Example sentences of "he be [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or rather , as Clive would look if he were to live to the age of one hundred and fifty and then die . |
| 2 | The bottom line is that whilst Wilko has made decisions which have upset , even annoyed us , if he were to leave for the England job there is no-one remotely capable of replacing him . |
| 3 | If he were to conform to the strict rules of etiquette and combat guiding the danseurs nobles of the French opera-ballets , he would not demean himself by seizing the nearest thing at hand , the rudder from his boat , to put his adversary to flight . |
| 4 | And what if Martin does n't have any children ; or , say , if he were to die in the war and you survived , what then … |
| 5 | If he were to go to the doctor and ask about it , he might find out — ‘ Mind yer backs ! |
| 6 | He suspected that if he were to walk into the newsroom and make an arrest there would be only a momentary gasp before someone was out with the first of a new crop of jokes . |
| 7 | Ordered , That all Members who are returned for two or more places in any part of the United Kingdom to make their Election for which of the places they will serve , within one week after it shall appear that there is no question upon the Return for that place ; and if anything shall come in question touching the Return or Election of any Member , he is to withdraw during the time the matter is in debate ; and that all Members returned upon double Returns do withdraw till their Returns are determined . |
| 8 | He will start in Seoul , where he is to officiate at the 44th International Eucharistic Congress . |
| 9 | The build-up to the crisis , comprising a description of Avarice ( a kind of jealousy ) as a metaphorical monster , Arion 's acceptance that he is to die at the hands of sailors who covet his riches , and his swansong , is in E major ( movements 5–7 : Vivement-Récitatif-Air ) . |
| 10 | He is to learn about the troubles of his early life by interviewing the servants of the family and by submitting to the interviews of psychoanalysis . |
| 11 | His first port of call will be London where he is to meet with the British Prime Minister . |
| 12 | ( 6 ) If the offer is conditional ( which it invariably is ) the offeror should have every reason to believe that the conditions will be satisfied if he is to comply with the terms of Rule 2.5(a). ( 7 ) The board of the target company is entitled to be satisfied that the offeror is , or will be , in a position to implement the offer in full ( Rule 1(c) ) . |
| 13 | ( a ) Education. : A clear idea of exactly what coronary artery disease means is most important for the coronary patient if he is to comply in the long term with the advice that he is given , and understand what has happened to him . |
| 14 | ‘ My husband told me not to bring Mark to the Strand and if he 's out of the house he 's to stay in the buggy , ’ she said . |
| 15 | He 's to appear before the magistrates today . ’ |
| 16 | A vicious circle had been created : the more pressure the Americans exerted on Castro , the more inclined he was to move into the arms of the Russians . |
| 17 | Sadly their honeymoon was a short one as Killigrew had , so , he sorrowfully informed his new bride , to hasten to Exeter , where he was to sit on the bench in the City 's courts . |
| 18 | Messiaen began composing at the age of seven , entering the Paris Conservatoire four years later where he was to remain for the next 11 years , winning four premiers prix including that for composition in 1930 . |
| 19 | Such was my father 's introduction to Abyssinia where , except for three periods of leave , he was to remain for the next ten years . |
| 20 | Educated at Sir George Monoux Grammar School and Sidney Sussex College , Cambridge , he was to remain in the college for the rest of his life . |
| 21 | Wyatt 's worldly recognition that his ‘ device ’ needed to be changed if he was to continue through the seasons is likely also to have been learned through his parts in kings ' games . |
| 22 | He was to die in the fire . |
| 23 | As he was washing , she told him that he was to go to the market for a pig . |
| 24 | Perhaps he had believed he was to go with the main reconnaissance party , and having written his last letter did not like to write to me again to cause me what he thought would be further confusion and anxiety . |
| 25 | ‘ I feel very well , very well indeed ! ’ he guffawed , a phrase he was to use throughout the night with growing conviction . |
| 26 | He was to sleep on the sofa . |
| 27 | Like Finn , she believed that Lydia had now relented , mistaking her lack of interest for compliance , which led to further misunderstandings at bedtime when Lydia told Finn that he was to sleep in the tiny room where she kept the oil lamps which was furnished with a camp bed and sleeping-bag . |
| 28 | He had enough for his day-to-day needs , of course , but he would be hard-pressed to see himself through another month if he was to live in the style befitting a gentleman . |
| 29 | Hence his stay on the Continent strongly influenced the ambivalent feelings he was to entertain towards the war , reflected so strikingly in his poetry . |
| 30 | He was later to become suspicious of Maine 's motives , however , as he was to see in the glorification of contract a subtle justification of the legal institutions of capitalism , and he was to seen in Maine 's insistence on the primacy of the monogamous family an attempt to prove that this institution was beyond historical change . |