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 ’ .
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