Example sentences of "[pron] be [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I am going into the light and I am going into time , and if I am to save the world , then I shall have served the world , and if I do not save the world , then at least I shall have tried . |
| 2 | You have already second , but I was going to second it , and say how very pleased I am to have the opportunity to second it . |
| 3 | ‘ Well then , Miss Polly , if I 'm to have the pleasure of your company on an outing it will have to be soon . |
| 4 | If I were to leave the job in 1995 or 1996 I would not want to leave behind a wrecked team because that 's not my style . |
| 5 | I think that it would be helpful if , at this point , I were to remind the House that we have made special provision for students in certain groups . |
| 6 | For instance , what it is for there to be a red rose in this darkened room is for it to be the case that if I were to turn the light on , I would make a certain observation , and if I were then to move to another place , I would make an observation rather different , and if you were to come in , you would observe such and such , and so on . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , it would be helpful if I were to explain the background to the Government 's overall policy on the financial support of full-time students . |
| 8 | If the content of a putatively infallible belief is merely that things are looking that way to me now , there is clearly less room for error than if I were to risk the belief that that way is pink . |
| 9 | This was all happening while I was walking through the bus station and taking my place in the queue ; and when I gained my seat I began looking in my bag for a piece of paper and a biro , and then , on the inside of a chocolate-bar wrapping I wrote what I must memorize and recite if I were to get the message over to the doctor — I , who even made heavy weather of describing a sore throat ; I , who after a period in the waiting-room could dry up so as to be virtually dumb . |
| 10 | Understand this , though — if I were to dispute the matter with you , I would win . |
| 11 | Well , if I were to run the car backwards for long enough then obviously that would do it . |
| 12 | What I do not possess , however , is any suitable travelling clothes — that is to say , clothes in which I might be seen driving the car — unless I were to don the suit passed on by the young Lord Chalmers during the war , which despite being clearly too small for me , might be considered ideal in terms of tone . |
| 13 | Even if someone were to leave the Department , or drop dead-even if you were to , what 's the expression , take out a contract on one of us ’ — he laughs to show that this is a joke , displaying a number of chipped and discoloured teeth , set in his gums at odd angles , like tombstones in a neglected churchyard — ‘ even then , I very much doubt whether we should get a replacement . |
| 14 | What we have done to ourselves is to destroy the adventure of life by rooting ourselves to one spot in the physical sense , and demoralising ourselves by forcing the mind to spend its time on nuts and bolts and the rest of our shoddy interests , when it is thirsting for the trackless regions of the nomads . |
| 15 | The next day I was to take the train to Puno , yet another notorious journey . |
| 16 | If I locked my door at night , I was to take the key out , never leave the key in |
| 17 | That Friday morning as we sat enjoying each other 's company and the fresh bread and pancakes , I was to see the rule practised once again . |
| 18 | I was to see the effect , in my own home , on my own children , that such tragedy could bring . |
| 19 | Is that what it is– ’ Or if I was to see the doctor and my girlfriend happened to be seeing the doctor as well , this was just an excuse , according to them , for us to be together . |
| 20 | I was to do the counting — up to a hundred ( I could n't count up to a hundred , I had to do it in tens ) and when I opened my eyes he 'd have disappeared . |
| 21 | But , sad as I was to leave the arena of Ultra , for me there was no choice . |
| 22 | How happy I was to leave the island ! |
| 23 | Never was I so glad to see anyone as I was to welcome the return of Gordon Hilker and Yehudi Menuhin later that evening after the concert . |
| 24 | On the Sunday evening I was to attend the SWET awards , and Ben Frow had produced a black and white spotted dress for me to wear . |
| 25 | On my arrival I was taken straight to Sick Bay where I was to spend the night , as a billet had not yet been found for me . |
| 26 | I was given a list of 12 absolutes that if the promoter could not provide , I was to cancel the gig on the spot . |
| 27 | Alas , I was to reach the age of sixty and retire before even the first sod was turned , but I am happy to relate that the building is now complete and occupied by AIB . |
| 28 | On the directions of the new heir to a £50 million fortune , I was to receive the state minimum of one week 's redundancy pay for each year 's service . |
| 29 | And I suppose , I mean if I was to answer the question was it a good thing I would have to say no . |
| 30 | If I was to buy the pond version for my 90 gallon marine system , then would n't this be more efficient , due to the slower flow rate , compared to that of our Koi-keeping friends ? |