Example sentences of "to be [vb pp] [adv] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | And of course sometimes during this apprenticeship Boy knew that what he really wanted was not to be taught to be one of us , not to be taught how to be a man at all , but to be reassured that he might somehow remain a boy forever . |
| 2 | ‘ You 've got to die to be dropped from our Fourths , and then it 's best to be cremated just to be on the safe side . |
| 3 | The impact of that on Leeds residents perception of the migration opportunities is quite different quite different from a new settlement on a very accessible corridor which would have to be promoted and would have to be built quickly to be to present itself as a successful venture . |
| 4 | Conventional male-oriented values are buried in the very foundations of sociology and have to be dug up to be seen ( but not believed ) . |
| 5 | Quite what this means in engineering terms I do n't know , but as far as the knitter is concerned , it means that if you buy the fine gauge lace carriage separately from your machine , the machine and carriage will probably have to be sent away to be tuned . |
| 6 | In order to satisfy Rule 4 , it may be necessary for modules to be brought online to be hard copied prior to deletion . |
| 7 | ‘ Mummy wants some shoes to be taken in to be stitched , and I can call in at Jessica Turvey 's . |
| 8 | ‘ I am not willing to be interviewed only to be compared with the chief executive of some Midlands council . |
| 9 | I am not willing to be interviewed only to be compared with the chief executive of some Midlands council . |