Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] to [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got to be more grown up if I 'm going to look after a pet . |
| 2 | I got to be more careful and watch where I 'm walking . |
| 3 | When her father died , I tried to be there for her . |
| 4 | I tried to be as patient as I could and I think David 's mother has realised for quite a long time that I was quite a good daughter-in-law to her ( although I was n't a daughter-in-law at that time ) but as a girl friend , I could understand her finding it obnoxious that her son brought some strange person into the house . |
| 5 | Everything went on as normal and I tried to be as pleasant as I could and as loving towards Anne as I had always been , but she must have noticed that a part of me was absent : simply somewhere else . |
| 6 | I tried to be as quiet as possible . ’ |
| 7 | In the first instance , her comment that ‘ ethnic and sexual minorities were pandered to ’ I found to be blatantly racist and most offensive . |
| 8 | Any tasks not completed by the due date on the ‘ to do list ’ can be automatically carried over to the reminders list , a facility I found to be very useful . |
| 9 | Any tasks not completed by the due date on the ‘ to do list ’ can be automatically carried over to the reminders list , a facility I found to be very useful . |
| 10 | Smith had a reputation for being devious and unreliable , which I found to be far from true . |
| 11 | Through George Wigg I became reasonably close to Richard Crossman who consulted me on a number of occasions — I have already described the Spectator libel case — but who , I must confess , turned out to be a disappointment to me , since the reputation he had earned for more than occasional unreliability I found to be entirely justified . |
| 12 | A lower compartment with a curved zipper offers easy and quick access to things like waterproofs or extra sweaters , and the main bag itself has a zip-out divider , which I found to be quite useful . |
| 13 | I pretended to be very foreign , ashamed to hear my country so misrepresented by an Englishman . |
| 14 | I pretended to be as puzzled as everyone else was about the nature of my ‘ mysterious illness ’ . |
| 15 | I pretended to be still unconscious . ’ |
| 16 | But it should be added that at the press preview , I seemed to be only one of several spectators who chose to devote themselves during these scenes to a meticulous scrutiny of their shoes . |
| 17 | It was long , slow , difficult work , and during the next months I learnt to be very clever with my tools . |
| 18 | I got up the anchor , rowed what I estimated to be about five yards , and then let go the anchor again , and peered ahead . |
| 19 | But I must first finish the tale of how I came to be here . |
| 20 | Whether it was advertised or what but how I came to be there I would n't know . |
| 21 | ( 39 ) A hand which I noticed to be surprisingly powerful . |
| 22 | Chair , the letters that do go , the majority of the letters that go to MPs and members are signed by me , though they 're prepared by the officer who 's the expert in different fields , but these two letters went when I happened to be away from the department , and that 's fair enough , I 'd rather they went than sat around waiting for my return . |
| 23 | I happened to be just about the oldest one of the team of them really . |
| 24 | ‘ I happened to be extremely fond of your father ! ’ |
| 25 | He would burst into the office singing , and if I happened to be there he would rush over and ruffle my hair , and exclaim , ‘ Here she is , the wee lassie ! |
| 26 | I happened to be there . |
| 27 | So then I began to be really pretty busy with running the office and then keeping my home , but I 'd got a husband who was very , very , handy and helped me out in the home you know . |
| 28 | There was no sign of her at tea-time , and I began to be seriously worried . |
| 29 | They were the first big fish I tried to catch when I decided to be more selective with my fishing , and when I did catch a big chub on my first attempt it set the scene for my present angling outlook . |
| 30 | I 'd promised my mother I 'd buy her some new central-heating , and the only time it could be fitted was the next week , so I needed to be home for Monday when the workmen came round . |