Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | You know Victor and I are to be married . |
2 | ‘ For your information , Lucy and I are to be married — as soon as possible . ’ |
3 | ‘ Lucy and I are to be married . ’ |
4 | If I am to be autonomous , God must go . |
5 | On Mr Gajdusek 's behalf , I feel he must mean I am to be impersonal in any help I give you with your problems . |
6 | I am to be married . |
7 | ‘ If I am to be disappointed , I should like to get it over . ’ |
8 | He said : ‘ I am doing it my way and if I am to be able to beat Alain Prost I want to do it on the track by out-driving him , not by any other means . |
9 | Some boys if I 'm to be honest , but we have n't yet worked out the right way of gong about it . |
10 | Many people have found its traditional keystrokes to be somewhat less than mnemonic , an opinion I tend to subscribe to , if I 'm to be honest . |
11 | If I were to be critical it would be to say that the scratchplates could be finished off more tidily , and occasionally the necks and bodies do n't look entirely new — although that 's hardly surprising , really . |
12 | But I was to be disappointed . |
13 | My father travelled to Nairobi by way of Mega , Moyale , Marsabit , Laisamis and Nyeri , all places with which I was to be familiar some fifty-five years later . |
14 | But I like to think they knew I was to be married . |
15 | How glad I was to be homeless . |
16 | Making miniatures from pressed flowers could really be an entire book in itself , as you need different and very particular skills if you are to be successful . |
17 | ‘ What a bloodthirsty little creature you are to be sure ! ’ said Biff , with a hint of admiration . |
18 | ‘ Then what an unfeeling little brute you are to be sure . |
19 | In the next chapter you will find details of exercises in breathing , relaxation , basic meditation and visualisation — all of which are vital If you are to be healthy in a truly holistic way . |
20 | If you are to be awkward then my mother will not know where she stands for a good deal of time . ’ |
21 | ‘ You had best come up on deck if you are to be sick . |
22 | This first kite has to work if you are to be satisfied , so our first tip is for you to be conservative , and select one of the tried and tested shapes that give least trouble . |
23 | " You 're to be good with Mummy , " he 'd commanded the twins after breakfast . |
24 | But this does n't take into account the capital equipment you need if you 're to be self-sufficient . |
25 | ‘ There 's been one thing understood between us for years and that was that you were to be discreet . |
26 | However , he learns to his anger and dismay that she is to be married . |
27 | She was to be wrong-footed , she saw : made to feel ponderous , portentous . |
28 | For a while , she was to be disappointed . |
29 | She was to be sure to concentrate first on the relaxation part of the exercise , and was to stop immediately if she felt herself becoming at all upset . |
30 | She left Queen 's in 1850 and it was in that year that she founded the school of which she was to be head for forty years , the North London Collegiate School for Ladies , which opened in the Buss Camden Street house on 4 April 1850 with thirty-five pupils . |