Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [vb pp] [vb past] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another somewhat later group involved the clergy : penalties or disciplinary measures to which the clergy were subjected had to be preceded by notice and a hearing . |
| 2 | What little ore was mined began to be processed as required by available day workers . |
| 3 | However , Mr Lewis 's engagingly informal manner , and his statement at dinner that the United States ‘ would always stand on the side of justice and did n't mind admitting mistakes had been made at Versailles ’ seemed to do much to win the confidence of his lordship 's ‘ home team' ; as dinner progressed , the conversation had slowly but surely turned from topics such as the merits of Mr Lewis 's native Pennsylvania back to the conference ahead , and by the time the gentlemen were lighting their cigars , some of the speculations being offered appeared to be as intimate as those exchanged prior to Mr Lewis 's arrival . |
| 4 | Ian Scott , co-ordinator of its rural adult education project , said that at times the enthusiasm of the groups being taught had to be dampened : ‘ At the opening class of a course being run in Co Durham , the students frightened the tutor by demanding that there should be a march on County Hall . |
| 5 | Cassie 's first reaction was that the temporal abnormality with which Rose Cottage was afflicted seemed to be worsening . |