Example sentences of "i [vb base] [adv] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Once the truth becomes apparent , nephew , ’ explained Richard of Gloucester , and I judge there to be no further danger of a rising to place another on the throne or appoint another as Lord Protector , Vaughan and Rivers shall be released — and no harm done . ’ |
| 2 | I expect soon to be engaged , you see . ’ |
| 3 | I set out to be the best athlete Britain has ever known and I 've achieved that . |
| 4 | ‘ I set out to be the best athlete Britain has ever known and I 've achieved that . |
| 5 | ‘ Tuesday : After rehearsals I drive home to be fed by my own loving mother , down South for the duration . |
| 6 | Lastly I fear that because the Mathematics programmes came first and were so well organised and established , with the neat sequential task of curriculum development so easy to define ( despite its obvious size ) , there may have been a tendency to concentrate scarce resources upon an item which , on sober reflection , I believe now to be a lowish priority in the primary curriculum . |
| 7 | If he is , I go upstairs to be by myself . |
| 8 | " I try not to be , sir , but I 've never met anyone like you before . |
| 9 | ‘ I try not to be as foolish u the doctor , and not to blunder in where the Inspector wishes to go quietly . |
| 10 | People say I 'm temperamental , but at least I try not to be ! |
| 11 | I do n't to be quite honest I do n't think there 's anything left of . |
| 12 | I do n't to be quite honest I do n't think there 's anything left of . |
| 13 | All … all that I 'm saying is that I would like my job and what I do ideally to be like that . |
| 14 | As I say when you become a councillor you do not do it for money , I mean I think probably to be a better reason to become a councillor these days . |
| 15 | Not just because it would ruin the trust that my relationship is built on and that I so much believe in , but because being unfaithful would require me to be the kind of woman I choose not to be . |
| 16 | I prefer not to be labelled . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ In fact , I prefer not to be beautiful . |
| 18 | I prefer not to be under any obligation to you . ’ |
| 19 | I 've yet to be convinced of this , I 'm still waiting to find out . |
| 20 | Helen tells me you want to do farm work as well , and although I 'm told women vets are just as good as men I 've yet to be convinced . |
| 21 | I want to take you in my arms and kiss you and — ’ He looked to the side to where two people were approaching ; then dropping her hands , he said on a laugh , ‘ I 've only to be seen doing that in public , even holding your hands , and the place would be set on fire . |
| 22 | Very light surgery this morning : I have n't to be in Chollerton until two and I 've only got a couple of calls to make . |
| 23 | But I have yet to be convinced ( as some publicity suggests ) that the centre of the dance universe is now located in France . |
| 24 | But I have yet to be convinced of the need that these should be taken at two particular times in a student 's school career . |
| 25 | Ludes wines are welcomed for their use in blending of cuvées , they have the body and vinosity of a true Montagne wine , but I have yet to be convinced that a single growth Ludes can be a complete wine on its own . |
| 26 | ‘ So you say , but I have yet to be convinced . |
| 27 | Its interest , as will already be clear , is that it offers a prospect of closing the gap between fact and value , bypassing the issue of whether or how one can draw prescriptive conclusions from descriptive premisses alone : it affirms the apparently naive claim that to know how to act I have only to be sufficiently aware of myself and my surroundings . |
| 28 | I 'm not brilliant but I have only to be shown once . |