Example sentences of "[conj] i [be] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In alluding to Ronald Duncan and The Criterion , he was referring to a proposal by Duncan — with whom I had been in correspondence , though I did not meet him until after the war — that I should write for The Townsman ( a magazine which he edited from an ancient mill situated in a valley on the Devon/Cornish border , where I was later to live and write about ) , an article analysing the reasons why The Criterion , after flourishing for seventeen years , had so suddenly come to an end . |
| 2 | Perhaps I should stress , once again , that I am here to help . |
| 3 | ‘ Jones and Nicky Kai were leaving the building when I arrived this evening , and as Jones seemed to imagine that I was here to call on him I simply explained that you were the object of my presence . ’ |
| 4 | Wise words that I was later to remember . |
| 5 | I immediately took this to be a delusion — a sign that I was shortly to withdraw forever into a blissful lunatic world of favourite food fantasies . |
| 6 | It flickered and flew along the elding , and then burst into smoke , so thick and foul in the throat that I was fain to get on my knees behind a boulder , for the wind out of the cove sent it downhill … |
| 7 | ‘ Because she just took it for granted that I was there to wait on her . |
| 8 | He and I have been friends for many years , so it may have helped that I was there to give him some confidence in the project . |
| 9 | She wrapped up the clogs and gave them back to me with the instruction that I was only to wear the shoes when I came to call . |
| 10 | My mother came up to London the very next day and told me that I was never to go home again , I was never to contact Sarah again and , above all , I was never , ever to see John again . |
| 11 | It was a programme that I was never to perform — until tonight . |
| 12 | In his last note on the place he says , ‘ At Dunvegan I had tasted lotus and was in danger of forgetting that I was ever to depart . ’ |
| 13 | The Government have a duty and I am here to answer it — — if the House will give me an opportunity . |
| 14 | This is a UFO conference and I 'm here to hear about UFOs . ’ |
| 15 | " And I 'm here to frighten — let's frighten together ! " |
| 16 | I 'm a crane , I 'm a lorry , I 'm a brand-new motorway I set like concrete and I 'm here to stay |
| 17 | ‘ Stasis ’ is a collection of tracks recorded between 1971 and 1975 , and I 'm here to tell you that most of it is pretty awful stuff . |
| 18 | Lightning struck me and I 'm here to tell … |
| 19 | This was why Louisa Agnew had chosen the title of that text for her epitaph ; and if he and I were ever to unravel that secret , he said , we should get back to work . |
| 20 | He was there to greet the head-teacher of the incoming school , and I was there to do whatever was required of a runner ! |
| 21 | Reason and conscience both told me that if I were ever to have any chance of escaping successfully this was that chance . |
| 22 | I could see , moreover , that if I were quickly to go outside and conceal my person behind the large rhododendron bush beside the path , it would not be long before Mr Cardinal came by . |
| 23 | Well erm if I were then to ask you when what was your best estimate to when the programme was likely to be commenced . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | He settled down again to work ( ‘ lessons and literature ’ ) , with some hours spent at Wimbledon with Arthur Hardy ‘ in the warmth and strange visible light of the late afternoon ’ , and enjoyed the kindness around Which I never felt so much as of late , when it looked as if I was soon to cast it away with such apparent rudeness ’ . |
| 26 | By means of the Alexander Technique I have acquired an awareness of where my body is in space which means I am now able to control my muscle tension by means of my brain ; this is essential if I was ever to maintain a posture without straining my body unconsciously . |
| 27 | It was not as good as I should have wished , partly because I was in a hurry , but also partly because I had not yet learnt — if I was ever to master — the technique of literary criticism . |
| 28 | Having never seen a swing bridge before I wondered how the boats were going to get under it but I was soon to find out . |
| 29 | Happily all four engines had been spared the attention of the Ju88 but I was soon to learn from the flight engineer that the aileron control cable had been severed and he went into the wing root to find the two ends and make some sort of connection . |
| 30 | " Indeed you have , but I 'm here to give you instruction . |