Example sentences of "[adv] he was [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was afraid — and I think now he was right to be — that it was what they were really after . ’ |
| 2 | At least he was prepared to be amiable and friendly , and that would make office life a lot more pleasant during her remaining weeks with Woodline Design . |
| 3 | Yesterday Mr David Moores , the club 's chairman and a close friend , said : ‘ He is such a fitness fanatic that last year , when he was supposed to be on five days ’ holiday at my house , he was on my front lawn every morning doing exercises ’ . |
| 4 | Malvolio 's treatment , in Shakespeare 's Twelfth Night , when he was supposed to be mad explains the desirability of keeping such an affliction quiet . |
| 5 | He came one night when he was supposed to be elsewhere , and there he was , smiling and chatting all round . |
| 6 | The tall man looked so bereft at the loss of his luggage , his inability to recall where he was supposed to be staying ; she watched a lot of movies and thought he looked a bit like that gentleman who was always asking people to make his day , but he talked like the man with the funny bird-feather in his hat from ‘ Dallas ’ . |
| 7 | In thirty-eight minutes flat he was supposed to be addressing a very high-powered seminar on enterprise . |