Example sentences of "and he [adv] [vb past] to be " in BNC.

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1	Mr Rochester 's mood had suddenly changed , and he clearly wished to be alone .
2	and he also applied to be a servant at the headquarters of Jehovah 's Witnesses in New York in battle , and then nineteen thirty five he was invited to go along
3	Richard Dreyfuss was booked one week and on the night of the show a confusion over dates and times led his film company to arrange a business call that linked up Los Angeles , London , Australia and New York and he just had to be there .
4	I would n't say they were lucky against Oldham , but everything ran for them today , the underside of the crossbar and the post saved Charlton on a couple of occasions and as Simpson said I think ‘ Bolder on a couple of occasions really knew nothing about the saves he 'd made , they were point blank , and he just happened to be there . ’
5	And he always seemed to be campaigning vigorously and futilely for some boy or other who had been sent to borstal for a criminal offence .
6	Simple as that And he always wanted to be in on any underground culture going .
7	You never thought of O as someone who was with people or who went home with people , and he never seemed to be looking round for someone all the time , which is how most of us must have appeared .
8	Bryan Beeson , a defeated opponent at the national championships , said : ‘ I was feeling like death and he actually seemed to be enjoying the rallies .
9	Steve Adorable rolled in about lunchtime and he too needed to be told everything .
10	And he frankly admitted to being obsessed with her sex — some of the talk she 'd heard was of cradle-snatching ; some of death-bed fucks — he played no favourites .
11	I 've heard in fac er in my factory , I 've heard it in other places , right , when a temporary l temporary or casual worker goes down the road , or a part-timer work 's cut short , ah it 's only a casual and he only expected to be here for a few weeks .

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