Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Thompson said that groups such as the GAA , Masonic lodges , playgroups , golf clubs and many other organisations could be clamouring to be first on the list for the new free service . |
| 2 | So sometimes I wallop it in , sometime the the other one would stick his finger through the hole , and the riveter would be dying to be hitting it back he thought it was a drift you know . |
| 3 | The right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) , who has left the Chamber , seemed to be aspiring to be the next Home Secretary , but he appears to have forgotten that there is a land frontier between the United Kingdom and another nation . |
| 4 | ‘ Of course , ’ said Amiss helpfully , ‘ he could be pretending to be deaf and dumb . |
| 5 | Erm he started his life er in Vietnam in the violence of Vietnam , and had therefore a lot of violence in his early life , which I think really stayed with him , but when he did join the Army , he was very proud to be doing so , and very proud to be wanting to be part of Britain and serving Britain in whatever way he could . |
| 6 | WEST : New voices and opinions will be vying to be heard in Westminster now the Conservatives ' grip on the region has been eased slightly , especially by the defeat of the Tory chairman , Mr Patten , in Bath , writes Paul Stokes . |
| 7 | And although the expression of futurity is clumsy ( and would usually be replaced by a finite clause ) it is grammatical and does occur : ( 53 ) we understand it to be going to be taxable ( if the bill is passed ) our host thought you about to be offensive |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't tell Simon he could be going to be a father . |
| 9 | Think it 's supposed to be going to be a cold more tomorrow . |
| 10 | Unless she is very lucky , she will be the one who will be expected to provide the stimulation , for her elderly parent may have been alone since breakfast-time , and will be waiting to be ‘ cheered up ’ by stories of all she has been doing during the day . |
| 11 | Who knows a modern equivalent of the Oxford three-quarter line may be waiting to be found . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , unless we are to fall back on the unsatisfactory practice of listing verbs which do support the construction and those which do not , some other factor must be waiting to be discovered , which will help to explain why ( 56 ) and ( 67 ) seem outright ungrammatical , and yet we can have either of ( 68 ) and ( 69 ) : ( 68 ) Tania left despondently ( 69 ) Tania left despondent To conclude , we may point out that there will clearly be a close connexion , under certain choices of lexical items , between the surface construction ( 44 ) and ordinary predicative position . |
| 13 | You could be starting to be having trouble with your thyroid gland . |
| 14 | the less experienced teams might prefer to be placed early on in the programme as it can be unnerving to be left waiting ; |
| 15 | Working with with the with the cow man , but I very soon got tired , I 'd be begging to be allowed back into the stable because the horses were my first love . |
| 16 | it may be flattering to be taken for the head of the firm if you are not , but it is not good business , and sound progress can not be made with anyone on a false footing , in fact , it must be obvious that the greater the respect you hold and encourage towards any of your seniors , the better the position they will be in to assist you in any difficulties which may arise . |
| 17 | Right , they 're accusing him to be claiming to be God and they actually say they actually say their decision is that he 's guilty and should be put to death , they 've condemned him to death . |
| 18 | He appeared genuinely not to know of Atkins and to be trying to be helpful . |
| 19 | But I guess as soon as she gets a job , she 'll be leaving to be married . " |
| 20 | You 'll be offering to be a sister with a shoulder I can cry on in a moment , wo n't you ? |