Example sentences of "he [verb] [be] to be " in BNC.

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1 ‘ If the sums he mentioned are to be believed , it puts a most terrible responsibility on my shoulders . ’
2 The last thing he wants is to be dubbed ‘ Saint James ’ .
3 The need , he felt was to be realistic ; idealism was all very well , but what is necessary is a practical programme based upon mutual self-interest .
4 In every way , Henry V acted as if all that he did was to be lasting in its effects .
5 The last time the hon. Member for Sedgefield ( Mr. Blair ) expressed his concerns , he gave a list of our programmes which he said were to be destroyed and eliminated .
6 What he wanted was to be as dirty as the miners , covered in coal-dust like them .
7 In 1970 , the last thing he wanted was to be reminded of Richard and the silly game they used to play .
8 All he wanted was to be free .
9 My impression was that I was only getting a small part of his attention , that he was profoundly preoccupied and that the one thing he wanted was to be left alone . ’
10 What does he say is to be done about it ?
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