Example sentences of "i [verb] [be] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | And all thanks I got was to be sacked at end of summer — though only for a few months , that is , 'cos of the revolution . |
| 2 | The last thing I expected was to be woken from unconsciousness by an air hostess with the face of an angel , gently patting on my shoulder and telling me that the plane had just landed in Miami . |
| 3 | We are determined to make it work — the last thing I want is to be a laughing stock among local farmers if I fail . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ What I want is to be in charge of myself , to decide what I will or will not do . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ All I want is to be able to go out and play with my friends , ’ she says . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's so wonderful — all I want is to be with her and I get terribly possessive . |
| 7 | ‘ He ca n't hold my grandmother 's misguided behaviour against me when all I want is to be part of the family , to know I belong . ’ |
| 8 | All I seek is to be judged on my record and the record of this group . |
| 9 | All I ask is to be left to get on with my work , and enough support to make it possible . |
| 10 | He seemed to answer every question I had ever asked and to have lived a life far above everything I knew was to be aimed at . |
| 11 | I went and sat in a field and experienced that great bubbling up of love for the Father and for Jesus which I expressed alternately in English and in this new language which I did not understand but which I knew was to be addressed to God and which built me up as I used it . |
| 12 | County Councillor , Councillor on my right , I think is to be congratulated on the work he has done with County Highways on our behalf , and has written to District Council recommending refusal . |
| 13 | Our roads are in a mess and anything that will speed up improving that situation I think is to be welcomed . |
| 14 | My biggest fantasy I think was to be a sort of assistant , a nurse , holding Boy 's hand while O worked on him . |
| 15 | Beautiful though your age is , many though the intellects that adorn it , and ugly though my age is , cruel many of its leaders , I believe that the period from which I come is to be preferred to yours in this respect . |
| 16 | Well you took all this sort of things in your stride but the next day we heard about these houses being knocked down , you see , and I think that 's the nearest I 've been to be killed but one day , one Saturday and that was in a daylight raid , one Saturday afternoon because , you see , I was off every afternoon but I worked till ten every night , you see , and er so erm but of course Hugh worked during the day and he was off in the evening , that 's why he used to come down to see , to see us and er he used to come in er you see and leave his lodgings and , oh be about nine o'clock and he spent the last day up there perhaps with his friends , have a chat , and er , you see , and but er and I was walking along it was called and suddenly a plane came over and I thought oh I expect it 's one of ours . |
| 17 | Who said ‘ all I desire is to be left alone ’ ? |
| 18 | What I need is to be alone . ’ |
| 19 | All I wanted was to be left alone to get on with the job I 'd been trained for and loved . |
| 20 | All I wanted was to be away from Hampton Court before I further incurred Henry 's wrath . |