Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [prep] [be] [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 February 23 — I am to be made flight lieutenant and given command of ‘ B ’ flight .
2 She is to be chained hand and foot .
3 For the first time she began to wonder if she was to be given leadership beyond the context of Africa .
4 It is to be presumed membership reached 200 as the entrance fee was re-imposed for the bond Redemption Fund which then stood at £35 11s. 1d. … enough to redeem 1 x £25 bond .
5 It is to be called Gillaroo Court , an inspired choice of name since that is the species of red coloured trout unique to Lough Melvin .
6 ‘ I think , my dear , you have not yet learned what a curse it is to be born woman .
7 'D' — if it is to be denied approval .
8 He is to be afforded shelter from bombardment ‘ to the same extent as the local civilian population . ’
9 It was to be entitled Drive , He Said which was taken from the Robert Creely poem :
10 In addition he was to be found building amphitheatres in Soissons and Paris to provide shows for the citizens .
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