Example sentences of "[pers pn] be bound [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although my brief has been to examine animal communication , I am bound to be asked whether the Darwinian approach can add anything to understanding the connections between what animals do and what we do . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm bound to be taken for the chauffeur , ’ he laughed out , mispronouncing the word with relish but he was not corrected as he hoped . |
| 3 | So I 'm bound to be recognised . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm bound to be a marked man because of the goals I 've scored this season , but there will be more along soon — I 'm sure of that . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm a sister , so I 'm bound to be a dragon . ’ |
| 6 | ’ I have n't been on the stage for a long time , so I 'm bound to be as nervous as a kitten before I go on . |
| 7 | Did you not know that I was bound to be in my Father 's house ? |
| 8 | But I mean , then I was bound to be very bored , except |
| 9 | I mean , he is n't run of the mill , is he ? … and I thought any lady friend of his was bound to be unusual . ’ |
| 10 | Ten miles away at Ludlow you are bound to be impressed by its looming castle , the delightful mixture of Georgian and medieval architecture and the interesting museum of local history . |
| 11 | Even if you 're not a serious d-i-yer , you 're bound to be aware of this clever invention . |
| 12 | you 're bound to be right . |
| 13 | But I just got one thing that I want , that they gon na send me owt dodgy like a loan shark bloke or owt like that , I mean you , you 're bound to be a bit nervous , you know . |
| 14 | Your wife 's very tired — she 's bound to be weak , after losing so much blood — but you can see her for a few minutes . ’ |
| 15 | You say you do n't want Mo to be hurt , but she 's bound to be if this goes on . ’ |
| 16 | But she 's bound to be rather boring , so they wo n't want to stay all that long . ’ |
| 17 | She 's bound to be fussing with something or other when we arrive , and we 'll be twiddling our thumbs for twenty minutes before she condescends to appear . ’ |
| 18 | We do n't want Americans to think we are n't hospitable , and besides , she 's bound to be lying there thinking of sex , poor little thing , and it 'll be all wet and hairy , and so deliciously — ’ |
| 19 | She 's bound to be interested . |
| 20 | She 's bound to be very worried about you . ’ |
| 21 | Oh she 's bound to be |
| 22 | Still , I guess we 've encroached enough on your weekend , and a girl like you is bound to be in demand , ’ he twinkled . |
| 23 | She was bound to be sick before the last race , either then or on the road to the meeting , or on the road home . |
| 24 | ‘ We 're bound to be on edge , ’ he said , speaking into her hair . |
| 25 | We were too far out now to risk heading in : we were bound to be caught smack in the impact zone . |
| 26 | But then , as RSPB members we were bound to be biased ! |
| 27 | Two of us decided in favour of The Sunday Times and against Mrs Thatcher , and those two did n't give a damn for Mrs Thatcher , we each of us decided it was a matter of principle , knowing that we were bound to be criticised , whatever we did , and we decided it , and there 's an end of it . |
| 28 | There 's none of the rigorous logic and choreographed confusion of real farce , and director Jude Kelly labours under the mistaken impression that if the characters rush around and shout a lot , then they are bound to be funny . |
| 29 | I think that in years to come they are bound to be looked back on as an aberration . |
| 30 | ‘ Liverpool had also bought Mark Wright and when a club has spent more than £5m they are bound to be looking to recoup some money . |