Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pers pn] be to " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so , i I mean it was to me it was a total waste of time over there ! |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Schelenberg said ’ I suppose he 's to be trusted , this Vagas ? |
| 4 | You were eight years old and I suppose it is to your mother 's credit that she wanted to spare you any court proceedings . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I think he is to be pitied because all he does is make enemies for himself . |
| 7 | 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 " . |
| 8 | But I think it 's to be welcomed that a medical panel will be established . |
| 9 | Erm and I think it 's to a couple of colleagues |
| 10 | I think it 's to that one |
| 11 | I did n't think I like the cut of it very much or , I think it was to tight . |
| 12 | I wish it were to here . |
| 13 | ‘ I wish it were to here . |
| 14 | Might I congratulate you on the birth of Henry , or Harry as I notice he is to be called from the announcement in the papers . |
| 15 | This agrees extremely well with the fact that ( 20 ) is closely equivalent to ( 22 ) : ( 22 ) that is precisely the one It also provides us with a very satisfying explanation of the subtle difference between ( 23 ) and ( 24 ) ; ( 23 ) , with its non-restrictive relative seems at least somewhat odd , whereas ( 24 ) with its restrictive relative is quite acceptable , and so is ( 25 ) which has a non-restrictive relative but lacks the word very : ( 23 ) the very axe , which killed him , is to be sold ( 24 ) the very axe which killed him is to be sold ( 25 ) the axe , which killed him , is to be sold The reason is that the definite article indicates that some means of recognition is available to the audience . |
| 16 | If the key requested is 24 , then the index table will be searched to see in which block it is to be found . |
| 17 | When she woke it was to the incessant chattering of the wheels against the rails and Emily thought she would never arrive at her destination . |
| 18 | She says she 's to be in Leningrad for a day or two — she 's on location at Lake Baikal — to meet Mrs Reagan on her flying visit to the Hermitage . |
| 19 | Their goods were to be confiscated and all who protected them were to be pronounced excommunicate . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | When she spoke it was to the shoes . |
| 22 | You said they were to be brought as soon as they were drawn up . ’ |
| 23 | Oh are we , have you have you been to Boots ? |
| 24 | But I do not think it is this threat alone which explains the sick feeling of dread — rather like the feeling of a man who knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight — which clouds the prospect of a Labour victory . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | And do not let him think he is to be parted from you forever Ellen for this would not be the truth . |
| 27 | One of the things they taught me was to be independent of doctrine , for their separate advice to me was contradictory . |
| 28 | They 'd found out MacQuillan was buying guns for terrorists , so they decided he was to be stopped . ’ |
| 29 | But I like to think they knew I was to be married . |
| 30 | When Pamela 's parents were interviewed they spent a lot of time emphasizing how necessary they thought it was to discipline Pamela . |