Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [be] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The following afternoon I was to be found in Green Park near Buckingham Palace with two ‘ smart ’ ladies in tow , the Hon Mrs This and That , and I had to photograph their hats . |
| 2 | ‘ I really do n't know what good I am to anyone , ’ he sighed . |
| 3 | You can chuck me in the river , if you like , for all the good I am to meself . |
| 4 | You know and immediately can you see , you 've asked him all these questions you can see what a pain in the neck you are to all the people you 've asked these questions of . |
| 5 | The more I see of her , the more I realise how much of a stranger she is to me . |
| 6 | Every spring she was to be found visiting Fife . |
| 7 | For the underground it was to be almost unknown . |
| 8 | An etymologist he was to the bitter end . |
| 9 | ‘ You do n't know what a pleasure it is to me , Pip , ’ he said once , ‘ to be with my dear boy , in the open air . ’ |
| 10 | For Locke , then , personal identity consists in an identity of consciousness , and not in the identity of some substance whose essence it is to be conscious . |
| 11 | BENEFICIAL gets another chance at Goodwood today to demonstrate just what a loss he is to the Derby . |
| 12 | ‘ The plaintiff was en ventre sa mère at the time of her brother 's death , and consequently a person in rerum natura so that both by the rules of the common law and civil law she was to all intents and purposes a child . |
| 13 | Some respondents to FRED 1 were concerned about exceptional items and the prominence they were to be given . |
| 14 | Enough has been said even in this brief review to make the point that when men wished to designate sanctity or degrees of sanctity it was to the hierarchy of precious substances that they turned for appropriate symbols . |
| 15 | The great bulk of population movement occurred independently of Moscow in the years 1917–22 , but after the end of NEP it was to be strictly enforced , and took place on a vast scale again . |
| 16 | We ca n't really see , for instance , what help it is to the driver to know how much time he spent with wheelslip above the preset 18% limit . |
| 17 | What will her reaction be when she knows that her bright boy , while patting and stroking her and kissing her brow and her blue lips , must have been laughing up his sleeve at her , and thinking what a clever boy he is to be able to live in her fine house and have a big say in her business , while at the same time running a mistress on the side . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Then what an unfeeling little brute you are to be sure . |
| 19 | Helping her to progress from the infant she was to the adult she will become is , I believe , the hardest task of parenting . |
| 20 | On this evening we are to be entertained by a speaker who has investigated the life and time of William Shakespeare . |
| 21 | These asked for an end to the current system of zero-rating goods bound for export to other EC states in favour of levying VAT on all taxable goods sold , regardless of where in the Community they are to be sold . |
| 22 | This all reflects the important part that political organizations played in the Edwardian era , for when politicians needed means of communication and organization in a time of crisis it was to the parties rather than to the state that they turned for the machinery and the expertise ; it was not to be the same in 1939 , with consequent effects on the state of the local parties by 1945 . |
| 23 | They also pointed out that in a competitive market for a homogeneous product it was to be expected that prices would be identical and follow each other closely . |
| 24 | Although the stanchions are in place it was to be a further 3 years before electrification was completed . |
| 25 | The 10,300 parish priests whose job it is to man these churches are thus a rather scant resource . |
| 26 | Then there were officers with particular functions , one whose job it was to be at the scene of the crime before the body was touched or moved . |
| 27 | Kenneth says what a joy it is to be back on one of the Great Western ’ Castles ’ . |
| 28 | It is hard to convey to those who do not remember the abysmal depths of post-war British catering what a heady sensation it was to be invited to strike a blow for improvement — or to strike a restaurant off for bad cooking , uncleanliness or lack of attention . |
| 29 | When he arrived at the meeting it was to be told that he was suspended and barred from his office . |
| 30 | I 've said more'n once to Bessie Beavis what a credit you was to the human race . ’ |