Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [vb pp] out to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said : ‘ I was made out to be the bad guy . |
| 2 | One observer at Yeovil said : ‘ Despite Mrs Ashdown 's reluctance to get involved , whenever the opinion polls were announced she was far more demonstrative than she was made out to be . |
| 3 | ‘ It made me so angry to see her stepchildren cast as innocents while she was made out to be a dragon . ’ |
| 4 | Having relatives in England was not always the bonus it was made out to be . |
| 5 | From his first sip of welfare orange juice , he was cut out to be a professional Glaswegian . |
| 6 | A phrenologist — that careers master of the nineteenth century — once examined Flaubert and told him he was cut out to be a tamer of wild beasts . |
| 7 | He was made out to be the bad guy playing against Seve , especially after one of their clashes at Wentworth in the World Matchplay , but I do n't know . |
| 8 | He was made out to be a hero , and became a fully fledged dealer that day . |
| 9 | Ronald had had problems in the past but he was not the villain he was made out to be during the court case . |