Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] be strong " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through assiduous exercise he came to be strong enough to ride and march with his troops . |
| 2 | In the Netherlands the dominant breed today is the Holstein-Friesian , bred to be strong , fertile , productive , adaptable and large : the cows stand 140–150cm at the withers . |
| 3 | Third , to preserve all this , Libya needed to be strong : they needed an army of a million men , and … |
| 4 | As has been explained previously , the value of the Guinness offer for Distillers depended on the relative share prices of the two shares and the Guinness share price proved to be strong during the final lap of the campaign . |
| 5 | They had to be strong . |
| 6 | But the fire in her body when she lay in bed thinking of him that night warned her that she had to be strong or she would n't be able to reject him if he tried again . |
| 7 | ‘ She had to be strong to do what she did and she was great at it . |
| 8 | She had to be strong . |
| 9 | Even the agitations of the women 's movement would have warranted little more than a raised eyebrow from a lass in a Salvation Army bonnet that had to be strong enough to protect the head of the wearer from brick bats and other missiles . |
| 10 | She had to be strong . |
| 11 | Oh , lord , he had to be strong if she was to be . |
| 12 | It had to be stronger than physical love , Ari , it had to be deeper than that . ’ |