Example sentences of "[pron] he [be] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ One of the company was called upon often without a word of preparation — to treat on a subject with which he was presumed to be familiar , and so to express himself that what he said could be discussed afterwards . |
| 2 | If the S.M.O. was right , which he was bound to be , being a very experienced physician , then the crisis would come any time from the day after tomorrow — when I would be on nights ' off . |
| 3 | The naked body of Diana Travers , his domestic servant , was found drowned at his wife 's Thames-side birthday party , a party at which he was expected to be present . |
| 4 | Four weeks ago a girl who worked for him , Diana Travers , was found drowned following a party given for his wife on her birthday , a party at which he was expected to be present . |
| 5 | This is a duty to take reasonable care for the visitor 's safety for the purposes for which he was permitted to be there . |
| 6 | She sounded as if it was something he was going to be pleased about . |
| 7 | When speaking to Marco in the prison for instance , he tells him he is bound to be deported , and that there is no hope for him ; Alfieri would realise it was hard for Marco to take , but respected him enough to tell him the absolute truth . |
| 8 | Well , Wayne is very gullible when he 's had a few and when you , Leslie , told him he was going to be a football star , it went to his head and he happily paid you the £10 signing-on fee . |
| 9 | Writs were issued against a Birmingham businessman , Stuart Christopher Ford , his firm , Tilen Securities , and an Egyptian , Gamil Naguib , with whom he was thought to be associated . |
| 10 | Neither is an overexcited horse likely to win a showjumping contest , because at every jump he is likely to get more and more excited and to concentrate less and less on what he is meant to be doing . |
| 11 | The brothers turned and looked at Joe and presently Martin said on a laugh , ‘ That 's what he 's going to be , Harry , a romantic novelist . |
| 12 | The main man-child 's self-adoring ennui sticks in the craw once you realise that this is what he 's going to be doing on his death bed . ’ |
| 13 | " Well Joseph is n't too sure yet what he 's going to be . |
| 14 | What he 's going to be a drummer ? |
| 15 | He could fish with Mr Burkett — they had caught a fine pike and two trout on the lazy trawl up-lake — he could let go all those minaretted plans , those fantastical ambitions , and be what he was born to be , a jovial , lazy , loved and loving man , getting by . |
| 16 | When I spoke to Weir , now a sprightly 83 , he still remembered what he was going to be in for when he set sail for a country which had legendary names like Hobbs , Sutcliffe , Woolley , Hendren and many others floating around the various counties . |
| 17 | I asked him what he was going to be . |
| 18 | Despite his metrical conservatism ( his strenuous handling of the pentameter is surely surprising and admirable ) and his unfashionable addiction to the grand manner and the high style , Allen Tate was certainly a modernist ; that is what he was thought to be , and it is how he conceived of himself . |