Example sentences of "and [pron] be [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Caroline and I are yours to command . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ And who are thee to threaten ? |
| 3 | And who are we to argue with such a fine prospect ? |
| 4 | ‘ I want you now / I wo n't take no for an answer , ’ runs the first line , and who are we to object ? |
| 5 | And who are we to knock that ? |
| 6 | And who are we to pass judgment on the Saudis ? |
| 7 | Well David Lightbown I mean er the brigadier said that these are very very occasional examples but from these stories that these gentlemen are telling us , and who are we to disbelieve them , the they make their claims , this is a very very serious problem in the Army . |
| 8 | And who are you to say so ? ’ |
| 9 | But no matter , and who am I to complain , certainly not to Jan , the lady of the maggots , who has been up since four and already whisked through acres of office carpet , scads of bins and oceans of scummy cups . |
| 10 | I have tried to exclude the legendary detectives for another day , but , despite my best efforts , Sam Spade , Philip Marlowe and James Bond have still managed to insinuate themselves : they used foot-in-the-door tactics , I 'm afraid , and who am I to argue ? |
| 11 | And who am I to argue with my Angel Gabriel , eh ? |
| 12 | It can not have been easy , all these years , and who am I to criticise , to look askance , I who have been lucky , who have only myself to please , whose time is free . |
| 13 | And who am I to criticize , he thought wryly to himself . |
| 14 | Still , he wears it proudly , despite the warm weather and his age of only eleven , and who am I to deprive him of his girth , his boorish style , his fun ? |
| 15 | and who was I to pick and choose ? |
| 16 | My big concern is that nine in one go all at the mini divisions and they 're all very much on their own out there , and there 's nobody to hold their hand through any for through the probationary period . |
| 17 | It 's a seated gig , and there 's no-one to catch her fall . |
| 18 | ‘ And there 's something to connect these cases with Aurae Phiala ? ’ |
| 19 | And there 's nothing to see ? |
| 20 | Why are they doing all that and there 's nothing to do ? |
| 21 | So I try and cling to the floor of the cave with my bare toes , but I ca n't because it 's all smooth and there 's nothing to cling to , and sooner or later I 'll start floating upwards and then I 'll bash my head in and get killed . |
| 22 | And there 's plenty to do for non-sailing friends . |
| 23 | I 'll tell you about Evan Roberts later , and there 's plenty to tell even to those who buy a magazine simply because it says Climber on the cover . |
| 24 | My life is fill and rich and there is nothing to fear . |
| 25 | Hairdressers have generally undertaken an apprenticeship ; however , some colleges have places for mature students and there is nothing to stop you working from home . |
| 26 | If a court decides on a two-year probation order , during the first year the person is mandatorily banned under the Bill and there is nothing to stop the court ruling that during the second year he or she should attend a motor course . |
| 27 | But there the analysis ends : there is no clear parallel to the apparent inability of some sufferers to get into substantial recovery , if at all , and there is nothing to correspond to the process of relapse even when , on the face of it , all recommendations are being followed . |
| 28 | ‘ Obviously not , but I am not and never have been Mrs Smith , and there is nothing to prove differently . ’ |
| 29 | If title-page and the information on the reverse agree as to date , and there is nothing to indicate earlier editions , then you may well have a ‘ first ’ . |
| 30 | These figures are n't showing an upturn , and there is nothing to indicate from inter-company comparisons that anybody else in the industry is experiencing anything different . ’ |