Example sentences of "[pron] 're [vb pp] to be " in BNC.

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1 The victims , who 're believed to be in their late twenties and from the Hereford area were both travelling in the car .
2 You 're determined to be unpleasant . ’
3 ‘ If you 're determined to be so pigheadedly stubborn and blind to the truth , so be it . ’
4 ‘ In this department , you 're assumed to be drunk until proven otherwise , ’ said Keith Little , head of Accident and Emergency .
5 Okay , and you 're asked to be erm in the lec sorry in the er great hall at five o'clock if you possibly can , okay ?
6 We 're also talking in terms of a ministry which what you expect is very often what you get you 're trained to be somebody , okay ? .
7 That is what you 're born to be . ’
8 ‘ Besides , you do n't go for redheads , you told me you do n't , and you 're engaged to be married , and what about Ta — ? ’
9 Oh well , you 're engaged to be married .
10 Even if you 're not a serious d-i-yer , you 're bound to be aware of this clever invention .
11 you 're bound to be right .
12 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 .
13 BUT remember — you 're got to be in it to win it .
14 You 're allowed to be gloomy .
15 I know that 's the visiting times you 're allowed to be down there
16 If you 're using the region 's motorways tonight , you 're advised to be prepared for long delays as the Bank holiday traffic builds up .
17 At Liverpool clubs , the toilets are full of catsuited girls who look at you as if you 're rumoured to be a child molester .
18 You 're meant to be collectively the highest strategic decision-making body in the land and here are all these great slices of crucial economic decisions done in a group in which ministers are outnumbered three or four to one by officials .
19 You 're meant to be thinking about your big ride not a married man . ’
20 The next questionnaire is designed to help you look at your work and get clear in your head what you 're meant to be doing and how .
21 I went into this field and I sat there and cried for hours in this pouring rain and I suddenly thought to myself , ‘ This is ridiculous , this is no good — you 're not meant to be an actor , you 're meant to be something else — a comedian . ’
22 ‘ Come on , Dexter , you 're meant to be giving me inspiration not falling asleep , ’ she snapped .
23 The last week 's rehearsal has been a virtual write-off , and you 're meant to be facing a preview audience on Monday . ’
24 You 're meant to be respectable , you are , ’ she said .
25 No it sounds like you 're meant to be doing .
26 But , generally speaking , you 're expected to be a self-starter at college .
27 I would say that the criteria that 's that 's sent out at the moment is is far too strict for the lot , a lot of women and at the moment you 're expected to be skeletal , whereas th , you can very well be thirteen stone and anorexic it 's , it depends on your attitude towards food .
28 Erm as with many , many parts of the Gospel you 're expected you 're expected to be able to look more deeply than on the surface .
29 I think He judges with mercy , you know erm it 's erm perhaps sometimes when we 're asked to be in a situation where we have to give an opinion , then it should be , if we have wisdom er a merciful erm balance .
30 We 're bound to be on edge , ’ he said , speaking into her hair .
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