Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [vb pp] [adv] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said : ‘ I was made out to be the bad guy . |
| 2 | I was instructed not to be too early — to wait quietly outside the entrance and not make a nuisance of myself . |
| 3 | I kept my voice friendly , for I was determined not to be drawn by his provocation . |
| 4 | Knowing something about his past , I was determined not to be caught easily . |
| 5 | I would prepare myself for flight later , for I was determined not to be caught again ; meanwhile , I needed warmth and food . |
| 6 | I was brought up to be a butcher , ’ the man replied , looking me cordially in the eye . |
| 7 | I was brought up to be useful to a man . |
| 8 | I was brought up to be mechanical , to make and repair things . |
| 9 | I was took on to be able to keep the written terms and conditions . |
| 10 | Although Constance was proud to be seen with Nicky and loved it when he took her out , she was determined not to be taken for granted . |
| 11 | She was determined not to be bludgeoned into submission by lack of money and a system that seemed not to care for mothers and children . |
| 12 | She knew it was the beginning of the humiliation that would be heaped upon her , and she was determined not to be broken by it . |
| 13 | Even though her boyfriend at the time was against this , she was determined not to be persuaded to have another baby . |
| 14 | Roxie stayed silent as if she was determined not to be cozened , but she shifted uneasily in her chair . |
| 15 | But she was determined not to be beaten . |
| 16 | But she was relied on to be correct , so no-one disturbed her as she worked , her arthritic hands holding a stubby pencil , her long , old-fashioned mask covering her mouth as she murmured to herself . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ It made me so angry to see her stepchildren cast as innocents while she was made out to be a dragon . ’ |
| 19 | An older history brought this idea forward to a new era : we were brought up to be simply grateful for being alive , guilty at the fact of our existence . |
| 20 | Of , we were brought up to be polite . |
| 21 | It 's a question of we were told always to be brief , it has to be brief , you ca n't say everything . |
| 22 | It ranged from er about eighteen foot long , sixteen to eighteen foot long , er twelve inches wide and five inches thick , and we was taught how to be able to handle these by balance . |
| 23 | Some of the more interesting biographical details were apparently censored by departmental heads when they were sent back to be checked , but a few curiosities remain under the heading of leisure/interests , such as ‘ Three miniature smooth haired dachshund bitches ’ for County NatWest 's Angus Phaure , ‘ The later philosophy of Wittgenstein ’ for Merrill Lynch 's Ian McEwen ( sounds like fun ) and ‘ My wife ’ for BZW 's Colin Davies . |
| 24 | But we always put one particular herren what we called the October blue-nosed herren because they never wasted when they were hung up to be smoked . |
| 25 | But on privatization , they were split off to be the watchdog for what we put into the rivers . |
| 26 | The 50 unarmed UN military observers who had been sent to Mogadishu in July remained in the country , although on Aug. 6 they were reported still to be unable to leave their compound due problems of transport . |
| 27 | In the one case where small mammals were present , they were found not to be greatly modified . |
| 28 | They were expected finally to be freed either late last night or , more likely , this weekend . |
| 29 | It was normal for women to write about love , but they were expected always to be decorous . |
| 30 | Their readers could not get enough of Diana ; her face was on every magazine cover , every aspect of her life attracted comment and anyone who had ever known her was tracked down to be interviewed by the voracious media . |