Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [prep] be [adj] for " 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 | Come on , Suzie , we 're going to be late for breakfast and the tea will be cold . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ God said to me , ‘ Richie , you 're going to be late for your contest , it 's on now ’ ’ . |
| 4 | It had been one of those deep , deep sleeps ; the kind when you do n't know a thing until your mum starts yelling at you for the umpteenth time that you 're going to be late for school if you do n't get up . |
| 5 | ‘ You 're going to be sorry for this , ’ said Rohmer in a quiet , tight voice . |
| 6 | When people are attempting to be different for the sake of it , I find it incredibly irritating . ’ |
| 7 | It will require some things that are going to be necessary for the statutory and voluntary sectors in any case and it will mean drawing the private sector in , like a common assessment policy for all long term care . |
| 8 | ‘ Sarah , I 'm going to be late for my meeting . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm going to be late for work , ’ she said nervously . |
| 10 | Would you mind telling her that I 'm in Seabourne and I think I 'm going to be late for our appointment at two o'clock ? |
| 11 | Unfortunately I 'm going to be busy for most of today lecturing to a group of Japanese businessmen , so I 'll have to leave you in the hands of my assistant . |
| 12 | I 'm going to be lively until I get a cat , if I do n't get a cat I 'm going to be lively for ever . |
| 13 | Now I 've found out that he is n't my father I 'm learning to be free for the first time in my life , do you understand ? ’ |
| 14 | She was worried because she did not know if the rules of the house permitted her to go out walking with Finn and , besides , they were going to be late for dinner . |
| 15 | Spurs boss Doug Livermore said : ‘ Ian is struggling to be fit for Saturday , so that will give Erik his big chance . ’ |
| 16 | St Helens prop Kevin Ward is struggling to be fit for Sunday 's Regal Trophy first round tie against Leeds at Knowsley Road because of a neck injury , but New Zealander George Mann could return to the pack after a being out for a month with back trouble . |
| 17 | ‘ Western logic is ceasing to be adequate for all our needs . |
| 18 | It 's marvellous that the Brighton Corporation came in , but nevertheless the building to perform a function which is going to be useful for the community as a whole has got to be properly funded . |
| 19 | Unless something happens swiftly , the market is going to be uncertain for some time . ’ |
| 20 | That Daaé girl is going to be sorry for this ! |
| 21 | Oh Marilla , I think life is going to be good for all of us ! |
| 22 | I 'm sure that the Army coming in , with about the same sort of strength as the RAF , is going to be good for the community and local economy . |
| 23 | ‘ I think a lot of Canadians have been waiting with baited breath for several months wondering whether he will stay or go and I think the fact he 's leaving is going to be good for the country , ’ the deputy Liberal leader , Sheila Copps , said . |
| 24 | erm Nonetheless , while we want to carry on supporting that , we 've also got to think , as Jack said , erm of as we enter the next century what is going to be right for our children , and we know that in many ways we have failed them and we know that we are producing many children who have n't had the training and the education that 's going to be necessary for us to be erm economically competent in the future , so we 've got to look at the whole of our educational provision , and frankly I think opting out was erm a sort of unnecessary blip on all of this that is n't really terribly important in the whole issue of how the children in this country should be educated . |
| 25 | If you have any surplus seeds such as peas , beans , lupins — all nitrogen fixers — then sow them if the ground is going to be vacant for more than a few weeks . |
| 26 | Who is going to be responsible for physically dividing the space so that the sub-tenant can operate as a separate entity ? |
| 27 | Who in our firm is going to be responsible for deciding how to make the most of the Single Market ? |
| 28 | Even the Fund 's well-known symbol , the giant panda , is going to be dependent for its survival on the long-term economics and land-use policy for western Szechuan . |
| 29 | The winter is going to be bleak for the TV companies as income from advertising falls off , and the New Year bleaker as they have to fork out a higher Government levy . |
| 30 | Unless you make a fresh start today the future is going to be bleak for you , ’ said the judge . |