Example sentences of "he be bound [prep] [be] " in BNC.

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1 When speaking to Marco in the prison for instance , he tells him he is bound to be deported , and that there is no hope for him ; Alfieri would realise it was hard for Marco to take , but respected him enough to tell him the absolute truth .
2 He is bound to be nervous too , playing in front of big crowds — a big price tag — expectation — playing for the club he supported .
3 I could just tell them to get there , be there , keep watch there , because he 's bound to be there , has to be there , there of all places .
4 Using such a bureau as a back-up to your in-house facility is obviously a possibility — except that he 's bound to be busy when you need him !
5 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 …
6 He 's bound to be in by now — he 's always early .
7 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 . ’
8 not fair on a animal as I say , he 's bound to be trapped at the bloody door for hours before anybody come in and
9 Oh he 's bound to be now .
10 Erm I ca n't tell you what time he 'll be home really erm well say in the twenty minutes he 's bound to be home cos he he 's been home and then he 's had to shoot out again , he 's gone to get the battery so he wo n't be long .
11 he 's bound to be coming in and wanting to be starting that job
12 If the S.M.O. was right , which he was bound to be , being a very experienced physician , then the crisis would come any time from the day after tomorrow — when I would be on nights ' off .
13 Bell , however , had the misfortune to be a moderate serving in a conservative administration and he was bound to be regarded with suspicion .
14 ‘ I thought the idea was to let the funeral go ahead , or at least make it look like it was ; he was bound to be here .
15 But he was bound to be right still about something .
16 He was bound to be , was n't he ?
17 He was bound to be punished . ’
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