Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] to be [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And it was your grandmother who convinced you you were n't an ugly duckling , that you would grow up to be a swan ? ’ |
| 2 | She had defended this unconventional opinion , and undercut the threatened ostracism of her playground peers , by broadcasting her intention , too ludicrous to take seriously , that she should grow up to be a spacewoman . |
| 3 | She 'd hoped Bernard would grow up to be a priest : now he 'd taken up with a woman . |
| 4 | There 's nothing I want more than that my daughter should grow up to be the sort of person who gets along with everybody . ’ |
| 5 | She knew he had the Master Sergeant 's genes and she was worried he 'd grow up to be an adulterer , just like his dad . |
| 6 | I did n't set out to be a sculptor but discovered at college it was much more of a natural thing for me . |
| 7 | I know many children and I enjoy looking after them I plan to do this for my career as I have applied to Suffolk College for a place in the Nursery Nursing course so that I can go on to be a Nanny . |
| 8 | These short filmmakers are the people who will go on to be the Jarmans , Greenaways , Jarmuschs of the Nineties ; see their work now and tell your friends you discovered them first ! |
| 9 | From there , if you want to , you can go on to be an accountant . |
| 10 | Yasmin says that she did n't start out to be a model . |
| 11 | He wanted to be gone , even though Deuce made reassuring promises and Doug could one day turn out to be a friend . |
| 12 | The long line of leading Conservatives on the platform fixed their faces into expressions of interested concern , and prepared themselves for what could only turn out to be a surfeit of oratory . |
| 13 | The relative permeability may turn out to be a tensor ; it may take on very high values , say 106 or more , or it may have a value very close to unity , say 1.00002 for a wide range of temperatures , and then on cooling the material another few millidegrees unc may drop to zero . |
| 14 | Next morning , Folly woke up half expecting that it would all turn out to be a dream . |
| 15 | " Well , you might turn out to be a nuisance to Edward . " |
| 16 | ‘ The whole thing could turn out to be a mare 's nest . ’ |
| 17 | And with luck , it could turn out to be a bit of gang warfare which nobody is — unofficially , of course — ; going to bust a gut trying to solve . |
| 18 | Will my right hon. Friend confirm that there will be swift Government action to remedy that situation and will he commiserate with the Leader of the Opposition about the fact that his and his party 's principal supporter should turn out to be a crook ? |
| 19 | If they were caught it could all turn out to be a mistake of course . |
| 20 | In a town with a name so closely associated with horses , Clair hopes her idea will turn out to be a winner . |
| 21 | A cohesion fund was agreed that would turn out to be a subset of structural funds with the intention of ensuring that money which is diverted within the Community for the right purposes goes to the areas that most need it . |
| 22 | ‘ In fact , it may not turn out to be a job at all , but without you we could n't know for sure . ’ |
| 23 | Indeed , it could be said , that even if the Kouros does turn out to be a fake , it will have generated more detailed research into Greek sculpture than any other work in existence . |
| 24 | Titled The Dialogic Novels of Malcolm Bradbury and David Lodge , it may yet turn out to be a joke played by Bradbury . |
| 25 | ONLY three weeks into his term , South Africa 's President , FW de Klerk , took what may turn out to be a milestone decision and announced the unconditional release of all but one of the black activists jailed more than 20 years ago in the Rivonia treason trial . |
| 26 | In Germany , where Hertz had discovered the radio waves in accordance with Maxwell 's theory of the electromagnetic field , and where in 1895–7 W. K. Röntgen ( using a Crookes tube to generate cathode rays ) had discovered X-rays , the general belief was that the cathode rays would also turn out to be a form of wave in the ether . |
| 27 | However , with the underlying trend showing production flat and the official government figures notoriously volatile , economists cautioned that the rise could turn out to be a blip . |
| 28 | If he is , that telephone could turn out to be a time-bomb with a short fuse . ’ |
| 29 | The average business traveller , who does n't pay his own bills or make his own booking , will plump for that option in preference to a detour down a country lane or through suburbs in search of some unknown quantity which might turn out to be a gem . |
| 30 | Should she prove to be young and pretty this might even turn out to be a pleasure . |