Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'm [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm bound to be taken for the chauffeur , ’ he laughed out , mispronouncing the word with relish but he was not corrected as he hoped . |
| 2 | So I 'm bound to be recognised . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm bound to be a marked man because of the goals I 've scored this season , but there will be more along soon — I 'm sure of that . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm a sister , so I 'm bound to be a dragon . ’ |
| 5 | ’ I have n't been on the stage for a long time , so I 'm bound to be as nervous as a kitten before I go on . |
| 6 | ‘ I tell thee I ai n't got a bleedin' farthing and even if I had I 'm expected to be working . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm encouraged to be more open and vulnerable with you when you … ’ |
| 8 | But there , at my age , I 'm permitted to be a little foolish . |
| 9 | And I 'm meant to be on holiday . |
| 10 | I 'm meant to be an actor . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm meant to be riding all Ibn Fayoud 's horses . ’ |
| 12 | I 'm meant to be calm ? |
| 13 | I 'm meant to be fair ? |
| 14 | I was poorly , I said — and now I 'm meant to be lying down in my room . |
| 15 | I 'm meant to be dead , pinned . |
| 16 | I 'm meant to be well now and it 's not much cop . ’ |
| 17 | Me , I 'm meant to be a Catholic . |
| 18 | I 'm meant to be fighting the Germans , not going to a wedding , he said out loud , as he looked at himself in the cracked mirror above the washbasin . |
| 19 | Dad I 'm meant to be doing that , is that the top one ? |
| 20 | I 'm meant to be twelve |
| 21 | So you know it 's all I 'm meant to be seeing that Heather one day this week but I have n't rung her . |
| 22 | Erm hang on I 've got quite a lot , I 'm meant to be going to choir tonight but I really ca n't be bothered , I mean |
| 23 | Well I 'm meant to be funny darling . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm paid to be here , ’ Ellwood said . |
| 25 | I 'm known to be keen to earn extra money on overtime , so I volunteer for everything and I get most of it because wait for it — I am prized ! |