Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [be] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The following afternoon I was to be found in Green Park near Buckingham Palace with two ‘ smart ’ ladies in tow , the Hon Mrs This and That , and I had to photograph their hats . |
| 2 | Every spring she was to be found visiting Fife . |
| 3 | For the underground it was to be almost unknown . |
| 4 | For Locke , then , personal identity consists in an identity of consciousness , and not in the identity of some substance whose essence it is to be conscious . |
| 5 | Some respondents to FRED 1 were concerned about exceptional items and the prominence they were to be given . |
| 6 | The great bulk of population movement occurred independently of Moscow in the years 1917–22 , but after the end of NEP it was to be strictly enforced , and took place on a vast scale again . |
| 7 | What will her reaction be when she knows that her bright boy , while patting and stroking her and kissing her brow and her blue lips , must have been laughing up his sleeve at her , and thinking what a clever boy he is to be able to live in her fine house and have a big say in her business , while at the same time running a mistress on the side . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Then what an unfeeling little brute you are to be sure . |
| 9 | On this evening we are to be entertained by a speaker who has investigated the life and time of William Shakespeare . |
| 10 | These asked for an end to the current system of zero-rating goods bound for export to other EC states in favour of levying VAT on all taxable goods sold , regardless of where in the Community they are to be sold . |
| 11 | They also pointed out that in a competitive market for a homogeneous product it was to be expected that prices would be identical and follow each other closely . |
| 12 | Although the stanchions are in place it was to be a further 3 years before electrification was completed . |
| 13 | Then there were officers with particular functions , one whose job it was to be at the scene of the crime before the body was touched or moved . |
| 14 | Kenneth says what a joy it is to be back on one of the Great Western ’ Castles ’ . |
| 15 | It is hard to convey to those who do not remember the abysmal depths of post-war British catering what a heady sensation it was to be invited to strike a blow for improvement — or to strike a restaurant off for bad cooking , uncleanliness or lack of attention . |
| 16 | When he arrived at the meeting it was to be told that he was suspended and barred from his office . |
| 17 | It tells a dark and passionate story of love and hatred , as a young bride elopes with her lover on the morning of the day she was to be married to her childhood sweetheart . |
| 18 | Emily was being handed down to stand before the light-filled doorway of the Assembly Rooms and she took a deep breath of anticipation , this was her night , the night she was to be accepted as an adult and she would make the most of it . |
| 19 | They delivered their derogatory cards in turn to NatWest , Midlands , Lloyds and Barclays , and then let their feelings known with specially adapted carols such as : ‘ Jingle tills , jingle tills , jingle all the way/Oh what fun it is to be a High Street bank these days , /Pulling money out , putting receivers in/ Winding business up , with an evil grin . ’ |
| 20 | I think I said how it would please me if one day he were to be elected to the Cullbridge Athenaeum . |
| 21 | All red wine and vintage port would have been decanted ; port as early as possible on the day it was to be drunk ; claret two or three hours before drinking and kept at room temperature without a stopper in order to let it ‘ breathe ’ . |
| 22 | But as Duke he was to be more than just the Count of Poitou . |
| 23 | On this occasion it was to be hoped that humiliation and hurt pride had been assuaged by a new pair of shoes and a many-stranded jet necklace — like early travellers taking presents to the natives , Sophia felt . |
| 24 | ‘ What a bloodthirsty little creature you are to be sure ! ’ said Biff , with a hint of admiration . |
| 25 | This month it is to be extended by nearly 1 km . |
| 26 | Does the standing order form say what day of the month it 's to be taken out on ? |
| 27 | In this respect it is to be contrasted with section 6 of the Bail Act 1976 , which does create an offence where a person who has been released on bail fails without reasonable cause to surrender to custody . |
| 28 | In determining what constitutes a reasonable prospect it is to be assumed that the prospect given by the facts and other matters known to the creditor at the time he entered into the transaction resulting in the debt was a reasonable prospect ( s 271(4) ) . |
| 29 | Now , before his first season there is over , the news he 's to be dropped from the Kidlington-based outfit at the end of the world championships . |
| 30 | Then Cantona committed his second And if the masses shoe-horned onto the Vicarage Road terraces had the growing feeling it was to be Watford 's night , Cantona 's second howler of the night when Strachan 's cross found the darling of Elland Road unmarked again and just six yards out . |