Example sentences of "be [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | And they know they 'll have to unite behind the new one if they 're to be a force at the next General Election . |
| 32 | And you 're to be allowed the freedom of the outer ward , to take air and exercise with me sometimes . |
| 33 | Mhm but they 're to be qualified people involved . |
| 34 | The return system , we , we say to the girls they must come back but they 're to be incorporated within the round . |
| 35 | They 're to be eat away . |
| 36 | I 'm to be governess to a little boy in Edinburgh , and you 're to take charge of an antique loony in Penzance . |
| 37 | ‘ I 'm to be on the committee of the Society for the Relief of Distressed Widows , ’ she told him one day . |
| 38 | I 'm to be like you . |
| 39 | And if you think I 'm to be taken in that easy , Miss Jennifer , then think again ! " and muttering to himself that it was as great a pity to see women weep as geese go barefoot , he took Ann by the arm and went back into his house . |
| 40 | ‘ I 'm to be slightly too clever , the hare to your tortoise , so that you can plod past me half-way round the course and make me look a fool . ’ |
| 41 | My name is Howard DeVore and I 'm to be your host for the next eight hours . ’ |
| 42 | ‘ Then I 'm to be a spectator , ’ she said . |
| 43 | 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 ? |
| 44 | Some boys if I 'm to be honest , but we have n't yet worked out the right way of gong about it . |
| 45 | Do I take it that I 'm to be redeemed from that particular fate ? |
| 46 | Many people have found its traditional keystrokes to be somewhat less than mnemonic , an opinion I tend to subscribe to , if I 'm to be honest . |
| 47 | If you need to see me you know where I 'm to be found . |
| 48 | ‘ Our job will be to be flexible . |
| 49 | How valuable it would be to be able to reconstruct what the site looked like while excavation was in progress . |
| 50 | The ideal situation , of course , would be to be empathic and in rapport with the horse . |
| 51 | Because the reasons against the acceptance of authority vary it is not possible to discover in advance how strong the reasons for acceptance of the authority need be to be sufficient . |
| 52 | One way to cut down on cars in cities might be to be to make this form of travel much less convenient , by cutting the number of parking places available in cities , for the public and companies alike — hardly popular measures . |
| 53 | He said , ‘ So the most I can hope for would be to be at home on a respirator full-time ? ’ |
| 54 | What a deprivation it would be to be blind ! |
| 55 | This allowed a number of questions to be to be formulated from the activity lists ( Fig 11.15 ) for discussion with all those persons in the EPH dealing with financial matters , the answers being noted on a separate formatted sheet . |
| 56 | It is too easy to lose control when one lives alone ; the aim must always be to be ‘ alone but not lonely ’ . |
| 57 | Oh how wonderful it must be to be an indie musician ! |
| 58 | If Labour is to have a role in Scotland , then it surely must be to be in the forefront of that fight with the Scottish people . |
| 59 | How wonderful it must be to be a great artist like Mr Beaumont or a musician like Mr Fergus or even a teacher like half the church . |
| 60 | I used to wonder just what the kestrel was looking at , what it was thinking , and I 'd imagine how wonderful it must be to be suspended in mid-air , looking down on the Earth as it was . |