Example sentences of "[pron] 're [v-ing] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | because I 'm self-employed and you 're intending to be self- employed which means you 're |
| 2 | ‘ You 're training to be a teacher , are n't you ? ’ she asked . |
| 3 | ‘ You must think I 'm an inconsiderate devil if you 're expecting to be thrown in at the deep end to struggle as best you can . ’ |
| 4 | when you know more about what you 're expecting to be told it 's easier to remember it . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , Henry , ’ said Elinor , now blocking her mouth with the palm of her hand and moaning elaborately , ‘ you 're trying to be funny ! |
| 6 | ‘ You can exclude me from the all round , Mother ; and I think it 's a little late for you to say you 're trying to be calm and helpful . |
| 7 | Any time you do a record , or any time you practise anything new , you 're trying to be better at what you do . |
| 8 | Most advertising applies a lot of peer group pressure : if you are the successful executive you 're trying to be , you must fly British Airways rather than the red-eye . |
| 9 | Talbot said : ‘ If you 're trying to be encouraging , Professor , you 're not doing too well at it . ’ |
| 10 | I said , ‘ Oh for Chris'sakes , shut up I know you 're trying to be nice to me and help me , but please do n't because you 're just giving me a headache . ’ |
| 11 | You 're in a mess , William , and you 're trying to be devious with me . |
| 12 | ‘ I think you 're trying to be honest , ’ Henry said . |
| 13 | You 're trying to be everything and they 're pushing it away cos it 's not what they really want and they , I mean , all , all you can get from him is how marvellous , you 're right , how marvellous his brothers are and yet , what I 've heard of the brothers they 're not |
| 14 | A progress background can teach you a lot about what really happens if you 're aiming to be an account executive . |
| 15 | But Oliver used to correct me and explain that you are whoever it is you 're pretending to be . |
| 16 | You are n't the cold woman you 're pretending to be ! |
| 17 | Not everyone is as afraid of them as you 're pretending to be . ’ |
| 18 | Wish I were all the things that you 're pretending to be . ’ |
| 19 | But I do n't like the way you 're pretending to be so fond of me , ’ she told him , her hazel eyes flashing and her arms akimbo , ‘ and I do n't like the way we 're deceiving your mother . ’ |
| 20 | Now , are you sure you 're going to be all right ? ’ |
| 21 | Look , do n't hold out too much hope that you 're going to be successful in this . |
| 22 | All of that to me smacks of a lack of appreciation of the need to understand a business thoroughly , where you 're going to be involved in making major decisions . |
| 23 | A fine thing you 're going to be to warm a woman 's bed at night . |
| 24 | ‘ He told them , ‘ You 're women , you 're going to be engineers . |
| 25 | ‘ He told them , ‘ You 're women , you 're going to be engineers . |
| 26 | As though you 're going to be sick . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ If you 're going to be silly , you wo n't be able to . |
| 28 | You 're going to be disappointed though . |
| 29 | This is probably your best choice where space is limited : you need a minimum of about 2.4m ( 8ft ) of space if you 're going to be able to get out of your car without being a contortionist . |
| 30 | I said to Sandy , ‘ At least you 're going to be playing with Christy tomorrow . |