Example sentences of "but i be [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Unfortunately , his personal secretary said she did not think he could become actively involved , but I am writing to the Prime Minister Mr Major and George Howard , the Environment Secretary , seeking their support . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I am interested in journalism , ’ said Thomas , who is staying with the Kilcran family in Dale Road , Darlington , ‘ but I am training to be a teacher . |
| 3 | But I am going to be . |
| 4 | Shelley warned , ‘ But I am going to bed soon . ’ |
| 5 | But I am going to having said that I will tell you of the few accidents that have occurred over the years , and one of them was mine in the early days when I was learning th the full size removal job . |
| 6 | With him , well for some reason he does n't like us , well , you say I was thinking , I 've been thinking as you know this is the sort of thing that I , gets on to my mind , but I was thinking to myself well really and truly we are so honest people ourselves , we do n't go round you know and screw sort of fiddling things , I suppose it comes to hard to us when we discover other people have |
| 7 | But I was referring to a broader issue : |
| 8 | But I was talking to myself . |
| 9 | But I was talking to a Prof up there the other day , the actual A level , do you know , it 's pathetic really , I mean when you 're talking about law degrees you want about threes A's at A and now even accepting C's A , A level C's for engineering itself ! |
| 10 | that is something that 'd happened all of a sudden , of about four throughout the cou , well three at the time throughout the country have suddenly gone like it within about a month or so of each other , and they 've never had any trouble before , but I was talking to Brian and he said that 's a load of cobblers , he says it 's been doing it for a long time and there 's loads of them doing it . |
| 11 | At the moment erm the way that we use computers is , of course , to use a keyboard , but I was talking to some people today who 've now developed and you can buy it , erm a system on which you can write on what you want to say , so that as long as you print fairly clearly you do n't have to learn any new typing skills . |
| 12 | but I ai n't had chance to say to you , but I was saying to cos when I called in and see you think about it he |
| 13 | I 've thought about it , ’ said Nikos , ‘ but I was keeping to surveillance until I was told otherwise . ’ |
| 14 | You have already second , but I was going to second it , and say how very pleased I am to have the opportunity to second it . |
| 15 | And I 'm trying to but I 'm trying to but I , but a person Mr Alex wo n't let him . |
| 16 | I know ZZAP ! has done away with the classified adverts , but I 'm writing to you , hoping you 'll print this : ‘ Wanted — ZZAP ! 64 issue numbers 55 and 68 . |
| 17 | they could go to parish hall but I 'm thinking to myself well why bother ? |
| 18 | ‘ But I 'm going to , ’ said Rachel . |
| 19 | I do n't know what anybody else is having but I 'm going to be bad tonight and have a cigarette and hot whiskey . |
| 20 | But I 'm going to , ’ he said cheerfully . |
| 21 | So I 'm I 'm not only going to be asking the conference office about what 's there , but I 'm going to be going and asking individuals even if we ca n't record your keynote speech here , will you be able to record us interviews , will you be able to record us whatever else . |
| 22 | ‘ Perhaps you will , ’ he said , ‘ but I 'm going to be married in a few weeks ' time . |
| 23 | But I 'm going to be rich ! ’ ‘ |
| 24 | ’ No ’ I groaned , ’ but I 'm going to be ’ . |
| 25 | I may be entirely wrong but I 'm going to be reading those when I 'm allowed to put my hands on a copy finally . |
| 26 | ‘ Lord , Ellie , but I 'm going to be fearful late for school ! ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Thanks all the same , but I 'm going to be busy tomorrow night … ’ she began coldly , putting her spoon back into her dish with a clumsy clatter which splashed strawberry and sugar juice on to her lap . |
| 28 | Half a gross on each board yeah , oh you could n't move away from your board at all and it was erm Mr his eyes seemed to be perhaps I should n't tell you this , but I 'm going to , it may be a bit humorous for you my er Mr used to send me out through the back way into street I think it is now , to wait for the paperman with a sporting book oh should I have said that ? |
| 29 | Everyone else was just , everyone else could have all the faulty stuff , they may not complain , but I 'm going to , |