Scottish euphemism for death ) . |
| 50 | I long to be with people I 've chosen . |
| 51 | Until I 'm safe in my grave — where I long to be , let me tell you ! — I am still mistress here . ’ |
| 52 | Indeed I own myself unworthy and I long to be the servant of even the least religious in the Church of God and I hope by God 's grace to be made a sharer with them … |
| 53 | For £200 , I expect to be able to buy something that 's good-looking and well-designed . |
| 54 | I wo n't be in record-breaking form for the European Championships , but I expect to be competitive . |
| 55 | I expect to be there for 2 years . |
| 56 | And I think the novel is dead on and I expect to be slaughtered for it ! |
| 57 | And I expect to be paid . ’ |
| 58 | This is the tour party I expect to be named this morning : Gooch ( captain ) , Stewart ( vice-captain ) , Smith , Atherton , Fairbrother , Gatting , Hick , Reeve , Russell , Emburey , Tufnell , Lewis , DeFreitas , Malcolm , Cork , Jarvis . |
| 59 | I intended to resign at the A.G.M. due to the fact that I expect to be leaving the London area before the next A.G.M. but since no-one else wanted the job I agreed to remain chairman for as long as I could . |
| 60 | Due to the publication schedule of ‘ Contact ’ I am actually writing this before the AGM , so I ca n't say anything more about it except that I intend to resign at it , due to the fact that I expect to be leaving the London area , so this will be the last time you will hear about London Branch from me . |