Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] be to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first place it is to be accepted that it is made in wide terms though it is not said that they are so imprecise that there is a doubt as to what is covered by the order . |
| 2 | If questions are used to assert superiority ( 'Have you been to Rajastan ? ' ) then you can disarm the questioner by using real or feigned naivety . |
| 3 | She was willing to be used by him and the outrageous request received the obedient , ‘ Let it be to me according to your word ’ ( Luke 1.38 ) . |
| 4 | ‘ If we are to go out of the Cup then let it be to a side packed with international stars . |
| 5 | Cos we need to cos we need to sort of all hands to the pump next week cos we 've got a big change-over Yeah but I know ink well no cos the leaflet he 's got has only just been approved and it 's going out next week yeah well I mean you 're to ha you 're to handle their enquiries er deal with their enquiries and then tell them to phone yeah yeah yeah but you see it 's the mailing that 's gone out and and then he 's got to do some advertising first two weeks in Feb . |
| 6 | As no vocal chords as we know them are to be found in the larynx , the sounds emitted probably come from the lips of the larynx . |
| 7 | For the briefest second I wonder why my Thomas the Tank Engine mobile has been taken down , but assume it is to be re-positioned to make room for the present . |
| 8 | Eric , who was going through a religious phase at the time which I suppose I was to some extent copying , thought this was a terrible thing to say ; God was n't like that . |
| 9 | This contact may be by post , by telephone or by personal meetings ; the choice will depend very much on how important you are to a magazine and the magazine to you and thus how often you are likely to be working with this particular publication , how physically near you are to each other and indeed how well you get on at a social level . |
| 10 | You were eight years old and I suppose it is to your mother 's credit that she wanted to spare you any court proceedings . |
| 11 | Schelenberg said ’ I suppose he 's to be trusted , this Vagas ? |
| 12 | No matter bow close you are to your home , never lead a suspicious person to it so that he can see you enter an empty house/ flat alone . |
| 13 | But perhaps her greatest achievement with the chimps at Gombe has been to show how astonishingly close they are to humanity — and so to narrow the gap between us and the rest of the animal world . |
| 14 | Though approaching early middle age , on the outbreak of the last world war he at once abandoned his pursuits for active service and very hard service it was to be . |
| 15 | And so , i I mean it was to me it was a total waste of time over there ! |
| 16 | And if you think I 'm to be taken in that easy , Miss Jennifer , then think again ! " and muttering to himself that it was as great a pity to see women weep as geese go barefoot , he took Ann by the arm and went back into his house . |
| 17 | ’ My leftie grandchildren think I 'm to the right of Genghis Khan , but I really believe that you have to show people you ca n't do this sort of thing and get away with it , ’ she says . |
| 18 | The last exchange of messages took place only a few seconds later when the tower asked the height of the aircraft ; on receiving the reply " 1,400 on the QNH " the tower controller observed : " I think you are to the south of the field " . |
| 19 | I think he is to be pitied because all he does is make enemies for himself . |
| 20 | But I think it 's to be welcomed that a medical panel will be established . |
| 21 | Erm and I think it 's to a couple of colleagues |
| 22 | I think it 's to that one |
| 23 | I did n't think I like the cut of it very much or , I think it was to tight . |
| 24 | Think it was to all of Over the Rainbow . |
| 25 | I wish it were to here . |
| 26 | ‘ I wish it were to here . |
| 27 | If the key requested is 24 , then the index table will be searched to see in which block it is to be found . |
| 28 | What have I been to him ? ’ |
| 29 | Incidentally , have you been to the kibbutz library yet ? |
| 30 | ‘ Have you been to eleven Creffield Road ? ’ he asked smugly . |