Example sentences of "of be [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know that 's , she would of been wanting to ma , make her life president or whatever it was ! |
| 2 | Its a , during the course of the time of the crucifixion , Jesus is on the cross and its says there , there were two others also who were criminals , were being lead away to be put to death with Jesus and they came to the place called The Skull , there they crucified him and the criminals one on the right and the other on the left , but Jesus was saying father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing , and they cast locks divided up his garments among themselves and the people stood by and looking on and even the rulers was sneering at him excuse me , and even the rulers were sneering at him saying he saved others , let him save himself if this is the Christ of god , his chosen one , and the soldiers also mocked him , coming up to him offering sour wine and saying if your the king of the Jews save yourself now there was also an inscription above him , this is the kind of the Jews , and one of the criminals who was hanged there was hurling abut at him and saying you are not the Christ , save yourself and us , but the other answered and rebuking him said do you not even fear god , since you are under the same sentence of condemnation and we indeed justly for we are receiving what we deserve for our deeds , but this man has done nothing wrong and he was say , and he was saying Jesus remember me when you come in your kingdom , Jesus said to him truly I say to you today you shall be with me in paradise I wonder if you 've ever been in that awful position of facing of what you thought was certain death perhaps you were seriously ill and er , there seemed little hope of your recovery , perhaps you were facing some danger , some , some risk and it seemed almost certain that short of a miracle you were gon na die , I wonder what sort of thoughts would have been going through your mind , maybe w , may well be that you were with other people , I wonder what sort of things if you were in a condition of speaking , what sort of things you would of been saying to them . |
| 3 | I was very glad were not , we we could easily of been going to tonight . |
| 4 | This is probably why , alongside the numerous examples of be seen to and be heard to in the affirmative , none have been found in the negative : ( 91 ) * He was n't seen to cross the street . |
| 5 | Instead of being condemned to death he felt condemned to life , like these worker-convicts in the rain and cold and mud of a no-man 's land . |
| 6 | He suffered the severest form of tetraplegia short of being condemned to life on a ventilator. — PA |
| 7 | The ceremony , as a religious ceremony , is a mockery , yet as a social ceremony , with the gathering of relatives and friends , the honour of being asked to be godparents , the tea-party afterwards and the christening presents given ( silver objects in particular ) , the whole thing has a significant place in the lives of the people concerned . |
| 8 | Capital values at least have the benefit of being related to a market , although I am sure that many owners will seek to convince their bank managers that their property should be in band H while they seek to convince the rating authorities that their property should really be in band F. |
| 9 | Neither is fair , in the sense of being related to income , and thus ability to pay . |
| 10 | If I was to have any chance of being posted to Calvi , I would have to come in the top five in basic training . |
| 11 | It also allowed execution against the trust property itself , instead of being bound to condemnation in a sum of money . |
| 12 | In sum : the classical law of trusts had already lost the advantage of capacity , but it retained the advantages of being bound to neither testamentary heir , nor form , nor formulary procedure . |
| 13 | Jonah , disliking the task for unexplained reasons which might have had something to do with a fear of being stoned to death by the partying Ninevites , ran away . |
| 14 | The report states that those who have lived on state pensions , income support or low pay , are most likely to live in the most energy-inefficient homes which are incapable of being heated to a minimum comfort standard . |
| 15 | Yet the thought of being tied to Karen permanently made him sick . |
| 16 | According to Gavron 's survey of ninety-six urban housewives , the feeling of being tied to the house.and isolated from meaningful social contacts is a common one for both working-class and middle-class women . |
| 17 | All who went through that regime of training remember the extremes of fatigue and of being pushed to their limits . |
| 18 | Instead of being treated to the confrontation between the great lion Aslan and the forces of hell , we sat and watched a game of cat and mouse . |
| 19 | Since the 1981 Education Act ( see Chapter 4 ) came into force in 1983 , children assessed as having special educational needs are given an individual ‘ statement ’ of these needs instead of being assigned to a category of handicap ( see Chapter 3 , 1978 Warnock ) . |
| 20 | A major requirement of a religion then , must be that , above all , it shall be capable of a simplified , but undistorted interpretation capable of being taught to the very young in such a way that it will instil in them the stirrings of what will become their consciences , that is , they will harbour a subconscious awareness of the fundamental nature of right and wrong as these are applied to those areas of human aspirations where they are beyond dispute . |
| 21 | ‘ There was general anticipation of regulations which would insist that more difficult wastes were burned instead of being sent to landfill . ’ |
| 22 | The gipsies , instead of being sent to prison for stealing a pony , were only fined for stealing potatoes and oats . |
| 23 | He must have had the same kind of feelings as my father had at the prospect of being sent to Fontanellato . |
| 24 | But I have twice dreamt of being led to the noose , the second time I got closer than the first , I hope I never have a third ! |
| 25 | But I have twice dreamt of being led to the noose , the second time I got closer than the first , I hope I never have a third ! |
| 26 | So Popper proposed the idea that a scientific statement was one which was capable of being tested to the point of destruction . |
| 27 | In Filliter v. Phippard the word ‘ accidentally ’ was interpreted restrictively so as to cover only ‘ a fire produced by mere chance or incapable of being traced to any cause . ’ |
| 28 | No one will experience the satisfaction of occupying a high social status ; no one will suffer the indignity of being relegated to a position which commands little respect . |
| 29 | So her performance could n't be too low either — especially with the risk of being relegated to the brain-dead clerk-level . |
| 30 | ‘ I would not have expected to accompany you on a romantic walk with your girlfriend , ’ Jenna said hotly , her cheeks flushing at this idea of being relegated to invalidity again . |