Example sentences of "[v-ing] to be [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Actually , I have been slipping in quite a large amount of social anthropological theory while appearing to be discussing other things , though , at the grand scale level , I still have to justify my claim that a mechanical model of functionalist integration is to be preferred to an organic model . |
| 2 | I remember definite feelings of not wanting to be felt sorry for , very much wanting everything to carry on as normal . |
| 3 | And what 's so terrible about wanting to be left alone ? |
| 4 | They 're going to be collected alright I 'm gon na meet them halfway actually between here and Derbyshire erm at the end of November beginning of December and they are actually going , the last lorry leaves Derbyshire on the tenth of |
| 5 | For instance , if you are going to be discussing inner city problems , speaking about them from a beautiful stately home deep in the heart of the countryside lessens the impact somewhat ! |
| 6 | I 'm going to be drinking cold coffee here are n't I ? |
| 7 | The other thing er is that all those conference 's are going to be packed full of business men . |
| 8 | ‘ All the polling organisations , like our own private polling , demonstrate a very great firmness of support in those who say thus far that they are going to be voting Labour , and softness in Conservative support . ’ |
| 9 | In the time that I have to move the report I 'd like to concentrate on some of the developments that have been taking place in health and safety this is not to , er , give the impression that environmental developments are not important but over this next year the government are going to be taking certain measures that we need to be aware of , er , in the health and safety area . |
| 10 | I mean to my mind if they 're opening on a Sunday they should bring their prices down because they 're opening that extra day they 're going to be taking extra revenue . |
| 11 | ‘ In the future , it seems , we are going to be taking arbitrary decisions about what we want from the countryside : the large blue here , a certain bird there , and we are going to manage for those species , which will mean that everything else will go . ’ |
| 12 | I had so far managed to avoid being kissed by the old bat , but I had the strong feeling that , by the end of the day , she and I were going to be getting physical . |
| 13 | Whether this meant that market forces were not going to be allowed unrestrained activity is unclear ; there was definitely no legal mechanism to inhibit them . |
| 14 | I hope you 're not going to be feeling mean about it you know because |
| 15 | If you are not going to be carrying heavy weights over rough ground , a range of very lightweight boots becomes available for those short excursions into the country . |
| 16 | That 's quite likely where it 's going to be going wrong . |
| 17 | He was going to be buried alive ! |
| 18 | But school chiefs were stunned to think that a sex offender was going to be let loose to warn children of the dangers of immoral goings-on . |
| 19 | ‘ I ca n't face that girl , I ca n't tell her the sadistic bastard that raped her is going to be let loose . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I was wondering when I was going to be let free to do the work of the Lord . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Are we going to be courtin' regular ? ’ |
| 22 | I did n't think I was going to be found guilty other than by accident . |
| 23 | I just have to believe [ he 's ] going to be found innocent because I do n't think [ he was ] guilty of any lawbreaking or any crime . |
| 24 | but they are going to be running short courses there about |
| 25 | Some people believe we are going to be spending large sums of money on this project , while others remain to be convinced of its worth . |
| 26 | ‘ Does that mean we 're all going to be set free ? ’ |
| 27 | Whenever your computer is going to be left unattended for some time simply run Blaze . |
| 28 | The sentence would be reduced to two years , with the balance of the sentence remaining to be served suspended ( the appellant having served six months ) . |
| 29 | unalterable conviction in favour of the adoption for our Palace of Administration of the revived national style — a style so characteristic of our own age it is beginning to be called Victorian — we protest against being obliged to tolerate an effete Palladian or mongrel Renaissance architecture to please those who wish to claim the merit of a breadth of view and of artistic sympathy by denying that they have any prejudices on the subject , one way or the other . |
| 30 | When she and Dustin were reunited in the laundromat , he was beginning to be noticed off-Broadway and she was an established dancer . |