Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 61 | My name is Howard DeVore and I 'm to be your host for the next eight hours . ’ |
| 62 | ‘ Then I 'm to be a spectator , ’ she said . |
| 63 | 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 ? |
| 64 | Some boys if I 'm to be honest , but we have n't yet worked out the right way of gong about it . |
| 65 | Do I take it that I 'm to be redeemed from that particular fate ? |
| 66 | 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 . |
| 67 | If you need to see me you know where I 'm to be found . |
| 68 | ‘ If I were to be wrapped up warmly , and … ’ |
| 69 | George and I were to be victims , I was to be taken to the top floor and George to the third floor up . |
| 70 | The nut appears to be plastic and , if I were to be really picky , has been cut a hair on the high side . |
| 71 | If I were to be critical it would be to say that the scratchplates could be finished off more tidily , and occasionally the necks and bodies do n't look entirely new — although that 's hardly surprising , really . |
| 72 | 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 . |
| 73 | If I were to be denied my belief in the almost limitless potential of my students , I 'd give up . |
| 74 | But it or if I were to be thinking I 'd say , Is n't he . |
| 75 | Later they told me that the examination had shown that I was not yet sixteen and that I was to be sent back on the next flight . ’ |
| 76 | I saw some of the places that were to play an important part in the later dramas of my life : the great Clerecia church where I was to be sitting one momentous morning , and beside it the lovely Casa de las Conchas , its walls decorated with rows of carved scallop shells — seven rows adorn the upper storeys . |
| 77 | If I was to be arrested , I would be arrested with dignity . |
| 78 | The upshot was that I was summoned by the university authorities and told that I was to be allowed to continue my studies but only under certain stringent conditions . |
| 79 | And it was because you told her I was to be the baby 's legal mother when the adoption went through . ’ |
| 80 | I was to be incarcerated for another two days and nights on a diet of three assorted pills and a curious fizzy powder in a paper wrapper , presented every few hours with instructions in mime . |
| 81 | 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 . |
| 82 | In the years that followed I was to be in that lovely apartment many times visiting Jessica and Celia , who served the most delicious toasted bacon sandwiches and coffee that I have ever tasted . |
| 83 | After the lecture there were tea and refreshments and it was not until fairly late that I rang Emily just to say Hello , and how sorry I was to be too busy to get over to the house to see her this trip . |
| 84 | What if , like my poor neighbour , I was to be so riddled with cancer , that after cutting me open , they just sewed me up and sent me home ? |
| 85 | How glad I was to be homeless . |
| 86 | I was to be at the harbour at 8 a.m. on the dot . |
| 87 | George and I were to be victims , I was to be taken to the top floor and George to the third floor up . |
| 88 | As it turned out , fate had decreed that I was to be the one who would change this unhappy state of affairs . |
| 89 | She did not know that I was to be there and came forward saying : ‘ My dear Elizabeth , what a very nice surprise . |
| 90 | They informed me that my Mom had been taken into hospital and I was to be taken into care until she recovered . |