Example sentences of "he [be] [adv] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the war Grosvenor remained neutral ; he is not to be confused with his eldest son , Richard Grosvenor esquire , who played a prominent part in the royalist defence of Chester . |
| 2 | Mr. Bingley must also return their visit by visiting the Bennets , if he is not to be rude . |
| 3 | Presumably he 's not to be soft-soaped by a glass of Amontillado . ’ |
| 4 | The doctor said he was n't to be excited . ’ |
| 5 | If he had hoped for a gentle introduction to the life of the School , he was soon to be disappointed , for 1978 was to be the year in which far-reaching changes were to be set in motion . |
| 6 | He had seemed thrown for a moment , as though it had genuinely slipped his mind that he was about to be married . |
| 7 | He looked as if he was about to be sick . |