Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The facts before them are to do with people dying and being buried or cremated .
2 Well Jim and I are to start with to get the er
3 I am staying for a few days at the Dale End Hotel while I explore the district , and I 'd like to know about the Brownies ' Bridge , as I am to do with Brownies . ’
4 Now tell me what I am to do with you .
5 Tomorrow I am to go to Professor Dachauer at the Academy at 11.00 with Dr Viola .
6 I am to go in that old brown coat and skirt I brought from Bewick — ’
7 I should also like to know what I am to say to Oatridge , St. Kentigerns and other people who are involved at a practical level .
8 Now they have brought forward a plan which is that they should lend me sufficient money to rent another house in which Mr Landor is to have the first floor , comprising three rooms , a book closet , and a terrace , and I am to reside on the ground floor and care for him receiving £30 a year for my trouble .
9 If I am to live by that , he wrote , then this represents all I am capable of .
10 ‘ Say , ’ he said , ‘ you 'd better tell me more precisely about what I am to wear to this ball .
11 He was celebrated at court for the eloquence of his sermons , and in 1683 Lord Dartmouth , who commanded the large fleet which was to visit Tangiers and evacuate its garrison , implored him ‘ For God 's sake , and as I am to answer for the preservation of so many souls as he hath put under my care ’ , to join the expedition as his chief chaplain .
12 I am to teach at a London drama academy .
13 We decided to buy twenty letter box stickers which I am to send for and give you the cheque to this end .
14 ‘ If I am to help on this , then I should know what 's going on .
15 Surely I am to know of what I am accused , besides wrenching your brother-in-law from his wife ? ’
16 I shall need it if I am to race with Mercury here . ’
17 I am to stay for your sake .
18 When I arrive outside the refuge where I am to stay for several weeks ; it is a house with no name .
19 I am to convey to you an expression of the sincere sympathy of the Army Council .
20 ‘ Surely I already know what the contents of our contract are — namely , that I am to work for you for a period of eighteen months , after which time you will release me with my debt to you cancelled ? ’
21 I 'm to leave in the morning , remember ? ’
22 I 'm to go with it now we 've lost you . ’
23 " Mother Benedicta told me yesterday that in a year or two I 'm to go to the village of Yelton .
24 ‘ But the p-powers that be have decided I 'm to go to Jamaica .
25 Cara queried , but as she quickly caught on , ‘ Oh he 's not coming to England — I 'm to go to Czechoslovakia . ’
26 ‘ If I 'm to talk to Evelyn Lennox , ’ he said calmly , ‘ I need to brief myself in advance with anything she might throw at me . ’
27 Yet I am bound to start with it , if I 'm to talk about the story of Jackson Pollock and his wife , the painter Lee Krasner .
28 I 'm to wait on you , Miss .
29 Besides , I 'd much prefer more conducive company if I 'm to travel down river .
30 ‘ But if this Jo answers , I 'm to stick to the script right ? ’
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