Example sentences of "[verb] to [v-ing] [pers pn] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told the gathered community that he was committed to proving it was not active in South Ronaldsay . |
| 2 | Teachers , he admitted , are no better : ‘ How committed to learning we are . |
| 3 | you when you learnt to drive when you came to reversing you 're told you must look |
| 4 | It will take a complete re-education of the public , as well as considerable political courage and will-power , before ‘ health ’ regains its proper meaning , and policies geared to achieving it are accepted . |
| 5 | Obviously a transfer of allegiance in the feudal way was much less of a strain than the submergence of a national spirit , and there was a great difference between the national spirit of Englishmen and the allegiance to the King of France or to the Great Moghul felt by the inhabitants of New France and of Bengal ; if the inhabitants of Bengal had felt that they were citizens of the nation of Bengal it would hardly have been possible for them to change to feeling they were Englishmen , but for them to feel that they used to owe allegiance to the Nawab of Bengal and now owed it to the British businessmen who had conquered the Nawab was not such a difficult transition . |
| 6 | To admit to liking it was definitely an even bigger one . |
| 7 | When it comes to fighting it is best to think of Goblin Mobs as characters with a +4 combat resolution bonus ( +3 from the ranks behind and +1 from the standard ) . |