Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] to be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I shall require you to salute me , to speak to me only as vous , and , when you must address me , I should prefer to be called mon colonel . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ No , ’ she admitted and then added shyly , ‘ I — I should like to be painted . ’ |
| 3 | I might need to be set up and ready to go , with up to £600 to spend . |
| 4 | so he said this one I 'll have to be done |
| 5 | I mean I 've backed out of going , having , I 'm supposed to be working on that on the stalls as well but I backed out of that and said I 've got a hair cut , erm , so I 'll have to be done last . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll have to be getting home , ’ I said . |
| 7 | Some time later , Joe , looking at his wrist watch , said on a note of deep regret , ‘ I 'll have to be getting back , the guests are coming at four . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , thanks for explaining it all to me , but I 'll have to be going too , I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll have to be going . |
| 10 | PAUSE Look , I 'll have to be going now anyway . |
| 11 | ‘ I think I 'll have to be going back now . |
| 12 | But I , I , I I ou really I , I know I 'll have to be thrown into the situation of having to do it |
| 13 | I decided that , for anything I could measure to be considered part of a memory trace or engram , it needed to show the following properties . |
| 14 | I 'd hope to be assassinated before dusk . |
| 15 | Er I 'd want to be seen if it were only back of , back of |
| 16 | I do n't know that I 'd want to be left alone with her for any length of time . " |
| 17 | In fact — ’ his upper lip curled fastidiously as he paused thoughtfully ‘ — in fact , if we did n't have our professional connection to serve as camouflage , I do n't think I 'd care to be seen with you . |
| 18 | She added apologetically , ‘ Sophie thinks I 'm too romantic , and I suppose I am , but I must admit I 'd love to be protected . ’ |
| 19 | If you find me more time , or get an extra teacher in the department , I 'd love to be doing better . |
| 20 | I 'd love to be forced to do it in strange positions . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'd love to be considered a novelty act . |
| 22 | ‘ So you think I 'd prefer to be walled up in that mausoleum — that grave of a house . ’ |
| 23 | If someone offered me my life again , I 'd ask to be born aged sixteen . |
| 24 | I 'd hate to be wearing it ! . |
| 25 | ‘ If I 'd done it then , perhaps I would n't have been fit to go to the Olympics and worlds , and I 'd hate to be sitting here now thinking I could have won . |
| 26 | Simon says in a soap fans ' magazine : ‘ I 'd hate to be going out with some girl that all the boys were hassling or eyeing up . |
| 27 | Curtis told the police when arrested : ‘ I 'd like to be recognized for making the planet a better place to live in . ’ |
| 28 | I 'd like to be seen in something long and flowing for once ! ’ |
| 29 | So I think for next week I 'd like to be looking in some detail , there are two sources on this one is , is and the other is , tho those two are crucial in terms of understanding or , and and that those are crucial in terms of understanding erm why this policy document . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm not scared , I 'd like to be bombed , it ‘ ud be super exciting ! ’ |