Example sentences of "be [v-ing] to be [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Effectively , they are competing to be last . |
| 2 | Four of the extra 21 community stations are vying to be first on the air . |
| 3 | ‘ I am waiting to be next ’ , wrote Baxter , ‘ the door is open . |
| 4 | Mr Thompson said that groups such as the GAA , Masonic lodges , playgroups , golf clubs and many other organisations could be clamouring to be first on the list for the new free service . |
| 5 | It does put you off and you start thinking , Oh there 's no point trying it cos I know I 'm going to be last . |
| 6 | I mean the if she were going to be next week or something , she 'll maybe want to organize most of it herself . |
| 7 | We 're going to be the first men at the South Pole , and that flag is going to be first , too ! ’ |
| 8 | I therefore am thanking you not , not just as a courtesy but in order to convey just how important your efforts are and just how important the seventy fifth birthday appeal is going to be next year . |
| 9 | " Who 's going to be first into that field ? |
| 10 | So , er it 's going to be first time you ever experience it , actually on , for real as it were ? |
| 11 | And he said it wa I reckon if they do n't fix this weekend it 's going to be next year , early next year . |
| 12 | ‘ I thought it was going to be first come , first served . ’ |
| 13 | I was damned if I was going to be last . |