Example sentences of "tae be " in BNC.

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1 ‘ There 's still an account tae be settled .
2 ‘ Tryin' tae be funny Harry ? ’
3 ‘ They dinna' seem tae be carrying my skipping-rope , so perhaps they 've thrown it dawn somewhere . ’
4 ‘ You 're supposed tae be educated , eh !
5 I never used tae be fat . ’
6 She was right fly tae be still at school . ’
7 I 'm old enough tae be his mother . ’
8 ‘ He would need tae be a fit real man , ’ Winnie said .
9 He used tae be a real fine build of a man . ’
10 ‘ And he 's a right tae be , ’ Pol agreed .
11 ‘ Ye want tae be a man about it , ’ Rab rebuked Paddy .
12 ‘ I 'm mighty handy wie this auld pat when I 've a need tae be , ’ he said ,
13 ‘ Then after the wine , ’ Winnie said , ‘ and only the one , I do n't want tae be having tae carry ye out . ’
14 ‘ Aye , ’ Paddy said , looking at Winnie , ‘ ye must have a right fat purse tae be going away tae London . ’
15 ’ Hell , man , dae I huv tae spell it oot that times are hard an' there 's no work goin' at the doacks an' it 's nae a time tae be existin' oan charity ! ’
16 ‘ Aye , an ’ there used tae be at least thirty thousand here every Saturday in the auld days . ’
17 But foo love cam tae be , Gud kens :
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