Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [be] to [be] " in BNC.
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1 | But final-stage rockets had misfired before , and at a time when people were whispering about a change of prime Minister and the shake-out that would bring , the very last thing Sladen must want was to be caught up in a brawl between Number 10 , the Foreign Office , Defence and the secret services . |
2 | I 've had my health put right so now all I 'd like is to be rich and famous . |
3 | The problems that this could cause were to be demonstrated all too vividly in 1968 . |
4 | What a relief it would have been to be able to dismiss it all as a Homes and Gardens photo-call , carefully stage-managed to make visitors drop dead . |
5 | And he goes on : ‘ No one is expecting to make big money — all players would ask is to be treated reasonably in line with what they achieve . ’ |
6 | I hope that as chairman of ICI the contribution that I can make is to be looked upon by people on all levels as someone whose experience they can call on at any time . |
7 | What you can expect is to be asked to justify your approach to nursing problems . |