Example sentences of "[be] [pron] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Am I to be weaponless again ? ’ said Hrun . |
| 2 | At length she asked , ‘ Am I to be content with that snippet of intelligence : ‘ Sir George likes me ’ ? ’ |
| 3 | Who am I to be merciful ? |
| 4 | Am I to be interested in you or not ? ’ |
| 5 | The question modern sectarian formations have to ask themselves is also the same question as the early church asked : ‘ Are we to be exclusive or inclusive ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ When it works , it 'll be nothing to be ashamed of It 's what I 've been working towards for most of my professional life , ’ the doctor said defensively . |
| 7 | ‘ The idea is taking off and we are confident the end result will be something to be proud of , ’ he said . |
| 8 | One nice Tory gentleman tells me ‘ I 've done this for all the parties in my time , you know , ’ as if it were something to be proud of . |
| 9 | Studying the fossil record enables us to show what must have happened , but , as Stephen J. Gould has been the most recent to argue , were we to be able to wind the clock of evolution backwards towards the origin of life on earth , and then run it forward once more , quite different outcomes would most likely have occurred ; not only would there probably have been no humans , but perhaps not even any brains . |
| 10 | And even if Harvey had written just about the whole of Amaranth 's damn speech , she would , were it to be successful , be more in need of his favours than Harvey 's . |
| 11 | ‘ There 's nothing to be sorry about . |
| 12 | ‘ There 's nothing to be sorry for . ’ |
| 13 | It 's nothing to be proud of , just a fact . |
| 14 | It 's nothing to be proud of it . |
| 15 | It 's sad enough , Poole , but it 's normal and natural , and there 's nothing to be alarmed about . ’ |
| 16 | I 've got a very optimistic nature , but I 'm not optimistic about anything at all ; there 's nothing to be optimistic about . |
| 17 | There 's nothing to be optimistic about ever . |
| 18 | ‘ That 's nothing to be ashamed of ! |
| 19 | " It 's nothing to be ashamed of … |
| 20 | " There 's nothing to be ashamed about . |
| 21 | " There 's nothing to be ashamed of , Joseph , in not wanting to kill a beautiful animal , " she said softly . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's nothing to be ashamed of , ’ Lindsey said softly . |
| 23 | ‘ There 's nothing to be frightened of , ducks . |
| 24 | Come on , old girl , there 's nothing to be frightened of now . |
| 25 | It 's nothing to be frightened about , it 's not something new , as been stated . |
| 26 | But that 's silly cos there 's nothing to be frightened of is there ? |
| 27 | There 's nothing to be afraid of . ’ |
| 28 | There 's nothing to be afraid of . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ There 's nothing to be afraid of . |
| 30 | There 's nothing to be afraid of on this earth he says , not for those who trust in the Lord . ’ |