Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [v-ing] to [be] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh I 'm Vanessa , and when I grow up I 'm going to be an actress . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm going to be an actress , Ethel- ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Well , ’ Mitch said with a considering look , ‘ normally I would say we wanted to be alone tonight , but as I 'm going to be an uncle very soon … ’ |
| 4 | I knew then that I was going to be an artist . |
| 5 | Mainly to get me out of the house , probably , but when I told my father I was going to be an actor he immediately thought I 'd turned gay . |
| 6 | I was going to be an engine-driver . |
| 7 | ‘ The gaffer said I was going to be an economist , and that was that . ’ |
| 8 | A progress background can teach you a lot about what really happens if you 're aiming to be an account executive . |
| 9 | I feel they 're a little bit of a waste of time … the course I 'm doing , I 'm gaining knowledge which I can use ; which , I mean , you ca n't really use a history degree unless you 're going to be an archaeologist or an historian or a teacher . |
| 10 | Louise was what was known as an ‘ exchange student ’ ; at home in Nîmes she was training to be an English teacher and she was doing a year 's exchange as part of her course , teaching French conversation at the local grammar school . |
| 11 | I know we 're going to be an ozone clean the air are we ? |
| 12 | ‘ It 's going to be an affirmation of your life and your worth , just as was intended . |
| 13 | If these figures stand up it 's going to be an incredible night — an incredible night for all of America . ’ |
| 14 | Either way it 's going to be an awful |
| 15 | Five goes into itself once , and goes into that , erm , eight times , so it 's going to be an eighth . |
| 16 | ‘ I think it 's going to be an extremely dirty campaign , ’ said Coun Dixon and wondered if the Labour candidate Alan Milburn had received the letter . |
| 17 | . But they choose their own stories so you And if you , it looks like it 's going to be an exceedingly long story you can |
| 18 | It 's going to be an exciting end to the soccer season in the second division for Swindon Town and their fans . |
| 19 | It 's going to be an exciting game . |
| 20 | Royal watcher Margaret Holder said : ‘ It looks like it is going to be an unhappy time for the Queen and everyone else . |
| 21 | Now , now you did mention it , it is going to be an enormous country now , what implications does that have for the European Community ? |
| 22 | Mick thought : ‘ So Matt thinks he 's going to be an MP . |
| 23 | He 's going to be an architect , Carolyn tells me . |
| 24 | He 's going to be an expert on dinosaurs . |
| 25 | It was proving to be an ideal choice of holiday with a programme of free activities that gave us an easy opportunity to make friends with the guests form other nations who gave the Club such a cosmopolitan atmosphere . |
| 26 | It was going to be an important row . |
| 27 | and he was getting to be an old man and he had actually stopped and then father would take er would be asked to do the undertaking in that part . |
| 28 | He was then known as Mick Misell , came from the East End , and bristled when an officer , asking Burton if he was going to be an actor , was rebuffed by the reply , ‘ Probably not , sir . |
| 29 | They asked him how he was doing at school , made up questions to test him , twitted him about imaginary girlfriends , and there was always someone who wanted to know if he was going to be an RIC man like his dad when he grew up . |