Example sentences of "[be] i [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 How then am I to resolve the morass of conflicting needs and interests of myself and my fellow animals ?
2 Am I to take the dog , the dog was left at mam 's because I 'm gon na be out over
3 What , am I to condemn the girl for one silly mistake to a lifetime of slights and abuse ?
4 So powerless was I to control the evolution that , even when I very much wanted to retrace a particular evolutionary pathway it proved all but impossible to do so .
5 Was I therefore to assume that homelessness was an issue peculiar only to Apex members within the G M B or was I to reach the alternative , and I might say equally ridiculous conclusion , that despite its majority of women membership , toxic sock , shock syndrome was not of particular interest to Apex members ?
6 The alternative had been revealed to me ; with magnificent hardihood , I had ventured into the Other Side ; was I to suffer the fate of the two Dutch explorers ?
7 ‘ How was I to know the chimney would be blocked or whatever it is that 's wrong with the thing ?
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