Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] be [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | it it came to be that it was the older men usually that were asked to do it I mean the people I suppose maybe felt it was more suitable to have older folk coming in to their houses . |
| 2 | I came to be capable-as he had said I would — of the most beautifully consistent combinations of apprehensions with little twistles of kinaesthetic intimation . |
| 3 | Er ploughmen and horsemen were the elite of farm workers and the sons would could only aspire to do what they did and And er eventually I suspect it got to be a little more organized and er they had these little games of of ploughing matches , maybe in a rudimentary farm to begin with , but it eventually came to be as we see it today , over a long period of time . |
| 4 | Is he arguing — as he seemed to be before he lurched off into the quotation — that no examination result should be made available to Scottish parents ? |
| 5 | You know it seemed to be that we had a working rule that had functioned reasonably well over the years and all of a sudden he was tearing up various paragraphs that did n't suit him , and altering bits you know and changing them round just to suit the company , and all to our disadvantage . |
| 6 | Their crime seemed to be that they had sung the song ‘ Hernando 's Hideaway ’ too loudly . |
| 7 | The message to teachers seemed to be that they could be flexible in the prescribed way but not in their own . |
| 8 | The ad-man opposite had been casting meaningful glances at her all evening , and the likeliest explanation seemed to be that she and Roger were doing a number together and I 'd inadvertently got caught in the crossfire . |
| 9 | But the gist of it seemed to be that there should be an early , and preferably unpleasant , end to the miserable life of the blasphemer and pig-fancier , Wilson . |
| 10 | gentleman came to this house it seemed to be that he challenged the establishment and many of us welcomes that view it seemed to give a breath of fresh air , but now it seems to me that he 's become entirely institutionalised , can he explain that to the house ? |
| 11 | His problem seemed to be that he believed a Government could do exactly as it liked without taking public opinion into account . |
| 12 | The only possible explanation of this radiation , which corresponds to a temperature of about 3K ( 3 C° above the absolute zero of cold ) , seemed to be that it represented the residual energy left over from the Big Bang . |
| 13 | Indeed , the only question seemed to be whether he should even bother to make a move , or just let her do everything for him . |
| 14 | The hut seemed to be as he had last seen it except that the settee had been pulled out from the wall to the centre of the room . |
| 15 | That was just before we started to be And we I finished up and me twenty first birthday in a place called and that was in Belgium but in between . |
| 16 | His main concern appeared to be that he did not want too many parents to be able to read it because they would find it attractive . |
| 17 | The INPFL 's withdrawal followed severe criticisms by interim government officials of Johnson 's action in ordering the execution of a senior commander whose offence appeared to be that he unilaterally complied with provisions of the peace agreement , arranging for his men to hand over their arms to troops of the 7,000-strong Ecowas Monitoring Group ( ECOMOG ) . |
| 18 | There had to be when they were working together , worshipping tripping over one another in their free time , perhaps even sharing a house . |
| 19 | You 've had to be strong to survive — just as poor Nora had to be when your father died , and she was left on her own . ’ |
| 20 | We just had to be or my centenary Open was going to be short-lived indeed ! |
| 21 | She 's a very conceited woman , Pete the adulterous told me she was a very conceited woman and er Neil says I I I 'd have to talk to him to him about this , she could n't discuss anything with him she would lay down the law , that was how it had to be and I said no I said Gerry and I , I had no hesitation , as I said , in putting the boot in and Brenda and Dave take the same the attitude to children that you let them first of all when they 're small , you have to tell them no like you do not |
| 22 | We had to be because we had lost our real families |
| 23 | Oh aye , had to be because I mean you do n't stay young forever , |
| 24 | It was still sixty-odd kilometres from where we wanted to be but we were obsessed with our goal — Krakonosc , the Patron Saint of Czech skiers . |
| 25 | When asked what she wanted to be when she was a child , she admits : ‘ Probably famous , like every other kid . |
| 26 | Their view tended to be that they were always ‘ ready for action ’ . |