Example sentences of "he [was/were] [adj] to be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that he was delighted to be at the opening of the new factory ; built entirely under the planning and control of production and engineering director . |
| 2 | They were glad to have him in the gang and he was delighted to be among them . |
| 3 | In particular , he was keen to be among the extras who despairingly crowded the rail as the ship went down — keen , you could say , to undergo in fiction an alternative version of history . |
| 4 | I related the same story to a gentleman in this department , and he was unable to be of help — especially when I suggested to him that his department should not approve equipment that was unable to receive satisfactorily most of the NDBs in the UK . |
| 5 | The army was an unsatisfactory occupation for a man who lacked the money to purchase promotion , for he was likely to be in the situation of the Master of Elphinstone , who complained in 1715 that ‘ I have served as Capt[ai-n] this nine years which I have the vanity to believe intitelis me to something better than a company of foot ’ . |
| 6 | Yesterday Mr David Moores , the club 's chairman and a close friend , said : ‘ He is such a fitness fanatic that last year , when he was supposed to be on five days ’ holiday at my house , he was on my front lawn every morning doing exercises ’ . |
| 7 | He was supposed to be on his beat twelve hours out of every twenty-four , one week by day , the next by night . |
| 8 | Killion should not have been flying ; he was supposed to be on reserve . |
| 9 | Now if your lad could tell us just where he was , while he was supposed to be at Longner , and better still , bring us a witness to confirm it , that would go far to get him out of the mire . ’ |
| 10 | I ca n't think of any other reason for him to walk out of the dinner he was supposed to be at . |
| 11 | I mean , did n't you know he was supposed to be in Anduze at nine o'clock ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You did n't care that Garry was still sleeping with his wife when he was supposed to be in love with you ? ’ |
| 13 | Well , after all , he was supposed to be in charge of security . |
| 14 | Although he was supposed to be in charge of the printing works it was the foreman , Mike Treloar , who ran it with Uncle keeping an eye on things and deciding policy . |
| 15 | She knew he was fun to be with , someone whose company she enjoyed . |
| 16 | They were just friends , and he was fun to be with . |
| 17 | James intended one day to be equally celebrated , and as a dresser he was privileged to be at the bedside while the physician examined a patient . |