Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [verb] to be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I grew to be a man . |
| 2 | I 'd coveted Lotta because she was coveted by other men and I had to be the winner . |
| 3 | I and I 'm not a I 'm not a moaner , I try to be I 'm a Christian and I try to be a Chris Christian spirit to everyone . |
| 4 | ‘ It was the beautiful young lady at Miss Havisham 's , and I admire her greatly , and I want to be a gentleman for her ! ’ |
| 5 | Darlington are going to be a good team and I want to be a part of it . |
| 6 | And I want to be a millionairess . |
| 7 | And I 'd like to fight him because he 's undefeated and I want to be the first man to beat him . |
| 8 | ‘ And I want him to win because he 's unbeaten and I want to be the first man to take the H out of Holyfield . ’ |
| 9 | And I seem to be a social worker most of the time . |
| 10 | And I seem to be the last person to have seen him . ’ |
| 11 | Indeed I own myself unworthy and I long to be the servant of even the least religious in the Church of God and I hope by God 's grace to be made a sharer with them … |
| 12 | I was real good at sports and I wanted to be a professional football player . |
| 13 | And you ceased to be the tenant and occupant of the said premises in the summer of 1915 , did you not ? ’ |
| 14 | Cos I think these meeting logs are a pain in the neck cos they 've got the you know the boxes are about this big and you need to be a spider to write in them . |
| 15 | But the question is you have to design the experiment and you have to be the expert . |
| 16 | ‘ And you want to be the best flower-seller in the whole of Lancashire , do n't you ? ’ |
| 17 | I 'll grantcha if you 're a citizen of the union living in South America , the West Indies or the Pacific and you happen to be a member of the French colonies , you 'll have a vote in the European parliament in the elections . |
| 18 | Right , that was a very big statement , the youth of the world and you happen to be the youth of the world , there 's a lot of you , so how , there you are , you 're in charge of the world , how are you going to do just that ? |
| 19 | ‘ Yes , and you proved to be a warm and funny companion , gentle and sweet , and I was intrigued to discover why someone like you would pursue a man . |
| 20 | And she happened to be a Christian . |
| 21 | I 'm a doctor , and she wants to be a doctor , too . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ With free trade the European community is becoming a strong force and we want to be a part of it ’ , says Nereaux-Weber . |
| 23 | And they had to be the bearings had to be either you had to have a s a set ready at all times sort of thing you know so a spare set . |
| 24 | Because grants to courtiers came to be seen as an abuse , monopolies to individuals were prohibited in 1624 , but corporations could still receive them and they continued to be the basis for trade outside Europe in the seventeenth century . |
| 25 | These , on the whole , were ‘ indigenous ’ rather than ‘ imposed ’ regimes , and they tended to be the most independent-minded in their relations with the Soviet authorities . |
| 26 | Most toddlers experience a severe shaking of the foundations when the next child is born and they cease to be the baby . |
| 27 | Or it 's true about the nurses John dates , and they seem to be a pretty typical crowd . |
| 28 | ‘ being the driver ’ Driver means the person who takes the motor vehicle on the road and he continues to be the driver until the journey is finished , although he may have stopped and switched the engine off some minutes before : Jones v Prothero [ 1952 ] 1 All ER 434 . |
| 29 | The only person in the room Dyson recognized was de Sousa , the producer , and he seemed to be the least important of them all . |
| 30 | The 25-year-old played for Holland in the World Cup win in Turkey on Wednesday and Keegan said : ‘ He 's a Newcastle-type player — comfy on the ball , a football brain and he wants to be a winner . |