Example sentences of "[that] i [be] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BELVILLE : [ furious ] And is it thus in my fond conceding moments that I am to be answered and despised ? |
| 2 | Do I take it that I 'm to be redeemed from that particular fate ? |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | As it turned out , fate had decreed that I was to be the one who would change this unhappy state of affairs . |
| 6 | She did not know that I was to be there and came forward saying : ‘ My dear Elizabeth , what a very nice surprise . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Did you truly believe , it seemed to say , that I was to be so easily pinned down ? |
| 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 . |