Example sentences of "[conj] i [be] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He asked for them to be clearly marked , packed in damp moss and sent to Lord Cornbury 's by Oxford Chapel , ‘ where I am to be around generally any morning before ten if you ever have time to call ’ . |
| 2 | I saw some of the places that were to play an important part in the later dramas of my life : the great Clerecia church where I was to be sitting one momentous morning , and beside it the lovely Casa de las Conchas , its walls decorated with rows of carved scallop shells — seven rows adorn the upper storeys . |
| 3 | BELVILLE : [ furious ] And is it thus in my fond conceding moments that I am to be answered and despised ? |
| 4 | Do I take it that I 'm to be redeemed from that particular fate ? |
| 5 | Later they told me that the examination had shown that I was not yet sixteen and that I was to be sent back on the next flight . ’ |
| 6 | The upshot was that I was summoned by the university authorities and told that I was to be allowed to continue my studies but only under certain stringent conditions . |
| 7 | As it turned out , fate had decreed that I was to be the one who would change this unhappy state of affairs . |
| 8 | She did not know that I was to be there and came forward saying : ‘ My dear Elizabeth , what a very nice surprise . |
| 9 | It was from Magda that we heard early in September that a British Sunday newspaper had reported that an Iranian with close links to Hezbollah had said in Beirut that I was to be released immediately . |
| 10 | Did you truly believe , it seemed to say , that I was to be so easily pinned down ? |
| 11 | ‘ The Prince of Wales discovered that I was to be at Broadstairs at this time ; my cooking pleased him , ’ he added simply , ‘ and voilà , he asked for me to cook this banquet too . |
| 12 | ‘ So I am to be punished , after all ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ So I was to be delivered back to that fool , was I ? |
| 14 | Rosita and I are to be punished , stuck there with long faces , alongside our fellow wrong-doers , representations of swarthy people , black as tea taken without milk . |
| 15 | Sir Robert Brackenbury , constable of the Tower , informed me this morning that my brother and I are to be moved . ’ |
| 16 | You know Victor and I are to be married . |
| 17 | ‘ For your information , Lucy and I are to be married — as soon as possible . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Lucy and I are to be married . ’ |
| 19 | My name is Howard DeVore and I 'm to be your host for the next eight hours . ’ |
| 20 | I am going to be away Thurs–Sun this week ( Roland , my brother , is getting married and I 'm to be bridesmaid ) but perhaps you would n't mind giving me a ring sometime ? |
| 21 | George and I were to be victims , I was to be taken to the top floor and George to the third floor up . |
| 22 | Henniker and I were to be taken up to Mr. Ingard 's room , Spalding and Miss Robinson were to go to the offices allotted to us on the second floor . |
| 23 | It was an affliction rather than a gift , and I was to be healed of it two years later by what I believe was the power of Christ . |
| 24 | They informed me that my Mom had been taken into hospital and I was to be taken into care until she recovered . |
| 25 | Mother and Father had been married for six years and I was to be their only child . |
| 26 | If I am to be punished unfairly , could we return to the subject of volunteering for the Parachute School ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ If I am to be disappointed , I should like to get it over . ’ |
| 28 | Therefore , much as I may myself enjoy theatre-going and much as I may cheer when I see a full theatre , I must contain my own enthusiasm if I am to be a cool observer . |
| 29 | Planning over an 11-year period could , I believe , bring about a veritable revolution , especially if the whole curriculum ( both subjects and cross-curricular themes ) can be welded together , but I want to see some rapid practical progress if I am to be reassured . |
| 30 | If I am to be autonomous , God must go . |