Example sentences of "i be [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , Father , he asked — the lord sheriff asked — that I should beg you to have Brother Cadfael informed also , and when the morning comes , if you permit , I am to lead him to the place , to meet the sheriff there . |
| 2 | ’ 'T IS glad I am to 'ear it , me lord , ’ came the mocking response . |
| 3 | ‘ But I 'll need some support if I am to give him the service he wants . |
| 4 | I am to finish my training here in Milan . |
| 5 | ‘ And how anxious I am to see her again ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ But , oh , Tilly … you do n't know how glad I am to see you . ’ |
| 7 | I ca n't tell you how pleased I am to see you ! |
| 8 | ‘ I was just thinking how glad I am to see you , ’ she said candidly . |
| 9 | PAMELA : [ moving behind the line of chairs ] Here is the bar at which I am to take my trial . |
| 10 | ‘ I am to take you to the count . |
| 11 | If I am to do what you asked , he wrote , you will have to co-operate . |
| 12 | After Titania 's quatrains — the most artificial verse-form in drama , presupposing as it does that the speaker has four lines already prepared , with rhymes , confident of not being interrupted — Bottom 's prose truly belongs to the world of unromantic everyday appetites : Bottom may have been ‘ translated ’ in shape , but nothing can elevate him to verse and romance — apart , ironically enough , from his role as Pyramus , out of whose Pistol-like doggerel he is ever ready to step in order to explain the play : ‘ She is to enter now , and I am to spy her through the wall . |
| 13 | Quite by chance in collecting material for I have come across a cousin who is the communications and Public relations person at so I am to put them in touch with each other as the one in London has just had a letter from another in Vancouver trying to do family research . |
| 14 | I am to arrest you , and Mr Cameron , on charges arising from the mobbing and sundry other disturbances in this district . |
| 15 | On the burst of tumultuous applause that will erupt at the mere sight of me , I am to wiggle my way forward , hug Jim and take over the show . |
| 16 | Anyway , if I am to maintain my hectic schedule of conquests , I can do without the interference of these guys taking up the time and energy of foxy babes with mere talk . |
| 17 | In passing , I might say how extraordinarily lucky I am to have them here with me . |
| 18 | ‘ Dear friends — how honoured I am to have you at my party for another year , a very , very special year in many ways . |
| 19 | I have begun to Fence which is a man 's game and I am to have my uncle Sette 's foil when next we go to England which may be in the summer . |
| 20 | ‘ I am to tell you who they are . ’ |
| 21 | In particular , I am to follow her arguments that : |
| 22 | And as for my technique — well , my friend , loath as I am to admit it , I do n't think I have one . ’ |
| 23 | I am to inform you , that you may , if you wish , attend the inquiry , and at the Inspectors discretion state your case in person or through an accredited representative . |
| 24 | ‘ Is that how I am to express my love ? |
| 25 | ‘ He does not greatly care for it , but I need its solitude if I am to accomplish what I am about . ’ |
| 26 | If I am to change it I feel that I might as well put a larger engine in it , could you please advise me what would be the best petrol engine and would I have to convert it to 12 volt ; which I do n't really want to do . |
| 27 | As for the rest , if I am to survive myself I must adapt to what time brings . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I was grinning , ’ I said , ‘ because I was thinking how lucky I am to know you two . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ For myself , I can scarce believe it is true — that I am to accompany you on so grand a venture . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ That is an easy thing to say , ’ she observed to Hastings , who lay sleek in the sun , ‘ when I know how unlikely I am to fulfil it . ’ |