Example sentences of "[pron] 're [verb] 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 | because I 'm self-employed and you 're intending to be self- employed which means you 're |
| 7 | ‘ You 're training to be a teacher , are n't you ? ’ she asked . |
| 8 | 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 ? . |
| 9 | That is what you 're born to be . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 11 | when you know more about what you 're expecting to be told it 's easier to remember it . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , Henry , ’ said Elinor , now blocking her mouth with the palm of her hand and moaning elaborately , ‘ you 're trying to be funny ! |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | Any time you do a record , or any time you practise anything new , you 're trying to be better at what you do . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Talbot said : ‘ If you 're trying to be encouraging , Professor , you 're not doing too well at it . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |
| 18 | You 're in a mess , William , and you 're trying to be devious with me . |
| 19 | ‘ I think you 're trying to be honest , ’ Henry said . |
| 20 | 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 |
| 21 | A progress background can teach you a lot about what really happens if you 're aiming to be an account executive . |
| 22 | ‘ 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 — ? ’ |
| 23 | Oh well , you 're engaged to be married . |
| 24 | Even if you 're not a serious d-i-yer , you 're bound to be aware of this clever invention . |
| 25 | you 're bound to be right . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | But Oliver used to correct me and explain that you are whoever it is you 're pretending to be . |
| 28 | You are n't the cold woman you 're pretending to be ! |
| 29 | Not everyone is as afraid of them as you 're pretending to be . ’ |
| 30 | Wish I were all the things that you 're pretending to be . ’ |