Example sentences of "be [to-vb] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you 've got to practice with me to get the movements right so I 'm to stand in for the swan . ’ |
| 2 | Once inside , their objective would be to make directly for the basement as speedily as possible , to seize and hold the Control Room , thus preventing the detonation of the fire bombs . |
| 3 | His descendants were to live here for the next 120 years . |
| 4 | The last ten minutes of the journey were so exciting , I just could n't wait to plonk my feet in a nice bowl of water , then we reached the village we were to stay in for the next three weeks . |
| 5 | Mr Delors should be told in no uncertain terms that his job is to stick up for the whole of the EC not just for France . |
| 6 | It 's to warm up for the weekend it said . |
| 7 | In 1255 the warden was commanded to pay the smith 25 marks a year out of the revenues of his bailiwick for 25,000 quarrels , which he was to keep safely for the king 's use . |
| 8 | Also in that cast was a young John Robertson Hare [ q.v. ] , and the team of Walls , Hare , and Lynn was thus created , one which was to stay together for the next eleven years . |