Example sentences of "[adj] i [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any event , Miss Kyte — at least Theda , for that I know to be her real name — is not to lose by this . |
| 2 | We had only brief glimpses of the parrot as it flew across gaps in the canopy , and with that I had to be content . |
| 3 | In the next letter he wrote me , dated 7 May , he announced that he was to have a holiday ; and this I knew to be much overdue . |
| 4 | At seven years old I determined to be a great footballer . |
| 5 | No matter how realistic and cautious I tried to be about changes at home , in my heart I only wanted reassurance that things would be as before . |
| 6 | And I 'll tell you one more thing , Mr Oh , so famous Vila , if you want to get rid of me , you ca n't begin to imagine how much I want to be rid of you ! |
| 7 | And I 'm awfully glad I happened to be passing . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm glad I happened to be awake , ’ I said , ‘ but I must go now . |
| 9 | I do n't feel he 's got to go , but , he 's lucky I suppose to be chosen to go |
| 10 | Agility , speed , muscular power , sharpness of reflex , accuracy of judgment , these I presume to be some of the attributes with which blacks are thought to be born . |
| 11 | While you waited to see me , you had plenty of time to reflect on just how good I had to be to afford a suite of offices like this one . |
| 12 | Quite early , I made up my mind that all I wanted to be was a top flight boxer , to follow Jack Johnson in my own way and become the first black British heavyweight champion . |
| 13 | There 's a In in the weekend review with the Daily Mail today , Bonny Langford is sitting there saying all I want to be is a women , and not thought of as a little girl . |
| 14 | But I 'm not sure I want to be cured of you , Aphrosyne Taylor-Agathangelou . ’ |
| 15 | But in 1914 I wanted to be purely English so as to be able to offer myself untainted to Lily . |
| 16 | First I had to be cleansed — this meant drinking a lot of medicated water and throwing it up again . |
| 17 | I have to win her , I have to earn her , but first I have to be near her . |
| 18 | Unless it is an easy switch-on or switch-off I tend to be lost . |
| 19 | the trainers course , the less inclined I feel to be able to do it . |
| 20 | I know next to nothing about wild flowers , and what little I do know I learnt largely when I was a pink-kneed " Boy Sprout " in Manchester and in order to pass some badge or other I had to be able to burn some dough on a stick over an open fire , make smoky porridge and recognise six kinds of trees and flowers from their leaves and blossoms . |
| 21 | Okay Chair , that 's just a note that it er , it 's a matter we 've raised with this Committee on several occasions in the past , and getting close I think to being able to present some detailed figures as to the likely costs in future , of firemen 's pension sch scheme to Shropshire County Council . |