Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [verb] to [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am determined to be a healing factor who brings people together . |
| 2 | So maybe I am adding things on as ‘ an afterthought ’ , but , if I ca n't be a designer , I am trying to be a good technician . |
| 3 | ‘ I am interested in journalism , ’ said Thomas , who is staying with the Kilcran family in Dale Road , Darlington , ‘ but I am training to be a teacher . |
| 4 | You know I am going to be a doctor , Mufundishi . |
| 5 | I am going to be a queen , and I do not people speak to people who displease me . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm bound to be a marked man because of the goals I 've scored this season , but there will be more along soon — I 'm sure of that . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm a sister , so I 'm bound to be a dragon . ’ |
| 9 | If I 'm going to be a real actress I 'll have to know what makes people tick . |
| 10 | Now I 'm going to be a good girl . |
| 11 | All the time I 'm either bingeing ( in secret ) or doing loads of exercise ; I really feel desperate to lose weight because I 'm going to be a bridesmaid soon , and I do n't want to look like a splodge at my brother 's wedding . |
| 12 | ‘ One day I 'm going to be a star . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I shall know what to do because I 'm going to be a bridesmaid next year , ’ Tory confided in a diminishing whisper . ’ |
| 14 | I 'm going to be a racing driver , I do n't care what anyone says . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm going to be a different dog from . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I know I 'm going to be a marked man but I like it when people are tight on me . |
| 17 | And I 'm going to be a really good teacher ! |
| 18 | I 'm going to be a partner there soon , you know . ’ |
| 19 | I 'm going to be a marketing assistant for a company there — ’ |
| 20 | ‘ In about six months ' time I 'm going to be a father . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm going to be a model , ’ said Camille . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm going to be a kennel-maid . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm going to be a trainer , ’ explained Camille . |
| 24 | Well perhaps this is a good time just to take stock and to say I know that I 'm not all that I should be and all that I ought to be , but by this time next year I 'm going to be a bit better than I am just now , in spiritual terms . |
| 25 | If I 'm going to be a stand-in for him , even temporarily , like this , I really need to know more about him , and that seems as good a way as any . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm going to be a princess — Ow ! ’ she yelled , as Lucenzo 's coffee spilled and splashed over her hand . |
| 27 | I 'm going to be a doctor and I 'll make you better . |
| 28 | I 'm going to be a I V P . |
| 29 | But because you do n't know I mean I er y you ca n't imagine really somebody saying , Oh I 'm going to be a removal man I think , it sounds like a fascinating idea , and you would n't think it was . |
| 30 | ‘ Oh I 'm Vanessa , and when I grow up I 'm going to be an actress . ’ |