Example sentences of "he [was/were] [vb pp] [adv prt] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was sent back to be shot by the Red Army . ’ |
| 2 | He was a good listener — and he was egged on to be a performer by his listeners . ’ |
| 3 | Sometimes he was roped in to be the MC at these dances , which , for those who know only disco dancing , means Master of Ceremonies , and it was he who announced that the next dance would be a waltz , or a foxtrot , and was not supposed to dance himself until everyone else was on the floor . |
| 4 | From his first sip of welfare orange juice , he was cut out to be a professional Glaswegian . |
| 5 | A phrenologist — that careers master of the nineteenth century — once examined Flaubert and told him he was cut out to be a tamer of wild beasts . |
| 6 | He was made out to be the bad guy playing against Seve , especially after one of their clashes at Wentworth in the World Matchplay , but I do n't know . |
| 7 | He was made out to be a hero , and became a fully fledged dealer that day . |
| 8 | Ronald had had problems in the past but he was not the villain he was made out to be during the court case . |