Example sentences of "be [pron] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as it could n't be seen from the cockpit there had been nothing to remind her that it was still open . |
| 2 | The Sola grill is different , it grills so evenly , there 's been nothing to beat it in 25 years . |
| 3 | If she wants to continue our private battle , then who am I to stop her ? |
| 4 | Am I to base my ethical values on the warmth and nature of my social relations ? |
| 5 | Then looking back at Mick who was grinning at him , he bit on his lip and moved his head slightly as if to say , ‘ How am I to take her ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Am I to take it that is the general male philosophy , that shrug-it-all-off attitude ? ’ |
| 7 | Now , am I to take it that sort of appeal will have a very low priority , I mean , how about Oxfam for example ? |
| 8 | How am I to conduct myself ? |
| 9 | ‘ Am I to spend it for your pleasure or my own ? ’ |
| 10 | Am I to let you do this to her ? ’ |
| 11 | And ever since then I 've thought , ‘ Well , you do n't know the situation , circumstances or anything , so who am I to say anything about that person ? |
| 12 | You may wonder : Who am I to set myself up ? |
| 13 | ‘ And how am I to explain my abrupt disappearance to my host ? she asked tersely . |
| 14 | He presented himself as organizer of reciprocities ( ‘ Am I to ask them for a dinar when you are sick ? ’ ) rather than as lineage banker : he noticeably did not raise issues of authority . |
| 15 | How am I to pay my people ? ’ |
| 16 | Still , he wears it proudly , despite the warm weather and his age of only eleven , and who am I to deprive him of his girth , his boorish style , his fun ? |
| 17 | Am I to sling her across my shoulders in a fireman 's lift ? |
| 18 | So as far as reducing stocks are concerned , am I to reduce my figures by |
| 19 | In fact how am I to know you did n't do all this just so we could be in this very position now ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Who are you to charge me with that ? |
| 21 | ‘ Look — first , who are you to decide which women are lovely and which are n't ? |
| 22 | What do you know of love , who are you to decide what I feel ? |
| 23 | He turned on her , ‘ Who are you to order me about ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Richard of Gloucester has never been one to allow his heart to rule his head . |
| 25 | She 's always been one to surround herself with young bucks . |
| 26 | The closer she came to meeting Vitor d'Arcos again , the more her adrenalin surged and the more she wished there had been something to prevent her attendance . |
| 27 | ‘ Are we to sell our cattle or our land ? ’ |
| 28 | Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones : If any new hospitals are built in Wales , such as the East Glamorgan hospital , will the funding for those hospitals , in terms of capital costs , be entirely met by the Welsh Office or , as a result of last week 's disclosure in Construction News , are we to take it that Treasury guidelines to introduce private sector money into such building will mean that the commitment from the Welsh Office will be less ? |
| 29 | Are we to take it that the company headquarters , not the battalion headquarters , will be in Glasgow ? |
| 30 | But how are we to evaluate their size in any particular instance ? |