Example sentences of "he [was/were] [adj] to be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peckle grumbled about the treatment due to envoys but the good physician , Throgmorton , laughed sourly and said he was pleased to be as far away from the Frogs as possible . |
| 2 | he was delighted to be out |
| 3 | Once more Sarah trudged to St Bartholomew 's , but James had n't returned and she dare n't ask if he was likely to be much longer . |
| 4 | I told him he was lucky to be where he was when it happened , as when I first fainted it was in the middle of Watford High Street ! |
| 5 | He was lucky to be so popular . |
| 6 | He came one night when he was supposed to be elsewhere , and there he was , smiling and chatting all round . |
| 7 | This is a special outing and he was supposed to be here to take charge of this lot , but the poor fellow 's down with jaundice and I 'm standing in for him . |
| 8 | She no longer knew what he was supposed to be up to . |
| 9 | She 'd seen him with another woman when he was supposed to be away at a conference . |
| 10 | David Livingstone , father of Andrew and of the same address , said his son had been at home weight training when he was supposed to be out throwing stones . |
| 11 | He was supposed to be down here on the second part of a double shift . |
| 12 | He was supposed to be back around X-mas . |
| 13 | He hated goodbyes , and now that the women had been safely delivered into Orcadai 's hands , he was urgent to be away . |
| 14 | Having at first pictured João as tall , dark and handsome , she had by now convinced herself that he was unlikely to be any taller than herself , and probably plump and talkative . |
| 15 | He was glad to be home . |
| 16 | He was glad to be out of the caravan . |
| 17 | But if he was lost , he was glad to be so . |
| 18 | Not for him the blind search for a nipple , no free of the womb' spasms to jerk his limbs ; he was happy to be apart , independent , an entity unto himself . |