Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am here to — ‘ |
| 2 | I am luckily to be hear to write after the bombing of our works I have not had a chance to explain or to see the person who is in charge of this case … |
| 3 | And incidentally , ’ added the canny Scot , ‘ I am now to be known as Princess Deborah Barbecue . |
| 4 | As one teacher said , ‘ I am still to be convinced whether the energy and time required to do effective evaluation would balance the increased efficiency in teaching which might follow . ’ |
| 5 | His moustache be so fine , I am nigh to a swound ! |
| 6 | ‘ Well , I 'm away to my lunch . |
| 7 | I 'm away to the dentist myself . ’ |
| 8 | I was walking along with my girl and I see my old man and I was scared , you know , smoking , but at the same time I did n't want to throw it away because my girl was there , you know , and she 'd see it , and I just kept on walking and my old man stopped and said to me , ‘ Give me a light ’ , and I give him a light , and he said , ‘ I 'm away to the shops ’ , and I was , you know , thinking , I can get away with this . |
| 9 | " I 'm away to London tonight and then to France . " |
| 10 | And my my aunt that I my grandmother that I stayed with , their neighbour down the stair was quite indignant and saying , I 'm away to work and she 's getting twelve shillings the same . |
| 11 | and a cup of coffee and a cigarette , and I always do that but this day I was so tired after the doing the garden , both gardens like and fucking weeding them all and doing everything else and brushing out the back and doing I said to him for fuck 's sake do them dishes for me for a change William would you I said , so I got er got myself in the bath said I 'm away to bingo , so William 's gone out what happened ? eight , I had eight he had one you may get yourself I said ah fuck no wonder I have no fucking luck , so on the settee and said I 'm not going anywhere , I sat for ten minutes then I said ah fuck you why should I sit here so I lifted the car keys and walked out again then , fucking zooming out of and there was John coming up like that |
| 12 | ‘ Be a darling , ’ he went on , ‘ do n't mention I 'm here to anybody . |
| 13 | I 'm here to be made love to when you need to , or when you think I need to , just to cover up . |
| 14 | I 'm here to second this composite , number sixteen , as regards public ownership of utilities . |
| 15 | There 's no fee involved , it 's a completely free service , all I 'm here to really do today is to have a chat with you , find out what you 're interested in and see if we can situation , is that alright ? |
| 16 | Labour 's shadow chancellor John Smith unveils their alternative budget promising everyone earning up to £22,000 a year they would be better Dr Ashok Kumar launched his campaign to retain Langabrugh pledging ‘ I 'm here to Opinion polls show the Tories with a three point Labour say they would scrap the City Technology Colleges if they won power . |
| 17 | I 'm yet to be convinced . ’ |
| 18 | As the front-man , ever in vision , I accept I 'm there to be shot at . |
| 19 | At the moment , I 'm still to be convinced . |
| 20 | Sebastian and I were later to be condemned from altars about divorce . |
| 21 | Sebastian and I were later to be condemned from altars about divorce . ’ |
| 22 | I thought I was just to be shut in the cellar , as usual , the light turned off , as usual , the better to think out my wickedness , the better to pray for forgiveness . |
| 23 | One of the results of this was that I was often to be found across the road at the Edwards ' place . |
| 24 | In this I was happily to be proved wrong , but who could have known that at the time ? |
| 25 | Through the BBC giving opportunities to women I was there to be chosen . ’ |
| 26 | As I had n't been invited to that , I had to conclude that I was there to work , wearing my professional hat . |
| 27 | This was absolutely vital if I was ever to ‘ fly ’ her , because it would be the lure of food on my fist that made her come back to me . |
| 28 | But I told myself that if I was ever to be truly frightened , I should have known it before then . |
| 29 | Well , for one thing , he did n't know about it and I had made a conscious decision that if I was ever to be ( he nearly says ’ become someone ’ ) . |
| 30 | Again , a simple colour change in the test will tell you whether or not you are soon to be a mum . |