Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [be] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But one thing prison 's taught me is to be very strong , and that I am a worthwhile person . |
| 2 | ‘ Then I could show Mother Francis that I 'd be back up in the convent in time for Mass in the chapel , and she 'd get to know I was to be relied on . ’ |
| 3 | But they did not know they were to be presented with tickets to whisk two people off to Claridge 's . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ It 'd be a very odd individual who , when telephoned by his girlfriend and advised he was to be a father , failed to follow up on it , ’ Vitor growled , starting to walk again . |
| 7 | I did — with admiration , though I never assumed he was to be taken without criticism . |
| 8 | Their goods were to be confiscated and all who protected them were to be pronounced excommunicate . |
| 9 | ‘ We heard nothing until March 1989 when we were told we were to be taken to court — myself , Mrs Roper and Mrs McNeil . |
| 10 | The children were given no explanations , no assurances ; only the oldest of the nine , a fifteen-year-old boy , was told they were to be questioned for a day . |
| 11 | Now , less than 12 months later we are told it is to be withdrawn on February 23 . |
| 12 | One of the things they taught me was to be independent of doctrine , for their separate advice to me was contradictory . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In the years that followed I was to be in that lovely apartment many times visiting Jessica and Celia , who served the most delicious toasted bacon sandwiches and coffee that I have ever tasted . |
| 15 | He entered the room with the pop-eyed , lock-jawed expression of one who was expecting to hear a death-sentence from his commanding officer , but he cracked into smiles of various kinds when he heard we were to be his proteges . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Now , the fact of a past service raises an implication that at the time it was rendered it was to be paid for , and , if it was a service which was to be paid for , when you get in the subsequent document a promise to pay , that promise may be treated either as an admission which evidences or as a positive bargain which fixes the amount of that reasonable remuneration on the faith of which the service was originally rendered . |
| 18 | DAUGHTERS of the rich and famous had to be evacuated from their boarding school yesterday after the headmistress discovered it was to be the site of a massive rave party . |
| 19 | And when Sean Connery discovered he was to be filmed with 8ft sharks for Thunderball his reaction was : ‘ You must be joking — not bloody likely . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | They 'd found out MacQuillan was buying guns for terrorists , so they decided he was to be stopped . ’ |
| 22 | Schelenberg said ’ I suppose he 's to be trusted , this Vagas ? |
| 23 | Surviving Japanese aircraft are few and far between , recent trends to collect and exhibit them are to be encouraged , they represent a fount of experience and knowledge that has only slightly been dipped into . |
| 24 | That the Government , and the Bank considered as an instrument of the Government 's policy , will blame them is to be expected . |
| 25 | On Mr Gajdusek 's behalf , I feel he must mean I am to be impersonal in any help I give you with your problems . |
| 26 | But I like to think they knew I was to be married . |
| 27 | That meant she was to be left with Barbara Coleman and Barbara Coleman was tiresome company . |
| 28 | Villagers in Usk , Powys , thought they were to be the next flood victims when the River Usk rose 20 feet in three hours . |
| 29 | Cobalt said : ‘ He did n't mind her staying longer because it meant he was to be paid more . |
| 30 | Residents were worried that adaptations to the building at the corner of Bow Street and Princes Road meant it was to be used as a morgue . |