Example sentences of "he [adv] [vb past] [noun] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He still took care to be rude and truculent at school to keep up appearances , but the old venom had faded . |
| 2 | Very occasionally he also made designs to be carried out by others — and if acting in an architect 's supervisory capacity only he would charge the 5 per cent fee which was normal at the time — while at Ditchley he was , remarkably , employed as both ‘ surveyor ’ , receiving his 5 per cent , and mason contractor . |
| 3 | He also had claims to be considered a genuine all-rounder , having played many attacking innings in the lower middle order . |
| 4 | He originally intended phonographs to be dictation machines in offices ( 5–6 ) , so shaving and reusing cylinders was a decided advantage . |
| 5 | Not that he particularly wanted women to be equal . |
| 6 | She did n't love her husband , or even have any great affection for him , but she was mindful of the predicament in which he had placed himself by marrying so far beneath him , and she was going to make certain he never had cause to be ashamed of her . |