Example sentences of "here to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In pretending here to be someone other than himself who keeps murdering people , he does a tremendous job : this is a more than serviceable argot for the age in question and for the wizard in question . |
| 2 | They had both clearly come here to be alone . |
| 3 | But if you are in mellow frame of mind , there is plenty here to be commended : a good voice , pleasant melodies , clever arrangements and , in among the depression , some light touches of humour : ‘ I cried the Solent , the Tyne , the Severn and the Rhine , The Thames and The Seine over again' . |
| 4 | ‘ Yeats was in a pauper 's grave in France , cremated , but he was brought back here to be buried later , ’ Father Devine explained . |
| 5 | ‘ We can hardly leave Landor here with her — think what might happen , on days like today , were we not here to be a calming influence ! ’ |
| 6 | If however , you 're here to be a beach bum , then the beautiful stretch of white sand contrasted against the clear blue sea is a definite magnet for all keen sun-worshippers . |
| 7 | I 'm here to be made love to when you need to , or when you think I need to , just to cover up . |
| 8 | I can tell you one thing , I wo n't be here to be used as a buffer . |
| 9 | A word ought here to be said about supernovae , since they play a crucial role in the creation of planets and of life itself . |
| 10 | They did n't come here to be monsters , presumably . |
| 11 | I 'm not here to be a dolly , dabbing his temples with eau de cologne and picking up his wife 's laundry . |
| 12 | But Sophia herself made no complaint , and when he asked her if she would like him to give up everything and come here to be with her , she smiled , and shook her head . |
| 13 | But Sophia herself made no complaint , and when he asked her if she would like him to give up everything and come here to be with her , she smiled , and shook her head . |
| 14 | Nobody had told her it was to happen ; she had thought she was being brought here to be examined , and then the dentist had put a rubber mask over her face . |
| 15 | I can look at things straight and put things across straight — I 'm not here to be liked . |
| 16 | As well as Germany , Japan , Switzerland , Sweden , Spain , Canada , Italy and Holland all dump the deadly stuff here to be converted back into more nuclear fuel . |
| 17 | ‘ I have not come here to be deported . |
| 18 | Thus two apparently unrelated discussions : the notion of autonomy in relation to the public-private distinction , and pornography , are shown here to be intimately related .4 |
| 19 | If r is a known eigenvalue ( which we assume here to be unrepeated ) and unc the corresponding column and row eigenvectors respectively , then unc Since unc are each arbitrary to a scalar multiplier , we can in each vector make a suitable element unity ; then Equations ( 3 ) provide in each case n linear algebraic equations for the ( n — 1 ) unknown elements : one equation is superfluous , or can be used as a check . |
| 20 | Bankruptcy is assumed here to be a most unlikely event in non-profits , regulated companies and publicly owned companies , though this may be influenced by the action of the regulatory agency . |
| 21 | I think it is important here to be absolutely clear about ‘ quality ’ as it is , certainly , a vital characteristic of most advertising : it is , above all , the agency 's creative department 's job to achieve a level of quality appropriate to its work . |
| 22 | In the mid-1970s the CDP estimated total employment here to be some 1600 . |
| 23 | The chapters on immune disorders of pregnancy and recurrent pregnancy loss , however , are especially informative and Claman is here to be congratulated for summarizing succinctly a large body of data in a balanced and objective way . |
| 24 | I 'm not here to be flattered I want to be the oldest . |
| 25 | But he came back here to be my curate , and he and Charlotte lived in this house with me . |
| 26 | You 're not here to be brave . |
| 27 | ‘ You have come here to be educated , ’ continued the fat man , ‘ so you will start working here tomorrow at six o'clock . ’ |
| 28 | Nor did I meet you here to be angry with you , I hope I have not so offended you that you refuse to officiate and give us your instructions here tomorrow |
| 29 | ‘ They 're here to be punished . |
| 30 | She subscribed on the face of it to the proposition that we are not put here to be happy , although she was the first to complain if she , or the few people she loved , were not . |