Example sentences of "[adv] i [be] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One day I was called back from my duties of covering the coroner 's and juvenile courts and told that henceforth I was to be the paper 's " walking reporter " tramping the Dales and picking up whatever stories I could find . |
| 2 | BELVILLE : So I am to be exposed in my house by such a sauce-box as you . |
| 3 | So I am to be bought off — like a common harpy ! ’ |
| 4 | Govt. defeated and so I am to be P.M. The load will be heavy and I am so much alone . |
| 5 | Meanwhile I was to be foisted on my reluctant Aunt Harriet , whom I had only previously met at family gatherings . |
| 6 | Now I was to be a sales assistant . |
| 7 | Now I was to be given to Syl . |
| 8 | ‘ Then I 'm to be a spectator , ’ she said . |