Example sentences of "'s [vb pp] to be [prep] " in BNC.

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1 He 's expected to be off work for a few days but will be recalled for important Commons votes , including the Maastricht Treaty social chapter next Thursday .
2 He 's said to be in a stable condition at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford .
3 He 's said to be in his 50s , stocky wearing a beige jacket .
4 He 's said to be in a stable and comfortable condition .
5 She 's said to be in a great state of shock .
6 This artist 's impression is said to be a good likeness of the attacker who 's thought to be in his late 30s and has a pot belly .
7 and use that as an note and bring that back to one , but you still ca n't do it , so that 's got to be minus one
8 They again fell against each other , their laughter mingling , and Victoria , her voice firm now , said , ‘ He 's bound to be on his way out , if he has n't gone already , and so go on up , do your duty and leave the rest to me . ’
9 She wo n't of watched it , cos it 's bound to be on a Wednesday night !
10 It 's bound to be in the fort , and that overlooks the harbour .
11 You only have to sit in there and you hear the rumours and the gossip that 's going around and the thing is , in the staffroom it 's always the bad kids that are talked about , never the good ones , which I suppose makes sense in a way , but as a new teacher , you come in , you hear these rumours like , I used to hear rumours about Kevin ( an Afro-Caribbean pupil ) and I thought , ‘ Oh , God , I 'll have to watch out for Kevin , everybody thinks he 's a trouble-maker and that means he 's bound to be in my class ’ , but I mean it 's not as simple as that , it really is n't …
12 There 's no Windows version yet — although it 's rumoured to be on its way — so if you want to move over to the GUI there 's no upgrade path for the time being .
13 It 's not , it 's just like a little bead , it 's meant to be on it for that and
14 It 's meant to be like ours that .
15 It 's meant to be in the middle .
16 It 's meant to be in the middle .
17 Oh yeah it 's meant to be in the end there .
18 It 's meant to be from me as well . ’
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