Example sentences of "[conj] i [am/are] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He asked for them to be clearly marked , packed in damp moss and sent to Lord Cornbury 's by Oxford Chapel , ‘ where I am to be around generally any morning before ten if you ever have time to call ’ . |
| 2 | BELVILLE : [ furious ] And is it thus in my fond conceding moments that I am to be answered and despised ? |
| 3 | Do I take it that I 'm to be redeemed from that particular fate ? |
| 4 | ‘ So I am to be punished , after all ! ’ |
| 5 | Rosita and I are to be punished , stuck there with long faces , alongside our fellow wrong-doers , representations of swarthy people , black as tea taken without milk . |
| 6 | Sir Robert Brackenbury , constable of the Tower , informed me this morning that my brother and I are to be moved . ’ |
| 7 | You know Victor and I are to be married . |
| 8 | ‘ For your information , Lucy and I are to be married — as soon as possible . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Lucy and I are to be married . ’ |
| 10 | My name is Howard DeVore and I 'm to be your host for the next eight hours . ’ |
| 11 | I am going to be away Thurs–Sun this week ( Roland , my brother , is getting married and I 'm to be bridesmaid ) but perhaps you would n't mind giving me a ring sometime ? |
| 12 | If I am to be punished unfairly , could we return to the subject of volunteering for the Parachute School ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ If I am to be disappointed , I should like to get it over . ’ |
| 14 | Therefore , much as I may myself enjoy theatre-going and much as I may cheer when I see a full theatre , I must contain my own enthusiasm if I am to be a cool observer . |
| 15 | Planning over an 11-year period could , I believe , bring about a veritable revolution , especially if the whole curriculum ( both subjects and cross-curricular themes ) can be welded together , but I want to see some rapid practical progress if I am to be reassured . |
| 16 | If I am to be autonomous , God must go . |
| 17 | During the time I spent at home I seem to have eaten nothing but apples and , if I am to be believed , an inordinate number of them . |
| 18 | ’ — And if I am to be a great Kha-Khan , I ought to be able to recognise when I am being told the truth . ’ |
| 19 | He said : ‘ I am doing it my way and if I am to be able to beat Alain Prost I want to do it on the track by out-driving him , not by any other means . |
| 20 | Some boys if I 'm to be honest , but we have n't yet worked out the right way of gong about it . |
| 21 | Many people have found its traditional keystrokes to be somewhat less than mnemonic , an opinion I tend to subscribe to , if I 'm to be honest . |