Example sentences of "he be [to-vb] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suppose he were to marry only to be faced with mutton broth ? |
| 2 | ‘ He is to report here to my office immediately . ’ |
| 3 | In November 1959 he found himself back in Montreal , ‘ to renew his neurotic affiliations ’ as he was to repeat endlessly to journalists ; meeting his friends and family , sometimes bumping into his uncles who would take him for expensive meals at top restaurants — such as the Ritz — and hotels ; and generally awakening and reawakening those impulses and memories which would fire his imagination and energise his mind for months to come . |
| 4 | In a remarkable record , he was to go on to win two further bars , in France that year and in Germany in 1945 . |
| 5 | She had said , peremptory as always , that he was to go straight to Room III , where " the miraculous stuff " was to be found . |
| 6 | He was to go down to the Supersight factory for some practice with Harley and was then to go with him to a couple of the Continental tournaments . ’ |
| 7 | He wrote her a brief note merely saying he had had to go home owing to illness and had found , on his return , that he was to report forthwith to the War Office . |
| 8 | Mr Ceausescu had encased himself in such an impeneterable fortress that Gorbachev spared the Romanian leader from the warning he was to deliver later to Erich Honecker , that ageing leaders who failed to reform in time would pay dearly . |
| 9 | Mike Fitzpatrick capsized 2 minutes before the start but managed to right himself in such a position that he was first away on the gun although he was to drop back to 30th . |
| 10 | He was to play through to 1967–68 , trying his luck in one season ( 1958–59 ) with South Australia , for whom he took 7 for 110 against Peter May 's MCC side without earning Test selection . |