Example sentences of "[pers pn] to be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Am I to be mobbed by all these folk for want of an end to their Mystery ? |
| 2 | This enabled the movements of Filden I to be monitored closely from the time she left Dieppe . |
| 3 | I have relatively high stakes in conformity — I happen to have done fairly well out of it ; I would have a certain amount to lose in terms of reputation were I to be apprehended . |
| 4 | Am I to be troubled by a skinny old fool in mirror shades ? |
| 5 | ‘ Am I to be dragged halfway across the country in a cart ? ’ |
| 6 | Am I to be killed in this mysterious attempt to escape ? ’ |
| 7 | Nevertheless , it clearly would n't do for Karen and I to be seen together immediately afterwards . |
| 8 | Foreign communities , whether tribal or otherwise , are no more anxious than you or I to be subjected to intensive and embarrassingly close scrutiny by a tiresome stranger whose aims and intentions may be , to say the least , puzzling . |
| 9 | Am I to be allowed out of here ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Am I to be allowed to phone for a cab from your apartment ? ’ |
| 11 | You have to use these methods because there are fifty cassettes coming in every day and you need yours to be picked out and heard with particular care . |
| 12 | He regarded posterity as the only afterlife worth contemplating and , to show his contempt for the resurrection of the body , he left his to be dissected — a bold gesture that his contemporaries were slow to follow — and his reconstituted skeleton was exhibited in University College , London . |
| 13 | He did n't exactly offer his hand , but when each of them put out theirs he allowed his to be taken and dangled slightly . |
| 14 | He his to be knocked silly before he comes to his senses . |
| 15 | Did this mean therefore that in some way France had forfeited her position in Indochina and was she to be treated as an opponent rather than an ally ? |
| 16 | Was she to be sentenced that long ? |
| 17 | " Well , my son , but where is she to be found ? " |
| 18 | Marie Grubbe was incapable of not loving Søren ; she was neither to be congratulated upon the fact , nor was she to be criticised for it . |
| 19 | is it easier for you to be cared for at home or in hospital ? |
| 20 | ‘ The third defendant denies the plaintiffs ' claim against him but if contrary to his contentions he is held liable to the plaintiffs , he claims against you to be indemnified against the plaintiffs ' claims and the costs of this action , alternatively contribution to such extent of the plaintiffs ' claims as the court may think fit , on the grounds that ( 1 ) at all material times , you were the accountants retained by and advising the plaintiffs and each of them in respect of the proposed transaction ( and in particular the financial aspects thereof ) in relation to which the said alleged liability of the plaintiffs and each of them to [ B.M.T. ] was incurred ; ( 2 ) in about the period from January to September 1983 , you acted in breach of contract and negligently towards the plaintiffs and each of them in that you failed to advise them properly or at all with regard to the said proposed transaction and the financial aspects thereof and in particular failed to explain the full nature and extent thereof to the plaintiffs and each of them and/or failed to advise the plaintiffs as to the commercial prudence of the same and/or the risks inherent in proceeding with the same and/or failed to warn them not to enter into the same ; ( 3 ) that in so far as any financial information was or may have been communicated by the third defendant he did so in reliance upon information supplied by you . |
| 21 | he never made any thing else in his image , but he made you to be created in his image and with that there 's that status , were not just a more intelligent animal , were not just something else that God made even , but were that , that peak of his creative genius , the peak of it , the very pinnacle of it , not because of what we are , but because of the image , the pattern that he was using , his own self , created us in his image , so that gave us status but it gives us responsibility . |
| 22 | First night 's accommodation is prebooked for you and arrangements will be made for you to be met at the airport on arrival and transferred to your hotel . |
| 23 | This is the time you have worked towards , when you will be working on the ‘ showcase ’ productions which will provide opportunities for you to be seen publicly . |
| 24 | If necessary , arrangements can usually be made for you to be seen at home . |
| 25 | A reflective and fluorescent belt , arm-band , slipover or jacket can help you to be seen better . |
| 26 | A reflective and fluorescent belt , arm-band , slipover or jacket can help you to be seen better . |
| 27 | A reflective and fluorescent belt , arm-band , slipover or jacket can help you to be seen better . |
| 28 | There is a subtle but very real difference in where you place the emphasis , and the interviewer will not then automatically make the assumption that there was something lacking in you which caused you to be made redundant . |
| 29 | The European Commission draft regulation seems to permit you to be made anywhere . |
| 30 | Some family planning clinics will also arrange for you to be given a blood test . |