Sorry last one. I know that the verb of the infinitive is normally preceded by the word to (but I don't know if it's the same if it's used in To be:

To be in the top, you were wealthy and well to do.

Thanks again

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Yes, example.... I want to be a magician. "to be a magician" is the infinitve phrase direct object.
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