Example sentences of "[pron] be bound [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although my brief has been to examine animal communication , I am bound to be asked whether the Darwinian approach can add anything to understanding the connections between what animals do and what we do . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm bound to be taken for the chauffeur , ’ he laughed out , mispronouncing the word with relish but he was not corrected as he hoped . |
| 3 | So I 'm bound to be recognised . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm bound to be a marked man because of the goals I 've scored this season , but there will be more along soon — I 'm sure of that . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm a sister , so I 'm bound to be a dragon . ’ |
| 6 | ’ I have n't been on the stage for a long time , so I 'm bound to be as nervous as a kitten before I go on . |
| 7 | Did you not know that I was bound to be in my Father 's house ? |
| 8 | But I mean , then I was bound to be very bored , except |
| 9 | I mean , he is n't run of the mill , is he ? … and I thought any lady friend of his was bound to be unusual . ’ |
| 10 | Despite the rich possibilities of developing social work practice with elderly people and their families , there is caution about suggesting ways of working which are bound to be more time-consuming . |
| 11 | Given the horrific effects which are bound to be visited upon the countries of Eastern Europe in the event of a prolonged conflict , the Warsaw Pact 's non-Soviet members may be disinclined to resist he logic of Soviet strategy . |
| 12 | On reflection , does my right hon. Friend agree that precious police resources — the figure of £2 million has been mentioned — should not be used on vindictive , Soviet or Israeli-type show trials which are bound to be a travesty of British justice as practised by this country for a long time ? |
| 13 | In a passage which is bound to be seen as highly controversial in the present situation in East Germany , Sir Leon said : ‘ If Germany 's partners give the impression of being opposed to reunification this will only increase what is at present a small risk : that some in Germany may be tempted to seek reunification on the basis of doing a unilateral deal with the Soviet Union , involving the setting up of a new unified German state outside the Community . |
| 14 | Ten miles away at Ludlow you are bound to be impressed by its looming castle , the delightful mixture of Georgian and medieval architecture and the interesting museum of local history . |
| 15 | Even if you 're not a serious d-i-yer , you 're bound to be aware of this clever invention . |
| 16 | you 're bound to be right . |
| 17 | But I just got one thing that I want , that they gon na send me owt dodgy like a loan shark bloke or owt like that , I mean you , you 're bound to be a bit nervous , you know . |
| 18 | Your wife 's very tired — she 's bound to be weak , after losing so much blood — but you can see her for a few minutes . ’ |
| 19 | You say you do n't want Mo to be hurt , but she 's bound to be if this goes on . ’ |
| 20 | But she 's bound to be rather boring , so they wo n't want to stay all that long . ’ |
| 21 | She 's bound to be fussing with something or other when we arrive , and we 'll be twiddling our thumbs for twenty minutes before she condescends to appear . ’ |
| 22 | We do n't want Americans to think we are n't hospitable , and besides , she 's bound to be lying there thinking of sex , poor little thing , and it 'll be all wet and hairy , and so deliciously — ’ |
| 23 | She 's bound to be interested . |
| 24 | She 's bound to be very worried about you . ’ |
| 25 | Oh she 's bound to be |
| 26 | We 've hardly managed to touch on prisons at all , or though , although , I know that we have amongst us hundred people who er , who are , are responsible for and er and have dedicated much time to working in prisons and I do n't know whether there is sufficient people here qualified to comment or not whether the prisons do a good job , so I 'll ask some one who 's bound to be a slightly partial Audrey , there 's only one women 's prison as some one said earlier , now your an ex-governor , now is that right ? |
| 27 | Still , I guess we 've encroached enough on your weekend , and a girl like you is bound to be in demand , ’ he twinkled . |
| 28 | She was bound to be sick before the last race , either then or on the road to the meeting , or on the road home . |
| 29 | In spite of this awareness , it seems extraordinary that the candidate in Madrid favoured by Prim and his government was one who was bound to be unacceptable to Napoleon III for the simple reason that he was a son of King Louis-Philippe and so represented the Orléanist dynasty . |
| 30 | ‘ We 're bound to be on edge , ’ he said , speaking into her hair . |