Example sentences of "and [pos pn] [noun] be [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it seemed , sir , when first I talked to Mrs Browning , before ever I mentioned my plan , or else I would not have mentioned it , it seemed Ferdinando was to go , that there was no choice , that he was nigh essential to your comfort , and then , having spoken out , to find he was not and therefore he would not go and my plan was to come to nothing — it is hard to understand , sir . ’ |
| 2 | The teachers are forced to cancel the 800 metres when the other competitors all withdraw rather than be humiliated by being beaten by me and my Mum is moved to tears of joy and pride as I win the 4 × 100 metres relay race on my own . |
| 3 | And my mum 's going to on holiday to Wales she thinks , this summer |
| 4 | And my mind is drawn to these things by an irresistible force . ’ |
| 5 | The rear door of the car opened and my father was observed to be standing there , a few steps back from the vehicle , gazing steadily into the interior . |
| 6 | The girl 's body was curved and slender and my hands were straying to the ribbons on her bodice . |
| 7 | Mathematics is viewed as socially neutral and its content is held to be independent of the material world . |
| 8 | Although the revolt lasted less than a month and its effects were confined to a small region , Gubec became a folk hero to the peasants . |
| 9 | The phasor potential difference across the capacitance C lags 90° behind the phasor potential difference VR across the resistance R , assuming negligible loading of the output taken between terminals P and O , while All of these aspects are maintained in the phasor diagram of figure 8.12(b) and its geometry is seen to be such that the point P moves over a circle , centre O , as the resistance R is varied . |
| 10 | Even some members of the Party and its affiliates were said to be included . |
| 11 | In 1919 a herdbook was established for this breed of Central and Upper Belgium and its name was changed to Blanc-Bleu or Witblauw in 1971 . |
| 12 | Er and its music 's going to be provided by the great Phil Kelsall , the resident organist at the Tower Ballroom Blackpool . |
| 13 | This is the most popular size of small board since it is fast and its size is suited to coastal sailing . |
| 14 | The type of government in power and its stability are bound to be of concern to expatriates . |
| 15 | In the 15th century the town and its palace were thought to be the most beautiful in all Italy . |
| 16 | One house was the most magnificent on the island and its garden was considered to be the best of its kind in the whole of the nation . |
| 17 | Local knowledge of the quality of land and its potential is thought to be more important . |
| 18 | It was years since she 'd played , of course , and her fingers were bound to be rusty , but she could n't resist trying out some of the pieces of music she used to play so long ago . |
| 19 | Britain 's voluntary , though gradual , conversion of the colonial Empire into the British Commonwealth of Nations would help her recovery as a great power : her military commitments to provide overseas garrisons should diminish , and her influence was expected to be enhanced as she became the central pivot of an association of free and independent states girdling the globe . |
| 20 | The Heritage was working out of Scarborough and her crew are believed to be from Bridlington . |
| 21 | When she had to set a plate before him she could smell pomade on his hair , and her gaze was drawn to the long , clever hands which had once touched her body so intimately and unprofessionally . |
| 22 | Once at the Prince Albert Street police station , Amaranth and her escort were taken to a small , comfortably furnished room where they were interviewed by a woman detective . |
| 23 | Absorbed by loving considerations of her tastes , Mitzi did not notice that Elisabeth was not replying , and her attention was drawn to her companion only when the peculiar noise of the latter 's choking was sounding right round the Hall . |
| 24 | She also sought the help of the Canadian High Commission and her appeal was forwarded to the Canadian Veterans Affairs Department , which has provided information on the three Canadians in the crew . |
| 25 | That cultural regulation , as we have seen , is controlled by men , for ( and this brings me to the third point ) , within this scheme of thought , woman herself is placed more fully within the realm of nature than man in consequence of the fact that more of her time and her body are seen to be taken up with the natural processes surrounding reproduction of the species . |
| 26 | Three days after the news had been brought to Margaret in Edinburgh she died , and her body was taken to the church she had endowed at Dunfermline . |
| 27 | Emergency regulations insisted upon immediate burial , and her body was carried to a cemetery outside the town . |
| 28 | She was said to have been suffering from depression and her death was ascribed to suicide . |
| 29 | She turned the key in the lock ; the heavy door swung open and she and her family were admitted to the house . |
| 30 | Baby Two and her mother were transferred to a hospital nearer their home the day before . |