Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I suppose I ought to expect to be bullied . |
| 2 | I must confess to be somewhat surprised to see the Labour Group wanting to debate thisu this issue again after their lack lustre performance in Committee and Council on the previous debates on this subject and today 's been no different . |
| 3 | I have no right to go against what I must presume to be his wishes ? ’ |
| 4 | But this is where I must start to be careful in talking about ‘ our ’ love affair with the car . |
| 5 | It 's interesting to note , though , that while a good number of men have ticked ‘ I must try to be more helpful at home ’ , not so many women have imagined their partners making such a resolution . |
| 6 | ‘ I must remember to be cautiously optimistic about that , there 's nothing definite . ’ |
| 7 | I shall require you to salute me , to speak to me only as vous , and , when you must address me , I should prefer to be called mon colonel . ’ |
| 8 | I should start to be a little intrigued by you ? ’ |
| 9 | I think I should like to be your wife . ’ |
| 10 | I should like to be sure that the child Barbara is carrying is my grandchild , not your bastard . ’ |
| 11 | I should like to be something more than a drill-master for competent philologists — the generation of present-day teachers , the care of the growing younger generation , this is what I have in mind . " |
| 12 | ‘ No , ’ she admitted and then added shyly , ‘ I — I should like to be painted . ’ |
| 13 | There is a meeting of the Parish Council on 16th July and I should like to be able to bring your reply to that meeting . |
| 14 | ‘ If I have misused another of your American idioms , ’ he said stiffly , ‘ I should like to be so informed . ’ |
| 15 | I have decided that I should try to be objective instead , and reflect for a moment . |
| 16 | I might hope to be a better grandfather than I 'd been a father . ’ |
| 17 | I might need to be set up and ready to go , with up to £600 to spend . |
| 18 | ‘ I was beginning to think I might have to be the one to raise the question , ’ she returned demurely . |
| 19 | Now that I 'm a family member I 'll expect to be properly insured and have a maintenance contract . ’ |
| 20 | " If you like , I 'll pretend to be the dragon , but you 'll have to help me . |
| 21 | Mrs Grant , I 'll need to be away or I 'll miss my bus . |
| 22 | I 'll have to be in the workshop finishing that brooch . |
| 23 | I 'll have to be away . ’ |
| 24 | He told himself : I 'll have to be more careful ; have to keep to myself the things Miriam divulges about her husband 's past . |
| 25 | I fancy a cup of coffee from the buffet , but I 'll have to be careful with money . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'll have to be getting home , ’ I said . |
| 27 | ‘ Ted 's got his union meeting tonight , ’ she lies , ‘ I 'll have to be in with Frieda . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll have to be a bit nicer to Perdita in future , ’ he said drily . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , thanks for explaining it all to me , but I 'll have to be going too , I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 30 | Some time later , Joe , looking at his wrist watch , said on a note of deep regret , ‘ I 'll have to be getting back , the guests are coming at four . |