Example sentences of "that i be [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Methinks I am to be your chaperon — which means , I suppose , that I am to see that you conduct yourself properly and are accompanied suitably whenever you leave these apartments . |
| 2 | ‘ For myself , I can scarce believe it is true — that I am to accompany you on so grand a venture . ’ |
| 3 | Your new orders will also confirm that I am to assume overall charge of the investigation . |
| 4 | ‘ Surely I already know what the contents of our contract are — namely , that I am to work for you for a period of eighteen months , after which time you will release me with my debt to you cancelled ? ’ |
| 5 | Are you pleased with me — that I 'm to manage the London branch of the Maison de Verveine ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ All right , I wo n't , but I hope Zelah has n't got it into her head that I 'm to do something about all this nonsense . ’ |
| 7 | Anne is abroad at the moment , doing some research , but she left a message with someone that I 'm to give her a ring when she gets back . |
| 8 | It seems unlikely that I 'm to construct a generation of broad based , supporters of . |
| 9 | ‘ So there 's no doubt in your mind that I 'm to blame ? ’ |
| 10 | Mum said that as a Christian She was not going to write me a note when there was n't anything wrong with me and that I was to remember that we Christians are the light of the world . |
| 11 | I was glad to accept the honour not so much for myself but for the cutter service as a whole when it was confirmed that I was to attend at Buckingham Palace the following summer . |
| 12 | The Monday evening they phone me up and said that I was to attend another meeting on Tuesday which I believe were the twenty second to which they said , We 've thought about it and we 've decided not to continue your employment . |
| 13 | Oh they left it that I was to give to Arthur and June . |
| 14 | The plan was that I was to remain in England and organise the Arts Lab with Mary Finnigan and see it did n't fall apart . ’ |
| 15 | Back in Cardiff , my name went up on the Honours Board and my father , in the last year before his retirement , quietly enjoyed the thought that I was to spend at least part of my life in the county in which his father had been born . |
| 16 | On 29 April 1988 , when both the Kingman Report was published and the membership of my Working Group announced , the press presumed that I was to lead a Group which would make firm recommendations on grammar , in contrast to the equivocations of Kingman . |
| 17 | Lord Lloyd interviewed me , and explained that I was to report to the Military Attaché at the Baghdad Embassy , though I was to be attached to the British Institute . |
| 18 | We drank tea , and very often I would arrive some five to ten minutes earlier than the appointed time , so the maid would tell me that I was to wait as madame was still resting . |
| 19 | When I helped him into bed he said , with some echo of his old authority , that nothing was to change while he was here ; that I was to go on with my work ; that he would teach me to play chess at last ; that he was absolutely thrilled to be out of hospital , and it would be a positive delight to look after himself . |
| 20 | Barak gave specific instructions that I was to go in alone . |
| 21 | Detective-Sergeant Prentice had specifically requested my presence and left instructions that I was to go to Queen 's Road and not Whipps Cross Hospital Mortuary . |
| 22 | Whatever it was , it seemed to require all your attention and I understood that I was to go . |
| 23 | When I regained consciousness it was to find that I 'd injured my spine and the doctor had ordered that I was to stay put , otherwise there was the possibility that I 'd end up a cripple . |
| 24 | Uncertain about Regency conventions , I was both embarrassed and charmed , but she gestured that I was to stay . |
| 25 | With that she saw me off with an invitation to visit her the next day after school but that I was to tell my parents in case they were worried where I was . |
| 26 | I came to believe that I had been responsible for those terrible things , that I was to blame , that I must be very bad . |
| 27 | But other gang members warned my kids that I was to get slashed for grassing . |
| 28 | He said : ‘ I play basketball twice a week and I had four days ’ notice that I was to get my chance , so I had four days ' practice . |
| 29 | Life took a sudden and terrible turn for the worse , however , when I read the list of competitors that I was to throw against . |
| 30 | Since I knew that I was to have the privilege of addressing this seminar , I have studied with great textual care the document issued by the federation under the title Dear Fellow Citizen because it appeared to me that it was ‘ the brief ’ for what I was to say to you . |