Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] to [be] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was easy for me to pretend to be in love with the Princess . |
| 2 | ‘ What would I want to be in a stupid team for ? ’ |
| 3 | Right , but what you 've got the opportunity of doing now during being a life assurance sales person , with self-employed status if you like , with the benefits of being in a company like ours , is really thinking where do I want to be in five years ' time . |
| 4 | ‘ My dear fellow , it is but seldom that one has the pleasure of meeting a friend from the old days in Petersburg , but I chanced to be in Vienna recently , and have heard much about you from mutual acquaintances . |
| 5 | It is therefore a subject on which I expect to be in continuing dialogue . |
| 6 | I promised to be in a certain place by this time tomorrow , and I intend to be there . |
| 7 | I want to be In Love . |
| 8 | Mr Chapman said : ‘ I have usually got on well with newspaper proprietors , but this time I want to be in charge . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I want to be in your place ’ collapses temporarily into ‘ I want you ’ ; identification merges with desire , which is then a desire to be/displace the male as other . |
| 10 | I want to be in Brussels today … ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I want to be in the team too , ’ she said . |
| 12 | I want to be in the best band in the world , it 's simple ! |
| 13 | I want to be in a band , because that 's what I 'm strongest at . |
| 14 | In fact , they remind me of the Prudential TV ads ( ‘ I want to be in goal ’ , ‘ I want to be … remembered ! ’ ) . |
| 15 | He confessed : ‘ I want to be in the last tee-off time every week with Nick Faldo . |
| 16 | I want to be in perfect condition for the match against Norway and I think I will . |
| 17 | into the field that I want to be in you know I do n't think it 's possible to just walk straight in unless you 're very lucky . |
| 18 | I want to be in the morning room . |
| 19 | I 'm not proud , it 's just that I want to be in the right place . |
| 20 | ‘ I think I want to be in love with you but I do n't know how . |
| 21 | I want to be in that room soon and I shall need the table . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I want to keep playing well , and if I ca n't make the team then I want to be in a position to give myself a real chance in America in two years time . ’ |
| 23 | If things do n't give way before tomorrow I 'm going to have to , it 's bloody half past seven when I get home , and I want to be in the pub you see , but whatever , all these things happen . |
| 24 | I appear to be in a bit of a slump and I did not play well in Hong Kong . |
| 25 | As I left the room I seemed to be in a school and I saw many children in the hall and I seemed to be late for a class . |
| 26 | Twice I rose and tried to help her , but I seemed to be in a different dream . |
| 27 | He said : ‘ It 's up to me to convince the manager I deserve to be in the team regularly . |
| 28 | Jimmy and I deserve to be in the final . ’ |
| 29 | What would n't I give to be in your shoes now ! |
| 30 | I hope to be in residence by the end of December in readiness for my installation as bishop on Monday , 18th January , at mid-day in St Mary 's Cathedral . |