Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] be [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone understands what is to be done . |
| 2 | " May I know who is to be my husband ? " |
| 3 | ‘ I heard there were to be fireworks , ’ Sean said . |
| 4 | Schelenberg said ’ I suppose he 's to be trusted , this Vagas ? |
| 5 | I delivered what was to be my longest speech of the evening , saying that I gathered he was keen to talk about his role , to talk about Gary . |
| 6 | Erm , it is particularly impressive to see so many plus signs on the budget , particularly and I think there 's to be I assume this is a standard thing |
| 7 | I think he is to be pitied because all he does is make enemies for himself . |
| 8 | But I think it 's to be welcomed that a medical panel will be established . |
| 9 | ‘ I thought I said there were to be no unaccompanied flights ? ’ she snaps . |
| 10 | I said there was to be a sale , but I would ask the solicitor ; and afterwards , when he came to take the barometer away , he took it down from the wall very , very gently . |
| 11 | Might I congratulate you on the birth of Henry , or Harry as I notice he is to be called from the announcement in the papers . |
| 12 | This agrees extremely well with the fact that ( 20 ) is closely equivalent to ( 22 ) : ( 22 ) that is precisely the one It also provides us with a very satisfying explanation of the subtle difference between ( 23 ) and ( 24 ) ; ( 23 ) , with its non-restrictive relative seems at least somewhat odd , whereas ( 24 ) with its restrictive relative is quite acceptable , and so is ( 25 ) which has a non-restrictive relative but lacks the word very : ( 23 ) the very axe , which killed him , is to be sold ( 24 ) the very axe which killed him is to be sold ( 25 ) the axe , which killed him , is to be sold The reason is that the definite article indicates that some means of recognition is available to the audience . |
| 13 | Such consultation was undertaken through a Great Council , from which evolved what was to be recognized as a parlement or Parliament . |
| 14 | If the key requested is 24 , then the index table will be searched to see in which block it is to be found . |
| 15 | ‘ But as you say what 's to be found ? |
| 16 | She says she 's to be in Leningrad for a day or two — she 's on location at Lake Baikal — to meet Mrs Reagan on her flying visit to the Hermitage . |
| 17 | Their goods were to be confiscated and all who protected them were to be pronounced excommunicate . |
| 18 | And of the three of us who knew there was to be a young man on his way down to us by that path during the evening , how many have already made the leap forward to give this nameless victim a name , and begin to see certain reasons why it might be expedient for some if he never reached us ? |
| 19 | And if you think I 'm to be taken in that easy , Miss Jennifer , then think again ! " and muttering to himself that it was as great a pity to see women weep as geese go barefoot , he took Ann by the arm and went back into his house . |
| 20 | You said they were to be brought as soon as they were drawn up . ’ |
| 21 | After all , she knows what is to be done . |
| 22 | But I do not think it is this threat alone which explains the sick feeling of dread — rather like the feeling of a man who knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight — which clouds the prospect of a Labour victory . |
| 23 | As no vocal chords as we know them are to be found in the larynx , the sounds emitted probably come from the lips of the larynx . |
| 24 | Spokeswoman Lesley Austin , who lives on Bow Street , said : ‘ We know there is to be a washroom at the rear of the building . |
| 25 | Top talks as if it rested with me to settle who were to be the Unionist candidates for the constituencies . |
| 26 | And do not let him think he is to be parted from you forever Ellen for this would not be the truth . |
| 27 | One of the things they taught me was to be independent of doctrine , for their separate advice to me was contradictory . |
| 28 | ‘ I think they know what 's to be done , Mrs Crumwallis , ’ said Hilary Frome , coming in from the sitting-room and taking immediate charge . |
| 29 | They 'd found out MacQuillan was buying guns for terrorists , so they decided he was to be stopped . ’ |
| 30 | But I like to think they knew I was to be married . |