Example sentences of "he [modal v] [vb infin] [pron] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may consider himself to be a latter-day President Kennedy , or be tempted to follow the pro-IRA line taken by Senator Edward Kennedy . |
| 2 | This being impossible , the next thing to be wished for is that , at every instant , seeing reason to believe as much , and not being able to satisfy himself to the contrary , he should conceive himself to be so " ( emphasis in original ) . |
| 3 | Your father will be home for dinner tonight , and I 'm sure he 'll expect you to be here . ’ |
| 4 | In his present distrustful mood , he might imagine her to be a gold-digger on top of everything else . |
| 5 | He almost made it sound as if this was something that he 'd expect her to be proud of . |
| 6 | Not to her father 's villa — he 'd expect her to be a radiant bride just back from her honeymoon . |
| 7 | I 'm sure he 'd like it to be Connon , but he does n't try to bend matters . |
| 8 | She 'd long dreamed of being desired by a man whose need was so overwhelming that he would do anything to be with her . |
| 9 | He would prefer us to be in the position of the person who learns to trust that a friend has posted a letter , and who does not go out to be certain that the letter has found its destination , a search that in fact would portray not faith , but a lack of faith . |
| 10 | ‘ If there was anything that caught his ear , he would tell everyone to be quiet and listen , and then fling himself about to the music . |
| 11 | Now I 'm sure the minister , councillor would like us to be more efficient and he would like us to be more responsive to tenants needs so let's do what the minister ask would like us to do and vote against this conservative amendment . |
| 12 | Smiling at her father , who probably did not think so either if he would permit himself to be honest about it , she placidly allowed him to give her hand to Tristan who looked down at her very intently , his face noble and moved and marvellously beautiful in the jewelled light from the stained glass window . |
| 13 | The ramifications of these doubts are reflected in a poll by Time magazine and CNN , which shows 53 per cent of voters do not think Mr Clinton is honest and trustworthy enough to be president ; 67 per cent think he would say anything to be elected president ; and 62 per cent say he is not someone they would be proud to have as president . |
| 14 | He would ask young Alex for the ring , and see that it was put well on Mary 's finger , he would wish them to be happy and fruitful and true to one another and that nothing would ever part them . |
| 15 | He can see it as blue ( that is , it can be the case that , on looking at it , he would take it to be blue if he had no reason to think otherwise ) only if he can discriminate between objects in respect of their being or not being blue . |
| 16 | ‘ And he will allow himself to be arrested and hanged , ’ I continued , nodding . |