Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He exists , stressed and traumatised , in complete conflict with his biological program , literally dying to be free . |
| 2 | He exists , stressed and traumatised , in complete conflict with his biological program , literally dying to be free . |
| 3 | Days ago she had decided to be good — she was being quite good — but she was only pretending to be good so far and all this appreciation was as yet undeserved . |
| 4 | Although his aunts had always been kind to him , Frankie tried his best not to like them because he knew they were only pretending to be nice . |
| 5 | She opened the front door and stepped out into the corridor , which was more private than the flat if mother was only pretending to be asleep , which was possible . |
| 6 | He trots around doing menial jobs under the eye of the warder , but in fact is a guerrilla leader who is merely pretending to be mad . |
| 7 | This plan 's only going to be successful if they do n't suspect anything , and if they see her around they 'll suspect lots . |
| 8 | After all , the survey will have to be done at some stage and it is only going to be helpful to carry out a pilot if it tells the designer something he did not know . |
| 9 | Now my Lord it 's at the beginning of October things start to go wrong in erm and as it is pleaded on the first of October er , the plaintiffs were told the , in correspondence from the bank , that the financial terms that the finances that had been approved in principal , were only going to be available if security was offered in respect of a number of properties . |
| 10 | But er can you see you 've got to make up your mind what it is , it 's not necessarily going to be easy . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's not necessarily going to be present in our relationship for the rest of our lives . |
| 12 | And diagnosis is very , very important that , if you have a medical , clinical state of depression try and pull yourself out of it , by your , your own efforts and doing alternative things is not necessarily going to be effective . |
| 13 | Oh me , oh my , it 's all going to be awful , is n't it ? |
| 14 | It 's all going to be ghastly . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's all going to be perfect ! |
| 16 | If you think it 's all going to be tough — international , cup match , league match — it will be tough . |
| 17 | ‘ If he returns with Simon Cormack , ’ Collins pointed out , ‘ we 're all going to be happy to carry his bags to the airport . ’ |
| 18 | It was all going to be secret . |
| 19 | ‘ A lot of people are obviously going to be disappointed , but others who are willing to take a chance right up until the match may be lucky to get their hands on a ticket . ’ |
| 20 | In this mobile environment the interpretation of sediment structures is obviously going to be complex . |
| 21 | It is a thumping big read , but at £17.99 in hardcover it is obviously going to be good as a £4.99 paperback . |
| 22 | The record only reached number twenty-five but the audience about to be touched was obviously going to be huge . |
| 23 | True , John makes it look easy , but , his tackle control is so good that it is obviously going to be difficult to emulate . |
| 24 | The Smiths as far as I was concerned were obviously going to be massive , what-they-now-are . |
| 25 | The introduction of markets and contracts is obviously going to be fraught with problems for those patient groups who present a multiplicity of different health and social care needs . |
| 26 | According to the manufacturer , the bevels on the Cogelow tools need only honing to be perfect . |
| 27 | No wonder Peter lacked confidence and spent all his time merely trying to be amusing in the face of Marc 's uncompromising thirst for excellence ! |
| 28 | But it was obvious that the girl was only trying to be respectful . |
| 29 | ‘ I was only trying to be helpful . |
| 30 | They 're not trying to push , they are only trying to be helpful , but I think it is a material matter for the committee to consider . |