Example sentences of "am [v-ing] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Barnes , 30 , added : ‘ I knew fairly soon that I was out of the Test match and now I am struggling to be fit for the Taranaki game on Wednesday . |
| 2 | We are settled on the southern shore , called Belmont for the amenity of the situation , within a stout stockade I am causing to be built . |
| 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 | I am waiting to be bathed in film . |
| 5 | ‘ I am waiting to be next ’ , wrote Baxter , ‘ the door is open . |
| 6 | ‘ You are my guest and I am attempting to be nice to you . |
| 7 | At one point North suddenly remarked , ‘ Well , I 'm not worried , soon I am going to be back commanding a Marine battalion . |
| 8 | If I am an undergraduate , the two basic areas of quantum mechanics and X-ray crystallography are not covered and I wonder whether I am going to be examined on chemistry and human psychology ? |
| 9 | You know I am going to be a doctor , Mufundishi . |
| 10 | ‘ I am going to be in plaster for two months , ’ he said . |
| 11 | ‘ So do you think I am going to be afraid of Lennox Lewis ? |
| 12 | The curator , John Elderfield , muses on the rival reputations of Matisse and Picasso and suggests that Matisse 's real influence has yet to make itself felt : ‘ I am going to be very interested to see whether this exhibition will have an effect on contemporary painting ’ |
| 13 | I am going to be very interested to see whether this exhibition has an influence on contemporary painting . |
| 14 | All right , I am going to be brave and am going to talk about failure . |
| 15 | I am going to be a queen , and I do not people speak to people who displease me . |
| 16 | I am going to be less particular , but I 've got to find some paper first . |
| 17 | But I am going to be . |
| 18 | I thought if I am going to be out of work , I might as well make some cash out of it . |
| 19 | I should be feeling disloyal to Fergus , I should certainly be wondering if what I am doing is right , and if I am going to be hurt . |
| 20 | I am going to be away Thurs–Sun this week ( Roland , my brother , is getting married and I 'm to be bridesmaid ) but perhaps you would n't mind giving me a ring sometime ? |
| 21 | If all these gorgeous chaps are going to rally to the standard when we stick it in the salt pot , then I , for one , am going to be as fragrant and petal-soft as a lady in a soap commercial . |
| 22 | But I could tell there was no real wish on her part to renew any old ties of love and friendship and if I am going to be honest no real wish on my part either . |
| 23 | Next year I am going to be very active in the theatre and I 've already this morning , sown the seed er for possibly er giving a particular performance er of one of the plays in this particular season I 'm going to do er for Save The Children Fund and I 've said |
| 24 | Mr Chairman I am going to be brief within the er triscale and resources we have available to us we may , I think , a reason of what an attempt to get back in current idiom , back to basics . |
| 25 | I am going to be in the front seat ! |
| 26 | 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 |
| 27 | ‘ There 's no doubt I can learn a lot about racing from Alain and I will be looking forward to that opportunity — but I have to say also that I am aiming to be my own man . ’ |
| 28 | I think I am beginning to be very much afraid of what Raynor is taking me to . |
| 29 | ‘ The only difference between us is that I am trying to be , and you ca n't help it . ’ |
| 30 | When I am trying to be stricter than usual with myself , I plan a really busy week so that I am out more than is customary . |