Example sentences of "[be] [adv prt] [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | whether the individual will be in to receive the pack . |
| 2 | Mrs Marjorie Yaxlee , cousin on his father 's side , would be in to do the cooking round six . |
| 3 | If it 's fine tomorrow I 'd like to be up to catch the tide . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll just speak to the bigger ones , then I 'll be back to ring the doctor . ’ |
| 5 | Surely they must be about to close the bomb shop down . |
| 6 | Sydney Robin , a former Great Universal Stores director , is thought to be about to take the chair at Control Securities , where Heron has a 17 per cent stake . |
| 7 | If Branko Palcic , Stephen Lam and their colleagues at the Cancer Research Centre in Vancouver have their way , the deadliest cancer of the 20th century may be about to share the fate of its 19th century predecessor . |
| 8 | Meanwhile the London Stock Exchange appears to be about to announce the closure of the USM , which was started some 12 years ago to help smaller , growing companies obtain equity finance . |