Example sentences of "[noun pl] that he [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for reasons that he took to be his own error in transcription , anything that he pilfered straight from life never sounded convincing . |
| 2 | Well it 's one of those occupations or businesses that he had to be there more or less |
| 3 | Tralhaut comments that he seemed to be almost glorying in his failure to break down the barriers and ‘ storm the fortress ’ of his love 's frozen heart . |
| 4 | I hope that the Bill will enable the measures that he wants to be put in operation . |
| 5 | Officers refused to confirm reports that he had to be wrestled free by police . |
| 6 | Carson stood in the open quadrangle of tended plants and empty benches that he assumed to be the ‘ garden area in the middle ’ , and looked around . |