Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [prep] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After take-off Beaton surveyed his surroundings : ‘ Silk-lined walls , arm chairs like Pullmans , various compartments for eating , sleeping , smoking — this is the aircraft that took Churchill to America … how grateful I am to be among the lucky ones on the last lap for home . ’ |
| 2 | I ca n't tell you how thrilled I am to be in closer contact with Medau again . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm to be on the committee of the Society for the Relief of Distressed Widows , ’ she told him one day . |
| 4 | I 'm to be like you . |
| 5 | Well when it was started up , the first unit that I was with was from the shop floor at Bloxwich Lock and Stamping and erm it took the nucleus of people off the shop floor and then after we 'd finished our ten hour shift during the summer or when we could , we started foot drill training in the yard of the factory . |
| 6 | ‘ The high school I was at was among the first to have a tiny in-school radio station , news , views , interviews and a touch of music , and consequently we 'd attracted quite a bit of somewhat condescending attention from real stations around town . |
| 7 | Perhaps they were as eager to be without me as I was to be without them for a while . |
| 8 | I was to be at the harbour at 8 a.m. on the dot . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Just on a year ago , as I was to be in London at the time of the World Cup , I made enquiries about obtaining tickets to attend some of the Cup matches in the United Kingdom . |
| 12 | You are to be by daughter-in-law as well as my niece . " |
| 13 | Look , ’ he said , ‘ you are to be in France by the beginning of December . |
| 14 | ‘ But you , Bethlehem … small as you are to be among Judah 's clans , out of you shall come forth a governor for Israel , one whose roots are far back in the past , in days gone by . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | She was to be in bed for three days at the doctor 's insistence and she never even saw Alain . |
| 17 | Still , it was true in the main , so for the few weeks she was to be in Venice she would take the greatest care to have as little to do with him as possible . |
| 18 | When we have cares , we are not to look to pagan religious practices and philosophies for respite , but we are to be as the Apostle Peter put it ‘ Casting all your care upon him , for he careth for you . ’ |
| 19 | A book by Mother Teresa has said much to us about how we are to be for Jesus in this situation . ’ |
| 20 | If we are to be at all logical in our approach to contemporary ethics , we must accept this much . |
| 21 | ‘ How lucky we are to be in a band and not having to get up every morning to do a crappy job . |
| 22 | ‘ How lucky we are to be in a band and not having to get up every morning to do a crappy job . |
| 23 | And we appreciate how honoured we are to be among the select few who they chose to share this very special occasion with them . |
| 24 | He told us some harrowing stories of life on a bomber aerodrome which had ‘ main force ’ squadrons , always carrying heavy loads of high explosives and incendiaries , and impressed on us how lucky we were to be on a Pathfinder station . |
| 25 | This policy is limited , however , in two crucial ways : first , that such ‘ choice ’ in effect reduces to the ability to pay , and ability to pay has been profoundly affected by other policies which have increased the differences among groups with regard to income and wealth ; and secondly , that many public services must be provided in the local area if they are to be of real value and if other costs , not only financial , are not to be incurred , for instance , in travelling or moving residence in order to receive them . |
| 26 | These need to be as specific as possible , including a timetable for action if they are to be of any use . |
| 27 | Whatever aspect they present — whether written for scientific or commercial purposes , or perhaps for some voluntary organisation — they will follow the lines of this chapter if they are to be of use . |
| 28 | The purpose of this study is to determine whether accounting practices need to be adjusted or developed if they are to be of use to firms operating in the highly changeful high technology sectors . |
| 29 | Some odd-looking monsters had been produced by designers striving to come to terms with these innovations , but by 1880 warships were already essentially what they were to be for the rest of the century , armoured , steam-driven and screw-propelled , with their main armament in revolving turrets or carried broadside . |
| 30 | Indeed those dependent upon casual labour had to live close to docks and factories if they were to be on hand for work as it became available . |