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 | It gave me a great deal of pleasure to think how much more pained he was going to be in a few moments . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | If the Chancellor expects the private sector to lead the economy out of recession , then I 'm afraid he 's going to be disappointed . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | See how delicate I 'm going to be . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The public are n't convince , if the candidate is n't convinced it 's going to be difficult for everybody . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | How er er sorry she 's going to be enormous . |
| 20 | Sorry you are going to be burdened , but there it is . |
| 21 | If you are tall you are expected to be more ‘ adult ’ and have more duties put upon you . |
| 22 | " I 'm glad you are going to be reasonable , " he said . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | They both knew what they had to do , and how hard it was going to be to escape ; they knew they needed each other . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | If you 've got the ears to know what sounds good you 're going to be pretty much alright . ’ |
| 29 | Now , are you sure you 're going to be all right ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Are you sure you 're going to be all right on your own , George ? ’ |