Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Ethiopian revolution no one for a long time knew the fate of Haile Fida , leader of the left-wing Meison group : I only had his death confirmed when the Ethiopian lift-operator in a DC hotel told me he had been in the same cell when Haile was taken out to be shot . |
| 2 | Dr Adams was made out to be an evil scientist who uses young innocent children for his own benefit . |
| 3 | BRANDON LEE is turning out to be a ‘ chop ’ off the old block . |
| 4 | But Lennie Lawrence is shaping up to be the complete club manager . |
| 5 | ‘ Switzerland is tooling up to be part of Europe ’ , according to Prof Heinrich Ursprung , director of the Science Agency of the Swiss Federal Department of the Interior . |