Example sentences of "he to be " in BNC.

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1 They 'd told her , on no account was he to be allowed to cry for a feed , but that at the same time he was n't to be put to the breast unless he really wanted to .
2 I see Pat is drinking , ought he to be ? ’
3 He did make the inevitable protest of the recently released prisoner : was he to be hounded wherever he went , just because of the recent trip ‘ abroad ’ , and surely that debt was paid in full and he could be allowed to start again in , of all places , his old home , which he was only visiting in the hope of finding where his parents had moved to ; to lose touch with his dear mother was not to be borne ; he needed to talk with his parents , to explain things to them , and ask for their forgiveness .
4 At his consecration by the archbishop of York , a dispute broke out about his title : was he to be consecrated as Metropolitan or as Primate ?
5 No longer was he to be a free agent in the matter of policy .
6 So far as I am aware , this was the first occasion on which it was made clear that the period which elapses before a prisoner serving a life sentence is released is determined by consideration of two factors , namely : ( i ) the period necessary to satisfy retribution and deterrence , which has come to be called ‘ the tariff ; ’ and ( ii ) a possible further period if it is thought by the Parole Board and/or the Secretary of State that the prisoner would pose an unacceptable risk of danger to the public were he to be released at the end of his tariff period .
7 The more original and individual the mind of the lecturer , the more valuable is what he says , but the less likely is he to be bound tightly by the syllabus .
8 Was he to be reprimanded or not ?
9 Word of his prowess with the chanthu had spread , Alexei knew , and quarrels were seldom more than exchanges of acid words as a result , because were he to be challenged the choice of weapons would be his .
10 The train had nearly stopped , but only one thought filled his mind : how many warnings was he to be allowed ?
11 And was he to be as abjectly grateful for proffers even from young Eric in the north lands ?
12 What has he to be sure of now in that quarter ?
13 ‘ And with what bribe is he to be persuaded ? ’ flashed Theda .
14 It sounds slightly improbable that my right hon. Friend will be called to a meaningful debate on Scottish constitutional matters in the near future , but will he assure Conservative Members that were he to be so he is fully aware that people in England would take it amiss if any proposition were seriously entertained which allowed Scottish Members to decide matters in Scotland and then to have a say in English matters in England ?
15 I do not mourn for Mr. Fyfe , but is he to be branded a dishonest man because of the Government 's insensitivity in railroading through these unwanted applications ?
16 Were he to be called in the immigration debate Joshua would most certainly abandon the bookshop where he planned to spend at least part of the morning .
17 Was he to be an expert or an arbitrator ?
18 So is he to be he does n't know whether to just carry on or to put a stop to it now or what the hell to do
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