Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [to-vb] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | The idea was , I was to go to the foster parents , stay there until the baby was born and mobile , and then move to a flat . |
3 | I was just gon na point out that if you were to refer to the approved key diagram , you can get a quite easily visual representation of what that embraces . |
4 | If she is to go to the Superfinal in Cardiff in May as leading qualifier , she must at least return home with gold and silver from the 50 and 100m freestyle this weekend . |
5 | Windsurf intermediates or novices will enjoy themselves immensely if they 're to stick to the sheltered area when the winds are stronger . |
6 | If he were to conform to the strict rules of etiquette and combat guiding the danseurs nobles of the French opera-ballets , he would not demean himself by seizing the nearest thing at hand , the rudder from his boat , to put his adversary to flight . |
7 | Sister stressed how important it is to speak to the troubled , to have time for listening and not to evade the issue . |
8 | When he left Paris , it was to go to the Royal Marsden . |
9 | The household chaplain , whose role it was to minister to the spiritual needs of princely families , could also produce letters , such as those written for Stephen of Blois to his wife Adela while he was on the First Crusade ; or charters , like those produced for the post-Conquest dukes of Normandy . |