Example sentences of "[verb] be [v-ing] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd been wanting to be my best friend for ages . |
| 2 | If she 'd been pretending to be busy before , she really was busy now . |
| 3 | Any bases where these little babies are operating are going to be way off our orbital paths . |
| 4 | He 's always had an anti-Leeds stance so whatever he says is going to be biased . |
| 5 | When Alice was sixteen her mother , angry with her about something , said in a fury , ‘ You need n't think being good looking is going to be an advantage in life . |
| 6 | Alternatively , just hang plants from hooks above the window , or stand small pots of plants along the windowsill , making sure that the ones you select are going to be happy with the kind of light , temperature and humidity you are providing . |
| 7 | Yes , but I want to know , Brenda , are you really concerned about the fact that you 'll see it , or the fact that these people that you do n't particularly like are going to be living near you . |
| 8 | Well , I 'd like to do , that we do do that , I mean , we have I think made some submissions in the past , but I think it 's now quite clear that the fears that we 've expressed in this committee over the years , are well founded , and we 've got to the point , where the whole er project for the special needs people , is is going is going to be very vulnerable . |
| 9 | He kept the room 's business on the move by constantly shouting : " Anyone who does n't work is going to be sacked . |
| 10 | And it would be helpful for councillor I would say that I know that there are a third of our members and from the program committees for capital expenditure which I suspect is going to be to excess of the five hundred thousand pounds per year which we actually have . |
| 11 | After this Sutton was spared what he had thought was going to be his third inquisition of the day , the Board meeting . |
| 12 | At Orbec , twenty kilometres from Lisieux , is the Caneton , a restaurant which you know is going to be good as soon as you enter its doors — the smell is so appetizing — but it is small and not exactly unknown , so it is prudent to telephone for a table in advance . |
| 13 | Now the maximum number of engines you you 're going to have we know is going to be twenty five . |
| 14 | If you have a good and close relationship with your mother you should be able to talk to her , but sometimes things are not even as straightforward as this , and if you are close to someone who you know is going to be upset or disappointed in you , it may be even harder to do . |
| 15 | We are restricted somewhat by time , because I want to get everybody back in the main auditorium to listen to what I know is going to be a fantastic lecture by Professor Don , er from Baltimore , which I would certainly recommend that everybody go and see . |
| 16 | Although the purposes for hearing children read are beginning to be more clearly thought out , the use of reading aloud for communicative purposes has probably decreased . |
| 17 | I thought I 'd better do all my jobs which I thought was going to be spread across the d the day . |
| 18 | However , the one thing I was most emphatically told , was that learning to dive was going to be fun . |
| 19 | at all , no sense of dedication , because the job which he knew was going to be his , before he met the this Simpson . |
| 20 | I thought every breath that cat took was going to be her last . ’ |
| 21 | But before they do , perhaps I can say the most important thing , which is that the charges that we 're introducing are going to be underpinned with what we call a waiver scheme . |
| 22 | Alongside rich , corrupt and irresistible Sir Jack Falstaff is the young Prince Hal , wandering far from his true royal path , mixing with thieves and wastrels when he ought to have been studying to be a king . |
| 23 | The point 's that I think is trying to be made is that there are a lot of people here tonight who do wish to express an opinion and that opinion is not necessarily formulated in question form . |
| 24 | I think white actually is the best colour because it Yeah , anything else I think is going to be . |
| 25 | A part of that obviously I think is going to be that there was an expected higher level of productivity than we 've actually achieved , cos you know in January I think in , in Christine 's area for example , to start off with I mean er er er productivity plummeted erm and it 's now , and she changed the system and , and one or two other things . |
| 26 | Anyway we 're going to go for trap two , Smoky Amber here , now she 's a bitch that is really , I think 's going to be something special over a longer trip , erm you know a longer distance , but she is only a March eighty nine so she 's not two yet . |
| 27 | Likewise , upgrading is going to be impossible . |
| 28 | AS a resident and on behalf of the residents of Prescott Street , Albert Hill , I am appalled that our bus service we fought so hard to get is going to be taken away from us . |
| 29 | Playing is going to be hard enough , without feeling uncomfortable with the course and the company . |
| 30 | The , the last one that I bought was going to be easy , but oh . |