Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , and there 's another couple of guys and they were saying that how strict the training was when they first took it on you know that the their masters used to beat them and everything , into submission , s said they had to have complete submission before they could train them to be what they were , you know , bring them up , teach them and train them |
| 2 | She realised they 'd want her to be a double agent , so they 'd have a mole inside American Intelligence . |
| 3 | How they 'd like it to be . |
| 4 | ‘ They 'd like it to be murder , because that would be more sensational , and they 'd like to see someone dragged off , but they really think it was an accident . |
| 5 | They want space and they would expect it to be one of the bigger cars . |
| 6 | They justify what they do by seeing their potential customers as they would like them to be , rather than as they are . |
| 7 | It could be and sometimes was , but i er the standard takes a lot of keeping up and er Much of the influence comes from newspaper and superior people implanting it on the population by reiterating these standards which often are wishful and they would like it to be so , but er They were hard days , they were hungry days . |
| 8 | 75% stated they would recommend it to be available from general practitioners surgeries . |
| 9 | What I intend to deal with is the record as it stands because anybody who 's going to argue a case against the decline of of any kind of system has to put the facts as they are , not as they would wish them to be , and I would argue that the legacy , before we can do that , the legacy which we inherited as a controlling group back in 1990 , is now a matter of record I would accept . |
| 10 | Above all they will expect you to be self reliant , to take decisions and to demonstrate a potential to motivate and lead others . |
| 11 | ‘ They will believe it to be a trick . ’ |