Example sentences of "[coord] [conj] [pron] be [to-vb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Major Maxim then told him that there was no special hurry and that he was to take his time and make his statement complete . |
| 2 | I have dealt at length with these tedious and superficially unimportant details because they are the only area of activity in Anselm 's years as archbishop in which a clear , persistent , and deeply felt course of action — such as can properly be described as a ‘ policy ’ — can be detected ; and if we are to understand his mind , we must understand the importance which he attached to this issue . |
| 3 | And if she were to approach her husband on that basis , that 's a lever of power , is n't it ? |
| 4 | My mother does n't cook very much food , and if I were to cook my own she would see that as greed and put a stop to it . |
| 5 | I 'll quite understand if you do n't feel you can bring yourself to make love in such unsympathetic surroundings , but the bedroom 's a cut above this lot , I can assure you ; and if you were to close your eyes , and just think of me … ? ’ |
| 6 | With that she saw me off with an invitation to visit her the next day after school but that I was to tell my parents in case they were worried where I was . |
| 7 | Ours is a voice which can not be ignored , but if we are to use our influence to full effect we must both recognise and be capable of using our strengths . |
| 8 | True , a state-of-the-art aerobatic machine is expensive , but if we are to represent our county at major championships in a competitive manner then it is required of to run competitive machines . |
| 9 | The Young King 's opportunity was getting nearer , but if he were to show his hand at last , he needed an excuse , a justification for the war which would make sense in his father 's eyes and just might lead him to condone the attack on Richard . |
| 10 | But if you are to leave your audience not merely entertained but also convinced , each word picture must have a purpose and be built into the logical framework so that the latter would be noticeably weaker without it . |
| 11 | It would clearly be very difficult to compare one disaster to another , in fact I 'm not even sure you could do it from a grammatical point of view , but if you were to point your finger somewhere in the world and say , ‘ We really ought to look at what 's happening here , or what might happen there , ’ could you think of one outstanding example ? |