Example sentences of "know [pers pn] [be] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then I could show Mother Francis that I 'd be back up in the convent in time for Mass in the chapel , and she 'd get to know I was to be relied on . ’ |
| 2 | But they did not know they were to be presented with tickets to whisk two people off to Claridge 's . |
| 3 | As no vocal chords as we know them are to be found in the larynx , the sounds emitted probably come from the lips of the larynx . |
| 4 | But I like to think they knew I was to be married . |
| 5 | But I do not think it is this threat alone which explains the sick feeling of dread — rather like the feeling of a man who knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight — which clouds the prospect of a Labour victory . |
| 6 | Boswell quotes Samuel Johnson as saying , " Depend upon it , Sir , when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight it concentrates his mind wonderfully . |