Example sentences of "he [adv] [adv] [vb past] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | However hard he tried , he somehow always failed to be the son she wanted ; the son she truly deserved . |
| 2 | Butterworth was ‘ on the skids ’ , having been made a scapegoat by Acheson for the bankruptcy of American policy in China ; Butterworth would shortly be posted abroad , which was correct as he soon afterwards departed to be American minister in Stockholm . |
| 3 | Rubberneck , for the first time of his life ( he no longer wished to be a part , not when people fought as animals ) , felt close to God . |
| 4 | He no longer asked to be relieved of his archbishopric . |
| 5 | Fr Butler told his bosses that he no longer wanted to be a priest , but he has still not formally quit . |
| 6 | Mr Ward was so opposed to the selection that he told the Association he no longer wanted to be a member . |
| 7 | He had n't yet been appointed as Home Office Pathologist in succession to old Dr. Stoddard and he very much wanted to be . |
| 8 | He often said that he never really wanted to be a dancer , and his only purpose was to acquire the knowledge of dancing necessary to become a choreographer . |