Example sentences of "[pron] be [verb] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Descendants of the nomadic ‘ hordes ’ of Central Asia , many of them are related to the minority peoples of the Soviet Union , whom they closely resemble . |
| 2 | Excuse me , can I finish , er many of them are chained to the parent 's legs while they 're collected for these people then to bring to a circus , traumatized and chained to the ground for life . |
| 3 | The identity booklet ( or key card ) together with any messages or letters that may be waiting for them are handed to the guest . |
| 4 | Eventually , I am called to the front to pay my fee . |
| 5 | Hi , this is the first time I am posting to the list . |
| 6 | I am referring to the machine tool industry , which is a key industry now suffering and struggling to keep seventh place in the world . |
| 7 | I am referring to the work of the Council of Europe ( see Trim et al . |
| 8 | I AM referring to the letter in last week 's ISN from the enlightened Glenman ( ha ha ) . |
| 9 | When I refer to the ‘ Popular Purgatory ’ I am referring to the Purgatory which is most widely known — the place referred to in Roman Catholic teaching and which is said to be arrived at after death . |
| 10 | I am blinded to the heart . |
| 11 | As sad as I am at being wrenched away from the telly , I am led to the bar . |
| 12 | I am attracted to the idea of a printed Directory of Committees in a number of parts : |
| 13 | I am praying to the God of Laughter for unconditional mercy . |
| 14 | I am driven to the conclusion that in the present state of the law , article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights , and equally article 19 of the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ( to similar effect ) do apply . |
| 15 | In describing the position in the terms : ‘ the bank told Kennedy to go home and discuss the matter with his wife over the weekend , ’ I am forced to the conclusion that the judge must either have overlooked the evidence to which I have just referred , or to have failed to appreciate its significance . |
| 16 | The full vessels are left on the empty shore , they are for use but I am carried to the river in your arms , and I dance to the rhythms of your heart-throbs and heaving of the waves . |
| 17 | I am directed to the man at the end . |
| 18 | I shall not take any more interventions , as I am coming to the end of my speech and many hon. Members wish to speak . |
| 19 | The House will be relieved to hear that I am coming to the end of my list of telephone calls . |
| 20 | Overall , I am coming to the view that the main cultural element is the collective wish to have a non-relation , or at least one that is strictly delimited , between workers and managers and , in turn , between the worker and his enterprise except in terms of the workers ' culture which is one of withdrawal . |
| 21 | In June 1915 my father commented : " I am coming to the conclusion that the heir to the throne of Solomon is at heart a Moslem and is entertaining dreams of one day putting himself at the head of the Mohammadan Abyssinians , and of producing a Moslem kingdom that will stretch far beyond the frontiers of his present Empire . " |
| 22 | I am committed to the coal industry , but not blindly so , as are some Labour Members . |
| 23 | Without his attention , I am martyred to the wheel . |
| 24 | When Coffin got back to his own flat , all he found there in the way of post was an enigmatic postcard from his sister Laetitia : she had sent him a view of Edinburgh from the air , with a message scribbled on the back : I am going to the law . |
| 25 | Tomorrow is usually explained as I am going to the theatre tomorrow but with all the slots elided except the adjunct tomorrow . |
| 26 | Oates wrote to his mother : I am going to the Pole with Scott . |
| 27 | I say I am going to the bank . |
| 28 | Do I think I am going to the bank at the same time as I say I am going to the bank ? |
| 29 | Do I think I am going to the bank at the same time as I say I am going to the bank ? |
| 30 | whoever believes in me will do what I do — yes he will do even greater things , because I am going to the Father . |