Example sentences of "[pron] be [v-ing] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Part of the reason behind the payments is to placate high earners , some of whom are asking to be moved to overseas branches of their companies to avoid higher taxes . |
| 2 | In Ireland a party that puts up several candidates in a constituency will easily predict which of them are going to be elected , which may and which wo n't . |
| 3 | And g m quite a lot of them are going to be dependent on rented accommodation and in particular , well both council cou both , both council rented accommodation and private rented accommodation . |
| 4 | Lord Chatwin and I are going to be married . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Because that 's what Annie and I are going to be . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You and I are going to be strong against temptation . |
| 8 | ‘ Maria Luisa and I are going to be married ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Mandy , I suppose if you and I are going to be related there 's no hope at all I 'm ever going to be able to tamp down that irrepressible side of yours , is there ? ’ |
| 10 | I think I am beginning to be very much afraid of what Raynor is taking me to . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ The only difference between us is that I am trying to be , and you ca n't help it . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | So maybe I am adding things on as ‘ an afterthought ’ , but , if I ca n't be a designer , I am trying to be a good technician . |
| 15 | I am trying to be as kind as possible to the Minister . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , I am trying to be , ’ said Suleiman modestly . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 20 | I am waiting to be bathed in film . |
| 21 | ‘ I am waiting to be next ’ , wrote Baxter , ‘ the door is open . |
| 22 | ‘ You are my guest and I am attempting to be nice to you . |
| 23 | At one point North suddenly remarked , ‘ Well , I 'm not worried , soon I am going to be back commanding a Marine battalion . |
| 24 | 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 ? |
| 25 | You know I am going to be a doctor , Mufundishi . |
| 26 | ‘ I am going to be in plaster for two months , ’ he said . |
| 27 | ‘ So do you think I am going to be afraid of Lennox Lewis ? |
| 28 | 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 ’ |
| 29 | I am going to be very interested to see whether this exhibition has an influence on contemporary painting . |
| 30 | All right , I am going to be brave and am going to talk about failure . |