Example sentences of "be [pers pn] [v-ing] to " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | Am I drawing to you ? |
| 2 | ‘ Am I speaking to John Zacharias ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Who am I speaking to ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Am I speaking to the radiant bride ? ’ |
| 5 | and said er I said who am I speaking to . |
| 6 | It 's Jan from Mold Hello who am I speaking to please ? |
| 7 | ROS : Am I pretending to be you , then ? |
| 8 | Am I expecting to be able to know all there is to know about Claude Cohn-Casson ? |
| 9 | ‘ Am I goin' to be by meself ? ’ asked Dolly in disgust . |
| 10 | Am I going to be in it ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Which school am I going to then ? ’ asked Endill . |
| 12 | ‘ No , Mother , in no way am I going to this Mrs Boston 's . ’ |
| 13 | Am I going to some strange hospital with him to see his dad , or am I going to wander around Bristol all day waiting to be picked up by the police or my poor darling anxious parents ? |
| 14 | Or am I going to be driving ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Am I going to be expelled ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Am I going to be pleased with it ? ’ |
| 17 | First of all , am I going to be able to persuade you to … ’ |
| 18 | Am I going to be able to get out ? |
| 19 | Am I going to be able to pull free ? |
| 20 | ‘ Now , where am I going to sleep ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ So am I going to be rewarded with an explanation , ’ he growled , ‘ or are you just going to stand there sipping that damn punch all evening ? ’ |
| 22 | Nor am I going to be the world 's greatest skier . |
| 23 | I mean you , how am I going to suddenly be better at it . |
| 24 | The car , the car , the hospital bag ( it 's all packed , where the hell is it ? ) call the hospital , hello , my wife 's having a baby , who am I talking to ? |
| 25 | Why am I talking to you like this ? |
| 26 | ‘ Who am I talking to ? ’ |
| 27 | But if you prevaricate and say , ‘ I ca n't comment on this because I 'm an officer of the Council , ’ then they think , ‘ Oh , God , you know , what sort of person am I talking to ? ’ and you lose all your empathy and all the sympathy of the listeners , which is what you 're after . |
| 28 | Ask yourself , ‘ Am I responding to someone else 's fear ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Who 're you talking to ? ’ he inquired . |
| 30 | ‘ So what are you intending to — to do with the land ? ’ she faltered . |