Example sentences of "have [det] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nearly every village has some secret treasure to be discovered ; be it a pottery , a moated rectory , or the ruins of an abbey or priory , dozens of which stood resplendent throughout the region before the dissolution of the monasteries . |
| 2 | ‘ He 's got to have that insane desire to be the best . |
| 3 | Stavrogin ca n't , and in our definitive text does n't , claim to be a decent man or to have any other thing to be ; all his letter indicates is a deathlike mime or sleepwalk within behaviour patterns determined by upbringing , class , and kind . |
| 4 | What right had that harmless-looking father-figure to be so noticing ? |
| 5 | He had this tremendous desire to be thorough . |
| 6 | Because not only had all this lot to be moved , but halfway through the removal he suddenly remembered there was something else needed moving , shot to the stairs with a white face , opened the door in under the stairs and out came all the bits and pieces from there . |
| 7 | None of them had any particular wish to be abroad after dark . |
| 8 | We have this insatiable drive to be successful in the markets we serve . |