Example sentences of "[v-ing] to be [adj] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And remembering it now , with the child of that night growing towards a life of its own in my body , I was appalled again by the memory of a frustration worse than any self-denial , which ended at dawn with us lying apart from each other , both pretending to be asleep but both staring with dry wide-awake eyes into a bottomless pit of dismay . |
| 2 | Base-exchange treatment is in the neighbourhood of 1.5–4p per 1000 gal ( 4546 litres ) , automatic systems tending to be lower than manually operated plants . |
| 3 | At Orbec , twenty kilometres from Lisieux , is the Caneton , a restaurant which you know is going to be good as soon as you enter its doors — the smell is so appetizing — but it is small and not exactly unknown , so it is prudent to telephone for a table in advance . |
| 4 | What are they , that 's going to be heavy as well . |
| 5 | Three right so perhaps someone had divided this pizza up and all the extra people kept coming in and your mum was saying , Oh no I thought there were going to be three and now there 's six of us . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's going to be more than just perfect . ’ |
| 7 | they 're racing on the Thames at Henley as well … 950 competitors are rowing in the qualifying rounds for the royal regatta … 10 women scullers are trying to make it through … for the 950 there are only 330 places to be had so it 's going to be hard and fast … |
| 8 | Now if we think of W U as being er , the expected value of the urban wage , and that equals the probability of getting a job , multiplied by the actual urban wages , alright then this probability of getting a job is going to be important as well . |
| 9 | STRIVING to be better and more distinctive is not confined to the workplace for Francisco Fabrö Riera . |
| 10 | It was getting to be more than just a bad habit ; it was beginning to become an established part of his personality . |
| 11 | In many cases the annual crops planted in the first few years are rapidly being replaced by pasture which itself is frequently proving to be uneconomic and environmentally detrimental . |
| 12 | Recent introductions from America such as N. Charlene Strawn and N. Texas Dawn are proving to be promising and therefore becoming popular . |
| 13 | ‘ Hmm , ’ Janice in a tone that suggested that she was really trying to be interested as well as sound it . |
| 14 | The teachers tried to put life into our lessons and some of the people in my form were trying to be funny as well . |
| 15 | Well it was n't , it was n't that bad but like it was really weird because like you could see like , people like , especially the lads , just sort of looking at you and then like not meaning to be pervy but just like , looking again as if to think why has Emma got a , a extraordinary lump on half the top of her boob , you know ! |