Example sentences of "[adv] he [be] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps he was trying to be hospitable — not an easy task for him when she was the guest ! |
| 2 | Your worships , Mr works for Wallbank aerials in Worley and he works for them as an engineer his vehicle was erm something that he did use for work , but unfortunately as a result of the accident his has been written off and he has n't yet been able to er , replace it and so he 's having to be erm er , chauffeured by the company to do his er his work . |
| 3 | His vehicle was erm something that he did use for work but unfortunately as a result of the accident his has been written off and he has n't yet been able to er replace it and so he 's having to be erm er chauffeured by the company to do his er his work . |
| 4 | He knows better than that , and anyway he is rumoured to be paying the Italian genius a lot of money for his one-box design vision that forms part of BMW 's long-rumoured MPV programme . |
| 5 | ‘ When I came back from town Rocky was asleep so I knew something was wrong because normally he 's rushing to be let off the chain , ’ said Mr Taylor . |
| 6 | Technically he was meant to be in bed . |
| 7 | That 's correct sir , P C was behind the shield like he was told to be . |
| 8 | Now he 's hoping to be back on the golf course soon and singing again by the end of the year . |
| 9 | Now he is hoping to be picked for the match against Spain in the Canary Islands to give his career a real boost . |
| 10 | Now he was reported to be at the Mamounia in order to work on a book entitled The Mighty and the Meek . |
| 11 | No but anyway , that erm well , well we , well he is going to be twenty five pounds better off . |
| 12 | In his next , next work when he leaves here he 's going to be the Fire Service at the Houses of Parliament , and I 'm serious , that will be one of his first major jobs . |
| 13 | If his performances this season measure up to his potential , then he 's going to be very , very good . ’ |
| 14 | He had tricked her , deliberately let her think that they would be going back to the hotel , but if he thought she was going to meekly go along with his conniving then he was going to be sadly disappointed . |
| 15 | Well , if he was then he was going to be sadly disappointed ! |
| 16 | There he was expected to be in one of the top three places — and first is better than third ! |
| 17 | Maybe he was beginning to be sick , but mainly I think he was distressed . |
| 18 | But instead he was chosen to be a collector to bring back seed of the dove-tree , Davidia involucrata , and worked at the Coombe Wood nursery of ( Sir ) Harry Veitch [ q.v. ] , before leaving for China in 1899 . |
| 19 | Once again he was found to be innocent , but he was still kept under arrest . |
| 20 | Buster somehow or other was found to have one of the instruments , and so he was put on a charge and ultimately he was sentenced to be flogged as this was still the practice in the Services . |
| 21 | He 's trying to be very he 's trying to be very hard . |