Example sentences of "be [verb] [pron] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right , they 're accusing him to be claiming to be God and they actually say they actually say their decision is that he 's guilty and should be put to death , they 've condemned him to death . |
| 2 | But people now are coming in and they 're expecting everything to be here . |
| 3 | We 're claiming it to be the fastest estate car in the world , the most exclusive and the most expensive . |
| 4 | 6 The current whereabouts of the picture if you are expecting it to be returned , and a regular reminder procedure . |
| 5 | Because I am expecting there to be a conspiracy of silence on this matter and I intend to make it as difficult as possible for the Milettis and their friends . |
| 6 | And , of course , they are buying them to be trendy . |
| 7 | ‘ You are asking me to be clairvoyant as well as indiscreet . |
| 8 | Most of us have seen formal syntax diagrams and Backus-Naur Form ( BNF ) definitions for languages , and many of us have been found them to be somewhat confusing . |
| 9 | Ask yourself , ‘ What precisely is it I wish my child to say and/or do when I am asking him/her to be good , polite , helpful , kind ? ’ ( or any of those other vague goals parents set for their bemused offspring ) . |
| 10 | I am asking you to be my wife . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I told you , I am asking you to be my grandmother 's companion . ’ |
| 12 | We 'll certainly be urging them to do more , and we 'll be urging them to do it more efficiently , and we 'll be urging them to be much more accountable . |
| 13 | Were members to pass it as it stood , this would be an arrogant move indeed : they would be considering themselves to be more sensible than people outside . |
| 14 | Mum will be expecting me to be on the bus , remember . ’ |
| 15 | But not so ( we are told ) : Conservative advocates of tariffs and social reforms like old age pensions , wages councils , regulation of sweated trades were , Fforde argues , simply engaged in ‘ principled opportunism ’ ; this was ‘ not Collectivist Conservatism but expedient Conservatism ’ , and to see it as otherwise would be to allow oneself to be ‘ misled by manufactured appearances ' or what Fforde describes elsewhere as the gap between ‘ professed stance and true intention ’ . |
| 16 | In my view the body is no more than a bag , a costume or a cover and I 'm altering it to be more in line with how I see myself . ’ |
| 17 | In the days leading up to this fight to decide who would fight for the world title next year , Violet had been steeling herself to be tough and resilient for the sake of her son . |
| 18 | You have to remember I was only 19 when I first came here and people were expecting me to be totally in control . |
| 19 | You 'd hurt me so badly — there I was , head over heels in love with you , and you were asking me to be your mistress . ’ |
| 20 | But as he adapts to his new environment , Freddie 's proving himself to be a survivor capable of keeping everyone on the hop . |
| 21 | But apart from his rugby chores , McBride will be stretching his maternal instincts to the limit — He 's gearing himself to be a father for the first time in October . |
| 22 | The director wants you to do it a certain way , and either you do n't feel that he 's right or you feel that he 's right but he 's forcing you to be a square peg in a round hole . |
| 23 | The simplest way to understand how catallaxy works is to imagine it to be a game . |
| 24 | Police say they do n't yet know when Mr Dobbs body will be released but the Gloucestershire coronor 's expecting him to be returned for an inquest |
| 25 | I erm got , check you 've got two days , you 've got give me the estimate , it 's got to be on because she 's expecting it to be done straight away on the computer and sent . |
| 26 | God is n't calling me to be a cook , Your Excellency , he 's calling me to be a contemplative . |
| 27 | ‘ But Daddy is expecting it to be a sort of little God-speed thing . |
| 28 | I fear that we can not return to Salzburg very soon and mamma must not wish it , for she knows how much good it is doing me to be able to breathe freely . |
| 29 | Nobody 's asking you to be anything less . |
| 30 | I think you did send this is intending it to be a postal application Mr ? |