Example sentences of "[adv] [noun] was [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | She decided that perhaps honesty was going to be the best policy after all . |
| 2 | Payton had been hauled down by Penney , so justice was seen to be done when he hit Mohan 's free-kick past Veysey . |
| 3 | Incidentally , in World War 1 you were shot — and many people were shot — by a firing squad of their own regiment , thus Buster was sentenced to be flogged . |
| 4 | She had to face up to the fact that her father meant business , and that once more Ace was going to be put into an impossible position because of her . |
| 5 | One month later Glassford was reported to be completing the work of preparing nominal votes , and in this his lawyer , who lacked experience in such matters , was being helped by the agent of Lord Dundas , who clearly considered him still an ally , but on August 6th , Glassford removed such illusions by making it quite plain that he meant what he had said about his price for support , and denied that he was in any way pledged to Lord Dundas : |
| 6 | Seeing that Alina was upset by the memory , she said , ‘ You do n't have to go on , ’ but now Alina was determined to be heard . |
| 7 | Then Hubert was going to be an articled clerk , straight after school . |
| 8 | If an individual was right-handed , then speech was thought to be controlled by the left hemisphere ; if he was left-handed , then the right hemisphere was considered responsible . |