Example sentences of "[coord] they [verb] [adv] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Each one blossoms and they return home to be far more independent and mature in their own little way , because they have done and seen things in a way they 've never been able to do before . |
| 2 | The only thing they seem to have in common is their isolated nature and striking individuality , and they scream out to be included in a list of favourite miniature mountain gems . |
| 3 | Byrd and Philippe de Monte ; Byrd and Taverner ; Byrd and keyboard composers of Redford 's generation ; Byrd and Tallis ; Byrd and Parsons : Byrd research has brought these and many other connections to light , and they cry out to be the stuff of records called ‘ Byrd and his contemporaries ’ . |
| 4 | If you bought some shoes described as leather and they turned out to be made of plastic then clearly you 've bought some shoes which are not as described . |
| 5 | And they turned out to be made of manmade fibres . |
| 6 | One day Victoria made herself a pair of earrings out of porcelain to go with a particular dress , and they turned out to be the start of a new part-time career . |
| 7 | We met the students on Sunday — had dinner with them in the Sichuan restaurant , as I said , and they turned out to be very pleasant , one girl ( whose blonde hair must strike the Chinese with amazement ) and three men , sporting their long hair in defiance of the Chinese preference for short back-and-sides . |
| 8 | But they turn out to be of Ancient History , so the flies blunder moodily against the parlour window beyond which the June sun ripens tempting dinners at roadsides and down by the strong-smelling beach ; day after day after day . |
| 9 | In the north , too , but they differ enough to be recognisable . ’ |