Example sentences of "[adj] he [be] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this he was to be sadly mistaken , and the collapse of his position in the face of what was initially little more than a putsch organized by the queen shows how shallowly based his authority was , resting on fear and coercion rather than genuine loyalty . |
| 2 | In this he was to be disappointed . |
| 3 | I was wondering what kind of problems I 'd come up against , having heard how impossible he was to be directed . |
| 4 | But after ramming their words back down their throats his enormous smile shows how delighted he is to be a golden oldie ! |
| 5 | She had not liked him very much but she judged him to be one of those unfortunate men who dislike their neighbours even more than they dislike themselves and as such he was to be pitied , plodding on from day to day among his bingo-playing telly-watching parishioners . |
| 6 | He began by saying how glad he was to be in Europe again , which gave him an opportunity to outline some of the developments taking place in other regions of the world , and to describe the next phase in the development of the world car . |
| 7 | Now , as he grew older and more mature , especially after his hectic and sometimes horrifying war experiences , he realised how lucky he was to be born and live in such a place . |
| 8 | The enemy is wily and therefore the more unlikely a person looks , the more likely he is to be the secret enemy . |
| 9 | The more the analyst knows about the features of context , the more likely he is to be able to predict what is likely to be said ( see 2.4 ) . |
| 10 | In 1274 he is to be found acting as a baron of the Exchequer . |
| 11 | In the late 1260s and early 1270s he is to be found acting as the business agent of the west midland baron John de Verdun . |
| 12 | This funny fat fool , this symbol of old-style decency was drowned at sea the other day just after declaring how happy he was to be alive . |
| 13 | Tony gave me his thoughts on the situation — about how pleased he was to be wandering around at four in the morning , in the pitch black , in deep snow , in the cold , in the wind . |
| 14 | I just wondered , colleagues if Azil Nadir of Polly Peck fame currently I understand sunbathing in Northern Cyprus would be prepared to say how proud he is to be associated with the Tories of course in saying that I do include Michael Mates , and I just wondered whether or not this watch he sent was in fact a Timex watch . |
| 15 | Counsel said that there was evidence that Palmer liked to cuddle and play with the baby and how proud he was to be the baby 's father , as he thought . |
| 16 | At that moment , for all his professionalism , he had no idea how right he was to be . |
| 17 | If the contract had been ‘ straightforward ’ then it would have been worth half the £1.31 million that he was to be paid . |
| 18 | But how eager he is to be rid of you , she thought , how desperate to have you out from under his roof . |