Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] was [verb] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somewhere I had read that a gentleman is one who never causes pain ; perhaps I was trying to be a gentleman . |
| 2 | The magistrate did not consider a barrack changing-room to be a proper address , and so I was ordered to be confined in a bail hostel in Camden Town while social reports were completed . |
| 3 | Perhaps she was meaning to be sympathetic . |
| 4 | I 'd have been a lot more worried if I 'd known how much it was going to be … |
| 5 | Perhaps he was trying to be hospitable — not an easy task for him when she was the guest ! |
| 6 | It looked tiny , no more than an emergency shelter , which of course was all it was intended to be . |
| 7 | Oh yes anything that happened down the glen or way was heard that from the pack man so it was bound to be true . |
| 8 | So it was designed to be attractive to look at , but with curves , ovals and an absence of straight lines to make it difficult to swim in . |
| 9 | Luke Calder was getting under her skin , and unless she acted quickly she was going to be in serious trouble . |
| 10 | Technically he was meant to be in bed . |
| 11 | ‘ When we started off it was meant to be a serious underground label and we thought we 'd just do a couple of thousand . |
| 12 | That 's correct sir , P C was behind the shield like he was told to be . |
| 13 | ‘ They said ‘ we want you to read this statement into that TV camera ’ and that was when I found out I was going to be hanged . ’ |
| 14 | She did n't know ; all she knew was that she adored him more than before and she wanted him more desperately , therefore inevitably she was going to be more hurt than the first time . |
| 15 | Now she was going to be nasty . |
| 16 | Now he was reported to be at the Mamounia in order to work on a book entitled The Mighty and the Meek . |
| 17 | Well I was expecting to be when I got there . |
| 18 | But today it was going to be different . |
| 19 | Well it was going to be a pound was n't it , not two pounds that will be an awful lot . |
| 20 | A century ago it was considered to be as good as the Normande , and better as a butcher 's beast , but a combination of war and frontier changes led to its deterioration ; it was crossed with Danish Red as well as Belgian Red to form the Flemish Red , which is usually whole red , though some have mottled or blazed faces . |
| 21 | Henry 's defection to the charms of the nursing profession had finally made up Rosemary 's mind for her , and from now on it was going to be Hank-from-Texas who occupied all her thoughts . |
| 22 | But I mean , then I was bound to be very bored , except |
| 23 | Er the delivery part it was more the cluster but the overall delivery allowed me to prepare how I was going to be standing er how to get the audience in contact with me the eye the eye contact and also the way I spoke . |
| 24 | ‘ Then she was asked to be the local carnival queen . |
| 25 | If she was going to be devoured , well then She was going to be devoured . |
| 26 | To decide whether it is successful , we have to know how it was intended to be used and what it was expected to achieve . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't see how it was meant to be funny . |
| 28 | This was n't how it was meant to be . |
| 29 | That was how it was going to be between them , just as she made him sleep on the floor beside their honeymoon bed in the Ritz . |
| 30 | It just seemed to form the basis of how it was going to be . |