Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [v-ing] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For three days they parleyed ; Rawn demanding their surrender and the Nez Perce asking to be allowed into Montana in peace . |
| 2 | With the South Koreans proving to be serious challengers , the Japanese obviously do not want to contend with another team for Asian supremacy . |
| 3 | One is hammering on the front door of Elland Road asking to be let in to the VIP suites . |
| 4 | She could feel Mrs Orton wanting to be noticed , desiring to be liked , preventing these things . |
| 5 | They do n't want Amanda Jane suffering to be in vain . |
| 6 | Giambologna 's Fata Morgana setting to be restored ? |
| 7 | He knew she was getting at him — imagine a man like Marc Vila admitting to being foolish ever ! — but if she kept calm like this she could undermine him just as he had tried to undermine her . |
| 8 | Today , however , things may be changing not only is the Warhol story going to be made into a film and shown on television , but half a dozen projects about modern or contemporary artists are now either being made or planned . |
| 9 | TWO Britons being held in Iraq have written to Saddam Hussein begging to be released . |
| 10 | Is this the person who wrote those songs about the lonely heartache of a boy from New Jersey trying to be a man and live life right ? |
| 11 | In Lodge 's characterology , they are Robyn Penroses aspiring to be Morris Zapps . |