Example sentences of "i be [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ You are my guest and I am attempting to be nice to you . |
| 32 | So I am encouraged in my perhaps natural naïveté , I am encouraged to be simpliste , by my knowledge of the value of complication in fogging up the real issues in politics . |
| 33 | At one point North suddenly remarked , ‘ Well , I 'm not worried , soon I am going to be back commanding a Marine battalion . |
| 34 | If I am an undergraduate , the two basic areas of quantum mechanics and X-ray crystallography are not covered and I wonder whether I am going to be examined on chemistry and human psychology ? |
| 35 | You know I am going to be a doctor , Mufundishi . |
| 36 | ‘ I am going to be in plaster for two months , ’ he said . |
| 37 | ‘ So do you think I am going to be afraid of Lennox Lewis ? |
| 38 | The curator , John Elderfield , muses on the rival reputations of Matisse and Picasso and suggests that Matisse 's real influence has yet to make itself felt : ‘ I am going to be very interested to see whether this exhibition will have an effect on contemporary painting ’ |
| 39 | I am going to be very interested to see whether this exhibition has an influence on contemporary painting . |
| 40 | All right , I am going to be brave and am going to talk about failure . |
| 41 | I am going to be a queen , and I do not people speak to people who displease me . |
| 42 | I am going to be less particular , but I 've got to find some paper first . |
| 43 | But I am going to be . |
| 44 | I thought if I am going to be out of work , I might as well make some cash out of it . |
| 45 | I should be feeling disloyal to Fergus , I should certainly be wondering if what I am doing is right , and if I am going to be hurt . |
| 46 | I am going to be away Thurs–Sun this week ( Roland , my brother , is getting married and I 'm to be bridesmaid ) but perhaps you would n't mind giving me a ring sometime ? |
| 47 | But I could tell there was no real wish on her part to renew any old ties of love and friendship and if I am going to be honest no real wish on my part either . |
| 48 | Next year I am going to be very active in the theatre and I 've already this morning , sown the seed er for possibly er giving a particular performance er of one of the plays in this particular season I 'm going to do er for Save The Children Fund and I 've said |
| 49 | Mr Chairman I am going to be brief within the er triscale and resources we have available to us we may , I think , a reason of what an attempt to get back in current idiom , back to basics . |
| 50 | I am going to be in the front seat ! |
| 51 | If you watch we can do some actions to this , you watch what I do then you 'll be able to do it in a minute , are you ready I am going to be a bear , you help me sing |
| 52 | ‘ I 'm hoping to be able to get around to every house in the village with the petition , ’ said Mrs. Gilmour . |
| 53 | ‘ I 'm hoping to be changed back before I get used to it , ’ she said ( with considerable spirit , bearing in mind how hopeless she felt ) . |
| 54 | So erm I 'm hoping to be able to do it , just off what I can do , m my experience as it is like . |
| 55 | I 'm trying to be clear . |
| 56 | And I 'm trying to be serious today . ’ |
| 57 | I 'm trying to be calm and … and helpful for us all round . ’ |
| 58 | I 'm trying to be relaxed like Frank Edwards [ also of Repton ] and get a lazy jab like his . ’ |
| 59 | I 'm trying to be nice . |
| 60 | I 'm trying to be honest about him , and about myself . |