Example sentences of "[coord] i [be] to [be] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | Sir Robert Brackenbury , constable of the Tower , informed me this morning that my brother and I are to be moved . ’ |
3 | You know Victor and I are to be married . |
4 | ‘ For your information , Lucy and I are to be married — as soon as possible . ’ |
5 | ‘ Lucy and I are to be married . ’ |
6 | My name is Howard DeVore and I 'm to be your host for the next eight hours . ’ |
7 | 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 ? |
8 | George and I were to be victims , I was to be taken to the top floor and George to the third floor up . |
9 | Henniker and I were to be taken up to Mr. Ingard 's room , Spalding and Miss Robinson were to go to the offices allotted to us on the second floor . |
10 | It was an affliction rather than a gift , and I was to be healed of it two years later by what I believe was the power of Christ . |
11 | They informed me that my Mom had been taken into hospital and I was to be taken into care until she recovered . |
12 | Mother and Father had been married for six years and I was to be their only child . |
13 | But I was to be disappointed . |
14 | I could n't think of a single thing to say , but dimly realized that I now had my role for the evening ; I had done nothing to bring this off ; but I was to be the identifiable face of the campaign . |
15 | You were being frightened off because you 'd started asking questions , but I was to be killed because I 'd found some answers . ’ |
16 | It had dawned on me that not only was I leaving the comfortingly familiar surroundings of primary school but that I no longer had any influence whatsoever on the other pupils at the school which I had had before but I was to be demoted to ‘ the annoying first year ’ . |