Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [adv] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am luckily to be hear to write after the bombing of our works I have not had a chance to explain or to see the person who is in charge of this case … |
| 2 | And incidentally , ’ added the canny Scot , ‘ I am now to be known as Princess Deborah Barbecue . |
| 3 | As one teacher said , ‘ I am still to be convinced whether the energy and time required to do effective evaluation would balance the increased efficiency in teaching which might follow . ’ |
| 4 | I 'm here to be made love to when you need to , or when you think I need to , just to cover up . |
| 5 | I 'm yet to be convinced . ’ |
| 6 | As the front-man , ever in vision , I accept I 'm there to be shot at . |
| 7 | At the moment , I 'm still to be convinced . |
| 8 | Sebastian and I were later to be condemned from altars about divorce . |
| 9 | Sebastian and I were later to be condemned from altars about divorce . ’ |
| 10 | I thought I was just to be shut in the cellar , as usual , the light turned off , as usual , the better to think out my wickedness , the better to pray for forgiveness . |
| 11 | One of the results of this was that I was often to be found across the road at the Edwards ' place . |
| 12 | In this I was happily to be proved wrong , but who could have known that at the time ? |
| 13 | Through the BBC giving opportunities to women I was there to be chosen . ’ |
| 14 | But I told myself that if I was ever to be truly frightened , I should have known it before then . |
| 15 | Well , for one thing , he did n't know about it and I had made a conscious decision that if I was ever to be ( he nearly says ’ become someone ’ ) . |
| 16 | Again , a simple colour change in the test will tell you whether or not you are soon to be a mum . |
| 17 | The boat 's on its side in the water and you 're nowhere to be seen but in fact it 's all quite straightforward , neither the boat nor you can sink and it 's simply a question of pulling the boat back upright again and carrying on sailing . |
| 18 | If however , you 're here to be a beach bum , then the beautiful stretch of white sand contrasted against the clear blue sea is a definite magnet for all keen sun-worshippers . |
| 19 | People think if you 're small , you 're there to be downtrodden , and they have a stack of prejudices about all the other things that I happen to be . |
| 20 | And it 's right : you 're not a service to pop groups , you 're there to be a good writer and to entertain people . |
| 21 | ‘ I looked for you after the raft procession , but you were nowhere to be seen . ’ |
| 22 | It worked , but I thought he was going to lose his mind when we found de Raimes locked in his solar and you were nowhere to be seen . |
| 23 | " You accepted the fact that you were there to be developed , improved and polished , " Eva comments , even if in her case she once took it rather too literally . |
| 24 | Yeah but I mean , she 's here to be is n't she ? |
| 25 | She is also to be reckoned with , I have no fears for her . ’ |
| 26 | A judge should only find a child guilty of contributory negligence if he or she is of such an age as reasonably to be expected to take precautions for his or her own safety ; and then he or she is only to be found guilty if blame should be attached to him or her . |
| 27 | Marie Grubbe was incapable of not loving Søren ; she was neither to be congratulated upon the fact , nor was she to be criticised for it . |
| 28 | Her mother at one time took in a lodger — and she was later to be raped by the man . |
| 29 | He had been searching for Morthen , to protect her from his violent half-brother , but she was nowhere to be found . |
| 30 | She was now to be seen in a small cubby-hole next to Mr Malik 's office , typing furiously , or on the phone to an organization called the Islamic World Unity Fund , which was said to be about to offer Mr Malik and Mr Shah a large sum in US dollars . |