Example sentences of "i [be] [verb] to be [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You and I are going to be strong against temptation .
2 Lord Chatwin and I are going to be married . ’
3 ‘ If you know where Craig is you must tell me , do n't you understand , he and I are going to be married , I must see him . ’
4 ‘ Maria Luisa and I are going to be married ! ’
5 I am determined to be happy despite your scolding ! ’
6 What I am referring to is elementary structural-functionalist sociology , in which modernization is seen as a process of structural differentiation ( Ausdifferenzierung ) .
7 Those who pursue comparisons of the kind I am referring to are likely to be impressed by the staying-power of a literary preoccupation to which a variety of temperaments and compulsions has been attracted , and could well be inclined to believe that Pechorin 's duel and indifference may have been among the precedents that weighed , a century later , with a woman bent on contriving her appointment with destiny .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 Earlier this summer he similarly told the Observer 's Mark Frankland ‘ The more I am forced to be active in politics , the more I enjoy doing theatre . ’
11 My order will not succeed as an order unless the person I am talking to is obliged to clean their boots ( condition 3 ) , and I have the right and the power to make them do so ( condition 4 ) .
12 I am expected to be present where there is beer flowing . ’
13 I loved him ; that is why I am allowed to be harsh .
14 I am waiting to be next ’ , wrote Baxter , ‘ the door is open .
15 ‘ You are my guest and I am attempting to be nice to you .
16 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 .
17 ‘ So do you think I am going to be afraid of Lennox Lewis ?
18 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 .
19 All right , I am going to be brave and am going to talk about failure .
20 I 'm hoping to be able to get around to every house in the village with the petition , ’ said Mrs. Gilmour .
21 So erm I 'm hoping to be able to do it , just off what I can do , m my experience as it is like .
22 I 'm trying to be honest about him , and about myself .
23 I 'm trying to be nice .
24 And I 'm trying to be serious today . ’
25 I 'm not being coy ; I 'm trying to be useful .
26 Yes and they they provided me with boxes of tapes and batteries and eh Walkman and so on and so forth and eh , I 'm trying to be conscientious .
27 I 'm trying to be calm and … and helpful for us all round . ’
28 I 'm trying to be clear .
29 I 'm getting to be able to read you better and better .
30 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 ? ’
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