Example sentences of "he [was/were] [v-ing] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Handling him was going to be a delicate business , and Nelson was more than relieved that the job would n't fall to him . |
| 2 | " When it was clear that identifying him was going to be a long job — if , indeed , he could ever be identified — the coroner issued a burial certificate . |
| 3 | Towards the end of the fifteenth century the King was beginning to lose his power to amend a statute after it had passed both Houses : the statute as presented to him was coming to be regarded as the final legal form , which he could only reject or accept in toto . |
| 4 | But now , the soft clicks coming with typical irregularity , he listened to them painfully and let his mind slide back ten years to what he must remember , to the truth he must recall if he were going to be able to tell lies . |
| 5 | Rosenberg worked hard to raise the money to have them give the American lecture tour , and he was beginning to be suspicious of Aveling , but Eleanor was devoted to him and deaf to all his antics . |
| 6 | ‘ I know , I know , just when he was beginning to be a success like Perry . |
| 7 | Maybe he was beginning to be sick , but mainly I think he was distressed . |
| 8 | When she and Dustin were reunited in the laundromat , he was beginning to be noticed off-Broadway and she was an established dancer . |
| 9 | He was beginning to be spoken of as a promising student who would be offered a lectureship at the end of the course . |
| 10 | Sex with Greg was improving a little , he was learning to be less selfish , to think of her pleasure . |
| 11 | Ian Barclay , coach to the 1987 Wimbledon champion , said it was extremely unlikely Cash would play singles then , but he was aiming to be fit for the Davis Cup tie with France in February . |
| 12 | He was straining to be off . |
| 13 | He was searching for a complete lyricist who could add flavour to songs he was intending to be covered by bigger artists . |
| 14 | Miss Sherwin added : ‘ You can infer from these circumstances and the large amount of cash he had on him that he was intending to be selling those tabs that night . ’ |
| 15 | She sensed he was pretending to be asleep when she got in to bed . |
| 16 | He was pretending to be a Muslim . |
| 17 | She was a Muslim and he was pretending to be one . |
| 18 | Another engagement he was hoping to be offered was from Her Majesty — to be detained at her pleasure . |
| 19 | I looked to see if he was trying to be unpleasant but he was obviously making an effort to be polite . |
| 20 | He was staring at the floor , keeping very still as if he was trying to be part of the wall . |
| 21 | He was trying to be jolly again . |
| 22 | He was trying to be friendly , that 's all . |
| 23 | Even when he was trying to be a criminal , the low moral fibre shone through . |
| 24 | If I did n't know better I 'd think he was trying to be as diplomatic possible in order to keep himself in line for the England job . |
| 25 | But if he was trying to be a political playwright then should n't he clarify what he . |
| 26 | Perhaps he was trying to be hospitable — not an easy task for him when she was the guest ! |
| 27 | Detective Sergeant Peter Van Schaick , who led the police investigation , said : ‘ He was trying to be the man about town . |
| 28 | I would n't put it past Nigel for showing off he did show off and he was trying to , he was trying to be really cool . |
| 29 | When we first began to meet and talk in 1963 , he was expecting to be offered a Cabinet post in education if Labour won and he could keep in step for long enough . |
| 30 | If he was expecting to be well in the clear at lunchtime , he was mistaken , Blackmoor 's own Paul Tupper carding a marvellous 66 , with seven birdies . |