Example sentences of "i [be] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I been to hospital once to visit someone . |
| 2 | I been to the country once with Annie . |
| 3 | Even in places I been to hundreds of times . |
| 4 | Where had I been to ? |
| 5 | I been to New York only a short while back . ’ |
| 6 | Admittedly there 's nothing else as inane as the tale of Froggie and Miss Mousey among the 13 tracks on Good As I Been To You ( Columbia ) — but neither is there anything actually written by Dylan . |
| 7 | But it 's the difference between the wheezing , cracked , crumbling voice on ‘ Good As I Been To You ’ and the supine , delicate wonderment of Young 's voice on ‘ Harvest Moon ’ which marks the astonishing chasm between the two albums . |
| 8 | What have I been to him ? ’ |
| 9 | Rosita and I are to be punished , stuck there with long faces , alongside our fellow wrong-doers , representations of swarthy people , black as tea taken without milk . |
| 10 | Sir Robert Brackenbury , constable of the Tower , informed me this morning that my brother and I are to be moved . ’ |
| 11 | You know Victor and I are to be married . |
| 12 | ‘ For your information , Lucy and I are to be married — as soon as possible . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Lucy and I are to be married . ’ |
| 14 | I am to be Bishop of Durham . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I am to some extent on home ground there , ’ she said , reluctantly and not looking at him . |
| 16 | If I am to be punished unfairly , could we return to the subject of volunteering for the Parachute School ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I am to be questioned and interfered with and hounded , not to be left , doing a job of work the way I choose , a necessary job , a job our sister has made tediously inevitable , a job the result of which may save us from potential disgrace , even if we can not go so far as to expect it to improve our situation out of all recognition . |
| 18 | I am to be given no privacy . ’ |
| 19 | In this society it follows that real talent goes unrewarded and unflinching purity of soul is automatically derided — on both these counts I am to be numbered among the punished , especially in regard to material goods and services , financial security , the trust and love of friendship , and the divinely counselled companionship of wife and family . |
| 20 | So she began with praise : — the more I think on it Ellen the more beholden I am to you for how you have cared for Oreste and the more fortunate . |
| 21 | He asked for them to be clearly marked , packed in damp moss and sent to Lord Cornbury 's by Oxford Chapel , ‘ where I am to be around generally any morning before ten if you ever have time to call ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ So I am to be punished , after all ! ’ |
| 23 | I am to be legitimated , and made heir to Duart . ’ |
| 24 | I am to be dominated by the truth because I have been made a Christian by the operation of the Holy Spirit within . |
| 25 | After take-off Beaton surveyed his surroundings : ‘ Silk-lined walls , arm chairs like Pullmans , various compartments for eating , sleeping , smoking — this is the aircraft that took Churchill to America … how grateful I am to be among the lucky ones on the last lap for home . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ If I am to be disappointed , I should like to get it over . ’ |
| 27 | Therefore , much as I may myself enjoy theatre-going and much as I may cheer when I see a full theatre , I must contain my own enthusiasm if I am to be a cool observer . |
| 28 | Planning over an 11-year period could , I believe , bring about a veritable revolution , especially if the whole curriculum ( both subjects and cross-curricular themes ) can be welded together , but I want to see some rapid practical progress if I am to be reassured . |
| 29 | Unused as I am to public scribbling , and tardy to boot ( I 've just read your December/January issue ) , I felt I had to thank you for saving me time and trouble ( not to mention hard-won shekels ) , in a search for something which obviously does not exist . |
| 30 | And how lucky I am to be living in Badminton , a beautiful Cotswold village , on the edge of a park in the middle of a great landed estate , with all the amenities provided at my landlord 's expense and responsibility . |