Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [be] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just think about how generous I 'm going to be . |
| 2 | But he was very much afraid she was going to be rather good in Luxembourg — it was a role not unlike that of Countess Maritza . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm afraid you 're going to be disappointed , Robyn . |
| 4 | Then I 'm afraid you 're going to be sadly disappointed . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Then I 'm afraid you 're going to be sadly disappointed . |
| 6 | Unless you can soften your water , I 'm afraid you are going to be very limited on your choice of fish , as most Dwarfs require soft water with an acid pH . |
| 7 | Unless you can soften your water , I 'm afraid you are going to be very limited on your choice of fish , as most Dwarfs require soft water with an acid pH . |
| 8 | Before , we were just listening to everybody else telling us to keep on playing and carry on doing this and that , but that was really just because they were afraid we were going to be a flash in the pan . |
| 9 | And the more information you get about those businesses the easier it 's going to be for you to er to convey to them you know a lot you 've done your research on them . |
| 10 | It gave me a great deal of pleasure to think how much more pained he was going to be in a few moments . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm afraid it 's going to be a bit sore , but as it 's such an impressive break we 'll put a garter strapping on to help immobilise it . |
| 12 | If the Chancellor expects the private sector to lead the economy out of recession , then I 'm afraid he 's going to be disappointed . |
| 13 | ‘ Unfortunately , something came up — a trouble-shooting mission that required Adam 's special diplomatic talents — I 'm afraid he 's going to be tied up for the major part of the weekend . |
| 14 | ‘ Sam dragged Scott from the road because he was afraid he was going to be hit by another car , ’ said Scott 's grateful mother Caroline at Milton Keynes General Hospital yesterday . |
| 15 | See how delicate I 'm going to be . |
| 16 | Dad was still convinced I was trying to be something — a lawyer , I 'd told him recently , because even he knew that that doctor stuff was a wind-up . |
| 17 | It was true that in the 1880s youth work had meant philanthropy and religion , whereas in the 1900s it was felt to be the responsibility of local education authorities , juvenile employment committees , after-care committees and part-time day continuation classes in liberal and vocational studies . |
| 18 | Then the next night , it 's back to waking twice or three times , and you wo n't know how easy it 's going to be to settle him . |
| 19 | The public are n't convince , if the candidate is n't convinced it 's going to be difficult for everybody . |
| 20 | So if I wanted to find out erm Let's do that one with the the N H S , and this time I want to know how much it 's going to be It starts off at a hundred pounds . |
| 21 | All I know is that probably during the course of the year something will happen and I might have to chip in you know , a thousand pounds or a million pounds or whatever , but I do n't know how much it 's going to be . |
| 22 | Yours will most probably be the arms she needs at this point , and the best thing you can do for her is to show that you share her grief , and that as far as possible you are going to be the rock on which she can lean while the sands of her life are shifting so frighteningly beneath her feet . |
| 23 | How er er sorry she 's going to be enormous . |
| 24 | Sorry you are going to be burdened , but there it is . |
| 25 | If you are tall you are expected to be more ‘ adult ’ and have more duties put upon you . |
| 26 | two if I get to three I 'm going to be cross ! |
| 27 | " I 'm glad you are going to be reasonable , " he said . |
| 28 | The British Prime Minister emerged as a much more accommodating personality ; at the Fontainebleau summit in June 1984 she was deemed to be now ‘ a good European ’ . |
| 29 | Bourque and Grossholtz ( 1984 ) argue that the acceptance of ‘ masculinity as ideal political behaviour ’ has dire consequences for studying women : the unquestioned assumption that the political attitudes , behaviour and preferences of men define mature political behaviour means that when women do not match these they are said to be either apolitical or politically naive . |
| 30 | And he admitted : ‘ I know it is going to be a hard slog for me to get back , but after what I have been through I 'm not bothered how hard it is going to be . |